Background
Johnson, Herrick was born on September 22, 1832 in Kaughnewaga, New York, United States. Son of John Jay and Lydia (French) Johnson.
Johnson, Herrick was born on September 22, 1832 in Kaughnewaga, New York, United States. Son of John Jay and Lydia (French) Johnson.
Graduate Hamilton College, New York, 1857, Auburn (New York) Theological Seminary, 1860. Doctor of Divinity, Western Reserve, 1867. Doctor of Laws, University of Wooster, 1882.
Doctor of Civil Law, Omaha U., 1890.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1860. Pastor Troy, New York, 1860-1862, Third Church, Pittsburgh, 1862-1867, First Church, Philadelphia, 1868-1874. Professor homiletics and pastoral theology, Auburn Theological Seminary, 1874-1880.
Pastor Fourth Church, Chicago, 1880-1883. Professor homiletics, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1880-1905. Moderator Presbyterian General Assembly, 1882.
President.
Married Catharine Spencer Hardenbergh, September 6, 1860 (died 1907).