Charles Clement Johnston (April 30, 1795 – June 17, 1832) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia. Biography Born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and educated at home, he moved with his parents to his grandfather's house, Panicello, near Abingdon, Virginia, in 1811. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1818 and commenced practice in Abingdon, Virginia. He was elected as a Jacksonian Democrat to the 22nd Congress and served from March 4, 1831, until his death by drowning near one of the docks in Alexandria, DC at the age of 37, on June 17, 1832. Johnston is interred in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. His brother Joseph E. Johnston, was a Confederate general and also, much later, a U.S. Representative. The Johnston political family of Virginia also includes a nephew, John W. Johnston, who was a United States Senator, and grandnephew Henry Bowen, also a U.S. Representative for Virginia. See also List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) References External links Charles Clement Johnston entry at The Political Graveyard 1795 births 1832 deaths Charles Clement Accidental deaths in Virginia American people of Scottish descent Burials at the Congressional Cemetery Deaths by drowning in the United States Politicians from Abingdon, Virginia People from Prince Edward County, Virginia Virginia lawyers Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers