Richard Mentor Johnson (Person)
Richard Mentor Johnson
1780 AD - 1850 AD
9th Vice President of the United States 1837 – 1841
United States Senator from Kentucky 1819 – 1829
He is the only vice president elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment.
Some reported that he personally killed the Shawnee chief Tecumseh, a claim that he later used to his political advantage.
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