Lawyer and politician from Virginia. He had been ineligible to serve in Congress because of the Fourteenth Amendment, which forbade anyone from holding public office who had sworn allegiance to the United States and subsequently sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War. However, his restrictions were removed at the suggestion of the Freedman's Bureau. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by an anonymous studio, signed below the image in black ink, “John W. Johnston, Virginia.” In fine condition. RR Auction COA.
