William Samuel Johnson

William Samuel Johnson
Portrait by John Wesley Jarvis, between 1809 and 1819
United States Senator
from Connecticut
In office
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byRoger Sherman
3rd President of Columbia University
In office
1787–1800
Preceded byGeorge Clinton (acting)
Succeeded byCharles Henry Wharton
Personal details
BornOctober 7, 1727
Stratford, Connecticut Colony
DiedNovember 14, 1819(1819-11-14) (aged 92)
Stratford, Connecticut, U.S.
Resting placeChrist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Stratford
NationalityAmerican
Political partyPro-Administration
SpouseAnne Beach[1]
ChildrenElizabeth Johnson
Parent(s)Samuel Johnson
Charity Floyd Nicoll
RelativesDaniel Verplanck (son-in-law)
Gulian C. Verplanck (grandson)
Alma materYale College
ProfessionPolitician, clergyman
Military service
Branch/serviceConnecticut Colonial Militia
RankColonel

William Samuel Johnson (October 7, 1727 – November 14, 1819) was an American Founding Father and statesman. He was the only man to attend all of the four founding American Congresses: the Stamp Act Congress in 1765, the Continental Congress in 1785–1787, the United States Constitutional Convention in 1787 where he was chairman of the Committee of Style that drafted the final version of the United States Constitution, and as a senator from Connecticut in the first United States Congress in 1789-1791. He also served as the third president of Columbia University (then known as Columbia College).