Wiley Johnson

Wiley W. Johnson was a farmer, shoemaker and political leader during the Reconstruction era in Texas. He served as a delegate to the 1868–1869 Texas Constitutional Convention.^[1][2][3] He and other 19th-century African American political leaders in Texas are commemorated on a memorial in Austin, Texas.^[4]

He was born in Arkansas c. 1841.^[5]

He and Mitchell Kendall represented Harrison County. They were among the eleven African Americans who served in the 1868–1869 Texas Constitutional Convention.^[6] He was one of the candidates supported by the Union League.^[7]