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Philander Chase Johnson

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Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Journalist

Name
  
Philander Johnson

Period
  
1866–1939


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Born
  
Philander Chase Johnson February 6, 1866 Wheeling, 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.

Contents

Quotes

  • "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."
  • Works

  • 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
  • References

    Philander Chase Johnson Wikipedia