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Claude M. Johnson

Claude M. Johnson (December 1, 1852 – March 21, 1919)[1][2] was a United States printer who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1893 to 1900.

Biography

Claude M. Johnson was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1852.[3] He attended school in Lexington and Rochester, New York.[1]

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.[3]

Johnson had a long-standing relationship with fellow Kentuckian John G. Carlisle.[3] When Carlisle became United States Secretary of the Treasury in 1893, he appointed Johnson Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.[3] He held this office until 1900.[3]

After leaving government service, Johnson worked as an Indian agent in Arizona.[3] He then moved to London and headed a printing company there.[3]

Johnson died in Lexington in 1919 at age 66.[3]

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