Claude M. Johnson (1852–1919) was a United States printer who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1893 to 1900.
Claude M. Johnson was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1852.[1] He attended school in Lexington and New York.[2]
After school, Johnson returned to Lexington and worked in the grocery and drug business.[3] He was elected to the Lexington city council and then went on to serve as mayor of Lexington from 1880 to 1888.[4]
Johnson had a long-standing relationship with fellow Kentuckian John G. Carlisle.[5] When Carlisle became United States Secretary of the Treasury in 1893, he appointed Johnson Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.[6] He held this office until 1900.[7]
After leaving government service, Johnson worked as an Indian agent in Arizona.[8] He then moved to London and headed a printing company there.[9]
Johnson died in Lexington in 1919 at age 66.[10]
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| Preceded by William Morton Meredith |
Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing 1893 – 1900 |
Succeeded by William Morton Meredith |