George Baines was the grandfather of Johnson's mother, Rebekah Baines Johnson ( 1881 – 1958 ).

Johnson's grandfather, Samuel Ealy Johnson, Sr., was raised as a Baptist.

In his later years the grandfather became a Christadelphian ; Johnson's father also joined the Christadelphian Church toward the end of his life.

William Johnson's paternal grandfather was originally known as William MacShane, but changed his surname to Johnson, the English translation of the Gaelic Mac Seáin.

On March 5, 1868, the impeachment trial began in the Senate and lasted almost three months ; Reps. George S. Boutwell, Ben Butler and Thaddeus Stevens acted as managers ( prosecutors ) for the House and William M. Evarts, Benjamin R. Curtis and Attorney General Henry Stanberry served as Johnson's counsel ; Chief Justice Chase served as presiding judge.

Many of the men involved with Johnson's acquittal committee were friends of Secretary William Seward, Johnson's strongest ally on his Presidential Cabinet.

He admitted that he was directly influenced by Purchas's Pilgrimage, but there are additional strong literary connections to other works, including John Milton's Paradise Lost, Samuel Johnson's Rasselas, Chatterton's African Eclogues, William Bartram's Travels through North and South Carolina, Thomas Burnet's Sacred Theory of the Earth, Mary Wollstonecraft's A Short Residence in Sweden, Plato's Phaedrus and Ion, Maurice's The History of Hindostan, and Heliodorus's Aethiopian History.

Douglas Haldeman has described William Masters ' and Virginia Johnson's work on sexual orientation change as a form of conversion therapy.

First, Grant's relationship with his predecessor Johnson had deteriorated badly, culminating with Johnson's appointment of Grant antagonist William Rosecrans as minister to Mexico.

The Iroquois sent runners to William Johnson's manor in upstate New York.

Johnson's advance stopped at Fort William Henry, and the French withdrew to Ticonderoga point, where they began the construction of Fort Carillon ( later renamed Fort Ticonderoga after British capture in 1759 ).

William Quandt, wrote about Johnson's meeting with Eban on October 24, 1967, and noted that Israel had annexed East Jerusalem.

Between the wars, American exponents of the sterling example set to Britain by National Prohibition, such as William " Pussyfoot " Johnson and Dr Armor, toured the country, to be met with derision, and in Johnson's case, violence.

Johnson's force was originally intended to join General William Hull at Detroit, but Hull surrendered Detroit on August 16 and his army was captured.

Johnson's loyalty and Jackson's anger at Johnson's primary rival, William Cabell Rives also played into his decision.

* William Manuel Johnson's family

* William Manuel Johnson's WWI Draft Registration Card and essay

* William Kenrick-A Review of Doctor Johnson's New Edition of Shakespeare

Although the Johnson family had a history of Jacobitism, William Johnson's uncle Peter Warren was raised as a Protestant to enable him to pursue a career in the British Royal Navy, which proved to be highly successful and lucrative.

Sir William Johnson's home suffered vandalism at the hands of Continental soldiers quartered there.

Sir William Johnson's manor house and estate were subsequently purchased by Silas Talbot, a naval officer and hero of the American Revolution.

Silas Talbot moved with his family to Johnstown, where he purchased Sir William Johnson's estate and manor house.

* Captain William Johnson's Old Mill

*" Sir William Johnson Journal in Detroit 1761 ", Johnson's account of his prewar diplomatic mission to Detroit, from the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University.

Johnson's left hand was pressed against the side of his head, red cheeks whitening beneath his fingers.

The Indian was again raising his bottle, but to my astonished relief -- probably only a fraction of Johnson's -- the bottle this time went to the Indian's lips.

" Est vir qui adest ", explained below, was cited as the example in Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language.

Johnson's reconstruction policies failed to promote the rights of the Freedmen ( newly freed slaves ), and he came under vigorous political attack from Republicans, ending in his impeachment by the U. S. House of Representatives ; he was acquitted by the U. S. Senate.

The campaign included fierce debates ; Johnson's primary issue was the passage of the Homestead bill, which Haynes contended would facilitate abolition.

Johnson's " unwavering commitment to the Union " was a significant factor in making him Lincoln's choice as vice president on the Union Party's premier ticket that year.

" Biographer Trefousse indicates that Johnson's drinking on the occasion was the result of ill health which began before his arrival in Washington, though the exact nature of the ailment is not specified.

Johnson's demeanor was described as " solemn and dignified " and " his bearing produced a most gratifying impression upon those who participated.

Johnson's personal attitude of white supremacy was seen in his hostility toward expanded rights for freedmen.

By the summer of 1866 Johnson's method of restoring states to the Union by executive fiat, without safeguards for the Union Party or the freedmen, was in deep trouble.

According to Stewart, there was evidence that gambling interests may have influenced Johnson's impeachment trial.

One of Johnson's last significant acts as President was to grant unconditional amnesty to all Confederates on Christmas Day 1868, after the election of Ulysses S. Grant but before he took office in March 1869.

Many critics considered Johnson's actions were passive and delayed, and thought his defense of the Monroe Doctrine in this instance was weak.

" Gaining Senate approval of the Alaska treaty was Johnson's singular legislative accomplishment in the midst of a political war with Congress.

Johnson's purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867 was his most important foreign policy action.

He was obtained from the Yankees in exchange for Luis Vizcaino, Ross Ohlendorf, Alberto Gonzalez and Steven Jackson, with the Yankees paying $ 2 million of Johnson's $ 26 million salary.

" Whether Johnson's description was entirely truthful or embellished is unclear, but it seems likely that Teach understood the value of appearances ; better to strike fear into the heart of one's enemies, than rely on bluster alone.

Although he initially declined the part of Dr. David Banner in The Incredible Hulk because of its comic book origins, on reading Kenneth Johnson's script for the pilot episode, he was persuaded to change his mind ( and agreed to remain involved with the series for as long as Johnson was to be involved ).

The same message was conveyed to US President Johnson's emissary Chester Bowles in January 1968.

Strategically, the period was dominated by Lyndon Johnson's fateful decision to escalate the war in South East Asia.

Victor Zalgaller in 1969 proved that Johnson's list was complete.

Despite Valenti's two-year marriage to Johnson's personal secretary, the investigation focused on rumors that he was having a gay relationship with a commercial photographer friend.