Rienzi Melville Johnston

Rienzi Melville Johnston
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United States Senator from Texas
In office January 4, 1913 – January 29, 1913
Preceded by	Joseph W. Bailey
Succeeded by	Morris Sheppard
Personal details
Born	(1849-09-09)September 9, 1849 Sandersville, Georgia
Died	Houston, Texas
Political party	Democratic

Rienzi Melville Johnston (September 9, 1849 – February 28, 1926) was an American newspaperman and Democratic Party politician from Houston, Texas. He headed the Houston Post for many years, and in 1913 served a month in the United States Senate when Governor Colquitt appointed him to complete the term of the resigned Senator Bailey.

Career

• Drummer, Confederate Army
• Soldier, Confederate Army
• 1878: Editor, Crockett Patron
• Editor, Coriscana Observer
• 1879: Founder, Independent
• 1880: Correspondent, Austin Statesman/Austin American-Statesman
• Political correspondent, Houston Post
• Editor-in-chief, Houston Post
• Vice President, Associated Press
• early 1900s: Democratic National Committee
• 1913: U.S. Senator
• State Senator
• Chairman, State Prison Commission

External links

• Rienzi Melville Johnston at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-14
• Rienzi Melville Johnston from the Handbook of Texas Online
• Guide to the Rienzi Melville Johnston papers, 1899-1926
• Rienzi Melville Johnston at Find a Grave

Texas Senate
Preceded by Louis H. Bailey	Texas State Senator from District 16 1917–1920	Succeeded by Lynch Davidson
United States Senate
Preceded by Joseph W. Bailey	U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Texas 1913	Succeeded by Morris Sheppard