Richard Mentor Johnson

Vice presidentsAmericans
Written By Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

VICE PRESIDENT TO MARTIN VAN BUREN / #8

  • He was common-law married to Julia Chinn, a woman he enslaved. He never freed her, but they did seem to be a family. He made sure their daughters received a superior education. And she ran his business while he was away.

  • She died four years before he was VP.

  • I thought he was very progressive and ahead of his time … but his relationships after her death seem shadier.

  • I need to learn more.

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Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

Heather isn’t a historian, an academic, or an impartial storyteller… but she has read more than one book about every U.S. president. Out of spite. She was dubbed America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler by one of her favorite authors and she’s been repeating it ever since. When she’s not reading or doodling history books, she’s a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.

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