리처드 멘터 존슨

소개

리처드 멘터 존슨(Richard Mentor Johnson, 1780년 10월 17일 ~ 1850년 11월 19일)은 미국의 제9대 부통령(1837~41)이며 미국 상원에 의하여 선출된 단 한명의 부통령으로 알려졌다.

Richard Mentor Johnson was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the ninth vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841 under President Martin Van Buren. He is the only vice president elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. Johnson also represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. He began and ended his political career in the Kentucky House of Representatives.