Talk:Richard Mentor Johnson
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Vice President of the United States says he was a Democrat; this says he was a Democrat-Republican. Which is it? --Golbez 06:37, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
The Democratic-Republican is the correct term for the party of the time, this party would be more similar to the Democratic party of today than to the Republican party, which would be more similar to the Whig party of the time of Richard Johnson. AG
- Um, not quite ... he started his career as a Democratic-Republican; once that party broke up in the 1820s, he aligned himself with Jackson's faction, which was known as the Democratic Party by the time of his Vice-Presidency. I'm adding the Democratic designation to his infobox in line with the style for Van Buren, his predecessor in the vice presidency. --Jfruh (talk) 16:30, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
This reference states that after his first two wives died, he took Julia Chin as his common law wife. Who were his first two wives and what is the source referenced for that information? AG 5-Aug 2005
[edit] Never Married
Richard Mentor Johnson never married. I've read many references that say he had a long-term relationship with a family's slave, Julia Chinn. He had two daughter with her that he married into white society. After Julia's death he had a relationship with another slave that ended badly--he sold her at auction. I live in his home county, Scott County KY. Our library has many sources for this information.--FloNight 04:55, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Career
Please expand, he must have had other careers than a barman.
The Ronin 16:22, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Added material on Johnson's interracial relationship and its political effects; deleted unnecessary links; other tweaks.
I expanded the discussion of Johnson's interracial relationship, explaining that it was, very unusually, overt, and that it was notorious, with an example. I also explained exactly how this affected his political career in 1836-1840.
Also, the quoted version of his "election slogan" was incomplete.
Finally, every date and year mentioned was a link, which is not appropriate.
I added links to US Vice President and to some other references that might require explanation.
--Rich Rostrom 04:54, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
