Philander Chase Johnson

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Nationality American Role Journalist		Name Philander Johnson Period 1866–1939

Born Philander Chase JohnsonFebruary 6, 1866Wheeling, West Virginia, United States ( 1866-02-06 ) Occupation Playwright, Humorist, Lyricist, Critic Spouse Louise Covert Johnson (m. 1890–1906);Mary A. Hagmann (m. 1908) Died 1939, Washington, D.C., United States Books Senator Sorghum's Primer of Politics: Or, Helpful Hints on the Science of Not Getting the Worst of it, Now-a-day Poems ...
Resting place Rock Creek Cemetery

Philander Chase Johnson (1866–1939) was an American journalist, humorist, poet, lyricist, and dramatic editor. At the time of his death, he had been a Washington Evening Star staff member for 47 years. Prior to joining the Evening Star, he had been an editorial writer for The Washington Post.

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"Cheer up, the worst is yet to come."

"Don't throw a monkey-wrench into the machinery."

"Politics is the art of turning influence into affluence."

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Sayings of Uncle Eben (1896)

Now-A-Day Poems (1900)

Songs Of The G. O. P. (1900)

Senator Sorghum's primer of politics (1906)

No use kickin' (1909)

In the tall timber : an opera bluffe (1912)

Somewhere In France Is the Lily (1917). L: Joseph E. Howard

There's a Call for You and Me, Carry On (1918). m: William T. Pierson

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