JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER
\d͡ʒˈɒnstən], \dʒˈɒnstən], \dʒ_ˈɒ_n_s_t_ə_n]\
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(1849-1889), was admitted to the bar in 1876. He was professor of jurisprudence and political economy at Princeton from 1883 to 1889. He was an enthusiastic student of American history. He published a " History of American Politics," " Representative American Orations," " History of the United States for Schools," and a history of Connecticut.
By John Franklin Jameson
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