Johnson, Alexander (1847-1941) Also known as: Johnson, William Alexander

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Cover,Charities and the Commons, January 2, 1909

The Survey

The Problem of Poverty, March 10, 1903 (excerpt)

Jane Addams, Mary Eliza McDowell, Graham Taylor to South End Residents, April 2, 1910

Commission on International Implications of Social Work member list, ca. April 1928

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Birth Date

1847-01-02

Death Date

1941-05-17

Birthplace

Ashton, England

Biographical Text

Alexander Johnson was born in England and immigrated to the United States in 1873. He was the President of the National Conference of Charities and Correction in 1896 and Secretary in 1910. Johnson was also the Superintendent of the Indiana School For Feeble Minded Youths.

Johnson married Eliza Ann Johnson in 1872. They had five children together. Johnson died in 1941.

Occupation

President

Social worker

Superintendent

Source

Picture: A State Aged 100, The Survey, April 29, 1916, p. 119.

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People

Map

Edited By

Dwyer, Christina

Lichon, Sara Catherine

Rights

Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1910

Bibliography and Links

"Alexander Johnson," Angola Herald, May 23, 1941, p. 9.

Alexander Johnson, 1910 United States Federal Census

Alexander Johnson, Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947

Foy Lisenby, " The First Meeting of the Arkansas Conference of Charities And Correction," The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 2, 1967, p. 158.

SNAC

The National Bulletin of Charities and Correction, vol. 1, 1896, p. 89.

William A Johnson, 1900 United States Federal Census

William Alex Johnson, Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928

Citation

“Johnson, Alexander (1847-1941),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed January 18, 2026, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/2675.