Samuel William Johnson (assemblyman)

Samuel William Johnson (October 27, 1828 – November 25, 1895) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from New York. Early life Johnson was born in New York City on October 27, 1828. He was the second child and eldest son of William Samuel Johnson (1795–1883) and Laura (née Woolsey) Johnson. His father was a New York lawyer and a New York State Senator. His great-grandfather was William Samuel Johnson, signor of the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Senator, and his great-great grandfather was Dr. Samuel Johnson, a prominent Connecticut clergyman who was the first president of King's College. His maternal grandparents were Elizabeth (née Dwight) Woolsey (sister of Timothy Dwight IV) and William Walton Woolsey. His uncle was Theodore Dwight Woolsey, president of Yale University. After preparatory school, Johnson graduated from Princeton College in 1849 and from Harvard Law School in 1851. After law school, he entered the law office of District Attorney N. Bowditch Blunt.