Johanssen
Proper noun
Meaning
Johanssen (plural Johanssens)
A surname from Norwegian.
Examples
Douglas biographer Robert W. Johanssen described part of the speech: Douglas charged the authors of the "Appeal", whom he referred to throughout as the "Abolitionist confederates", with having perpetrated a "base falsehood" in their protest.
Potter p. 161. Johanssen p. 414 Douglas and Atchison first met alone with Pierce before the whole group convened.
Potter p. 161. Johanssen pp. 413–414 Douglas's committee met later that night.
Johanssen pp. 405 In a report accompanying the bill, Douglas's committee wrote that the Utah and New Mexico acts: error The report compared the situation in New Mexico and Utah with the situation in Nebraska.
Johanssen p. 420 The debate would continue for four months, as many "Anti-Nebraska" political rallies were held across the north.
Johanssen pp. 414–415 The Washington Union, the communications organ for the administration, wrote on January 24 that support for the bill would be "a test of Democratic orthodoxy".