41. Andrew Johnson, 17th U. S. President A Timeline history of the founding of the United States from the Ice Age to theComputer Age. Firsthand descriptions by Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, http://www.laughtergenealogy.com/bin/histprof/misc/17ajohnson.html

Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 to March 3, 1869) Nickname: None Born: December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, North Carolina Died: July 31, 1875, in Carter's Station, Tennessee Buried: Greeneville, TN Father: Jacob Johnson Mother: Mary McDonough Johnson Married: Eliza McCardle (1810-1876), on May 5, 1827 Children: Martha Johnson (1828-1901); Charles Johnson (1830-63); Mary Johnson (1832-83); Robert Johnson (1834-69); Andrew Johnson (1852-79) Religion: No formal affiliation Education: No formal education Occupation: Tailor, public official Military: Brigadier General (Army) Civil War; military governor of Tennessee. Political Party: Democratic Other Government Positions: Served as Alderman of Greeneville, Tennessee, 1830-33 Elected Mayor of Greeneville, Tennessee, 1834 Member of Tennessee State Legislature, 1835-43 Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1843-53 Governor of Tennessee, 1853-57 United States Senator, 1857-62 Military Governor of Tennessee, 1862-65 Vice President, 1865 (under Lincoln) United States Senator, 1875 Recommended: The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents

42. Johnson, Andrew --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia Brief biography of andrew johnson, the seventeenth president of the United against us president andrew johnson as published in Harper s Weekly in 1868. http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article?tocId=9275166

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President Andrew Johnson This Site: Civil War Civil War Overview Civil War 1861 Civil War 1862 ... Robert E. Lee Portrait Civil War Harper's Weekly, May 13, The May 13, 1865 edition of Harper's Weekly featured the new president Andrew Johnson, who took office with the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. We have posted the newspaper below. Click on the thumbnails to be taken to a complete, readable version of the page. President Andrew Johnson Confederate Amnesty Capture of John Wilkes Booth Death of John Wilkes Booth ... President Abraham Lincoln's New York Funeral Procession VOL. IX.—No. 437.] NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1865. [SINGLE COPIES TEN CENTS. $4,00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON. It was in 1829 that Mr. JOHNSON held his first office—that of Alderman. He was elected Mayor in 1830, and served in that capacity three years. In 1835 he was sent to the State Legislature. His politics were those of the party then known as Democratic. His first speech was against a measure for internal improvement. In 1841 he was elected to the State Senate, and two years afterward representative in Congress. In regard to the admission of Texas into the Union, the Mexican war, the Tariff of 1846, and the Homestead Bill, Mr. JOHNSON took very strong Democratic ground. In 1851 he was chosen Governor of Tennessee, to which office he was reelected in 1855. In 1857 he was elected to the United States Senate for the full term, which ended in 1863.

45. U.S. President Profile Andrew Johnson About the us president andrew johnson, his birth and death date and location,date and highlights of his term. http://www.trivia-library.com/b/u-s-president-profile-andrew-johnson.htm

U.S. President Profile Andrew Johnson About the U.S. President Andrew Johnson, his birth and death date and location, date and highlights of his term. PROFILES OF THE PRESIDENTS ANDREW JOHNSON 17th President, Democrat Born: Dec. 29, 1808, Raleigh, N.C. Presidential Term: Apr. 15, 1865-Mar. 4, 1869. Highlights in Office: 13th and 14th Amendments ratified; Reconstruction Acts passed; Alaska bought from Russia by the U.S. Died: July 31, 1875, Carter's Station, Tenn., from a stroke. Reproduced with permission from "The People's Almanac" series of books. You Are Here: Trivia-Library Home Profiles of the U.S. Presidents U.S. President Profile Andrew Johnson

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17th U.S. President: Andrew Johnson About the seventeenth President of the United States Andrew Johnson, his birth, death, his impeachment, biography, description, facts and quotes. 17th President ANDREW JOHNSON Born: December 29, 1808, Raleigh, N.C. Died: July 31, 1875, Carter's Station, Tenn., not far from his longtime home in Greeneville. Career: Apprenticed to a tailor at age 12, ran away, worked at transient jobs, opened a tailor shop in Greenville, active in local debating society, elected alderman, mayor, and to the Tennessee State legislature. U.S. congressman at 35, governor of Tennessee, U.S. senator. Only Southern senator to remain loyal to the Union during the Civil War; served as military governor after Union troops took over his State. Six years after he left the White House, Tennessee sent him back to Washington as a U.S. senator. Personal Life: Married at 18; his wife taught him to read and write. (Johnson had never spent a day in school.) Of his 5 children, 2 sons were alcoholics. Deep religious convictions held his marriage together during difficult times. His Person: Stocky, 5' 10" tall, powerful build, unruly hair, heavy brows, grim mouth. His short temper was legendary.

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News Direct Links Key Topics Press Room ... ACCESSIBILITY Fact Sheets: Treasury Building Andrew Johnson Suite The Treasury Building served as the location of the temporary White House in 1865 when Andrew Johnson assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The presidential association, coupled with historic documentation for furnishing the rooms, makes the Andrew Johnson Suite one of the most significant spaces in the Treasury Building The assassination of Lincoln came at a critical time in our country's history, just one week after the surrender of the Confederate Army. The President's plans to reunite the country were interrupted on April 14 , 1865 when John Wilkes Booth fired a fatal shot at Lincoln. The following morning Lincoln died, making his vice-president, Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth president of the United States. As a courtesy to Mary Todd Lincoln, Johnson delayed moving into the White House, allowing Mrs. Lincoln time to recover and plan her departure. In the meantime

