Frederick A. Johnson

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Frederick Avery Johnson (January 2, 1833 - July 17, 1893) was a United States Representative from New York.

Born in Fort Edward, Warren County, N.Y., attended the common schools and was graduated from the Glens Falls Academy; engaged in banking and in the wool business in New York City and later in banking in Glens Falls; president of the village of Glens Falls; elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1887); was not a candidate for renomination in 1886; died at Glens Falls, Warren County, N.Y., and is buried in the Bay Street Cemetery.

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Preceded by
John Hammond
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 18th congressional district

1883–1885
Succeeded by
Henry G. Burleigh
Preceded by
George W. Ray
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 21st congressional district

1885–1887
Succeeded by
John H. Moffitt