and his former home, the Governor Joseph Johnson House. The Library of Virginia maintains his executive papers. His nephew Waldo P. Johnson became a U.S. Senator representing Missouri. Electoral history 1851; Johnson was elected Governor of Virginia with 53% of the vote, defeating Whig George W. Summers. References 1785 births 1877 deaths Farmers from West Virginia Military personnel from West Virginia Democratic Party governors of Virginia Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates People from Belvidere, New Jersey People from Bridgeport, West Virginia People from Orange County, New York People from West Virginia in the War of 1812 Virginia Democratic-Republicans Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia 19th-century American politicians People of Virginia in the American Civil War Trustees of populated places in Virginia