Rienzi Melville Johnston
United States Senator from Texas
In office January 4, 1913 – January 29, 1913
Preceded by	Joseph W. Bailey
Succeeded by	Morris Sheppard
Personal details
Born	(1849-09-09)September 9, 1849 Sandersville, Georgia
Died	February 28, 1926(1926-02-28) (aged 76) Houston, Texas
Political party	Democratic

Rienzi Melville Johnston (September 9, 1849 – February 28, 1926) was an American newspaperman and Democratic Party politician from Houston, Texas. He headed the Houston Post for many years, and in 1913 served a month in the United States Senate when Governor Colquitt appointed him to complete the term of the resigned Senator Bailey.

Career[edit]

• Drummer, Confederate Army
• Soldier, Confederate Army
• 1878: Editor, Crockett Patron
• Editor, Coriscana Observer
• 1879: Founder, Independent
• 1880: Correspondent, Austin Statesman/Austin American-Statesman
• Political correspondent, Houston Post
• Editor-in-chief, Houston Post
• Vice President, Associated Press
• early 1900s: Democratic National Committee
• 1913: U.S. Senator
• State Senator
• Chairman, State Prison Commission

External links[edit]

• Rienzi Melville Johnston at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-14
• Rienzi Melville Johnston from the Handbook of Texas Online
• Guide to the Rienzi Melville Johnston papers, 1899-1926
• Rienzi Melville Johnston at Find a Grave

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