48. Johnson, Andrew Elected a us senator in 1856, he generally adhered to the dominant Democratic views Hans L. Trefousse, Impeachment of a president andrew johnson, http://www.search.eb.com/elections/micro/305/26.html

Johnson, Andrew Johnson By courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Documents (b. Dec. 29, 1808, Raleigh, N.C., U.S.d. July 31, 1875, near Carter Station, Tenn.), 17th president of the United States (1865-69), who took office upon the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln during the closing months of the American Civil War (1861-65). His lenient Reconstruction policies toward the South embittered the Radical Republicans in Congress and led to his political downfall. Johnson's lack of formal schooling and his homespun quality were distinct assets in building a political base in eastern Tennessee, where his family moved in 1826. Before he was 21 he organized a workingman's party that elected him first alderman and then mayor of Greeneville. During his eight years in the legislature (1835-43), he found a natural home in the states' rights Democratic Party of Andrew Jackson and emerged as the raucous spokesman for mountaineers and small farmers. He went to Congress for 10 years as their representative (1843-53), after which he served as governor of Tennessee (1853-57). Elected a U.S. senator in 1856, he generally adhered to the dominant Democratic views favouring lower tariffs and opposing antislavery agitation. In 1860, however, he broke dramatically with the party when, after Lincoln's election, he vehemently opposed Southern secession. When Tennessee seceded in June 1861, he alone among the Southern senators remained at his post and refused to join the Confederacy. Although denounced by his constituents, he remained loyal to the Union. In recognition of this unwavering support, Lincoln appointed him (May 1862) military governor of Tennessee, by then under Federal control.

49. Andrew Johnson Executive summary 17th president of the us. andrew johnson, the seventeenthpresident of the United States, was born at Raleigh, North Carolina, http://www.nndb.com/people/244/000050094/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for Andrew Johnson Born: 29-Dec-1808 Birthplace: Raleigh, NC Died: 31-Jul-1875 Location of death: Carter's Station, TN Cause of death: unspecified Gender: Male Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Head of State Level of fame: Somewhat Executive summary: 17th President of the U.S. Martin Van Buren for president. In 1843 he was elected to the national House of Representatives and there remained for ten years until his district was gerrymandered by the Whigs and he lost his seat. But he at once offered himself as a candidate for Governor and was elected and re-elected, and was then sent to the United States Senate, serving from 1857 to 1862. As Governor (1853-1857) he proved to be able and non-partisan. He championed popular education and recommended the homestead policy to the national government, and from his sympathy with the working classes and his oft-avowed pride in his former calling he became known as the "mechanic governor." In Congress he proved to be a tireless advocate of the claims of the poorer whites and an opponent of the aristocracy. He favored the annexation of Texas, supported the James Knox Polk administration on the issues of the Mexican War and the Oregon boundary controversy, and though voting for the admission of free California demanded national protection for slavery. He also advocated the homestead law and low tariffs, opposed the policy of "internal improvements", and was a zealous worker for budget economies. Though opposed to a monopoly of political power in the South by the great slaveholders, he deprecated anti-slavery agitation (even favoring denial of the right of petition on that subject) as threatening abolition or the dissolution of the Union, and went with his sectional leaders so far as to demand freedom of choice for the Territories, and protection for slavery where it existed this even so late as 1860. He supported in 1860 the ultra-Democratic ticket of Breckinridge and Lane, but he did not identify the election of

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ANDREW JOHNSON U.S. President Andrew Johnson was a poor tailor in Tennessee whose wife taught him to read and write. A fast learner with a flair for oratory, he worked his way up to the U.S. Senate. In the Civil War he was the only Southern Democrat to support Abraham Lincoln , and was chosen for the vice-presidency in 1864. When Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, Johnson became President, but clashed with Radical Republicans, who held a majority in congress. They passed the Tenure of Office Act in 1867, restricting presidential powers, and when Johnson defied them, he was impeached in 1868. A few months later the Senate acquitted him by one vote. He was succeeded in office by Ulysses S. Grant Extra credit : In 1875, former President Johnson was elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee... Johnson was the 17th president. The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Read archived coverage of Johnson's political troubles Andrew Johnson A few speeches and links for further research Andrew Johnson's Obituary You might not get around to it otherwise President Andrew Johnson His official biography from The White House Birth: 29 December Birthplace: Raleigh North Carolina Death: 31 July Best Known As: President of the United States, 1865-1869

52. Andrew Johnson - History Celebrities andrew johnson. 17th president. Term April 15, 1865 to March 4, 1869 johnson was the only president to serve as a us Senator after being president. http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1109.html

Home Famous and Fascinating Women in History Frontiersmen and Women The World's Greatest Compose rs Famous Women Spies Great Authors of the World Generals and other Noteworthy People from the Civil War The Presidents of the United States ... Everything Maryland! Andrew Johnson by John T. Marck ANDREW JOHNSON 17th President Term- April 15, 1865 to March 4, 1869 Democratic Party Birth: Raleigh, North Carolina, December 29, 1808. Ancestry: Scotch-Irish and English. Marriage: Greeneville, Tennessee, May 5, 1827 to Eliza McCardle, who was born in Leesburg, Tennessee, October 4, 1810. Eliza died in Greene County, Tennessee, January 15, 1876 and is buried at Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tennessee. Children: Martha (1828-1901); Charles (1830-1863); Mary (1832-1883); Robert (1834-1869); Andrew (1852-1879). Home: Greeneville, Tennessee. Education: Self-taught Religion: No specific denomination, however admired the Baptist principles of church government. Occupation before Presidency: Tailor, legislator. Pre-Presidential Offices: Alderman; Mayor; Member of Tennessee Legislature; Member of U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate; Governor of Tennessee; Vice President.

53. Andrew Johnson -- Facts, Info, And Encyclopedia Article He was the first Vice president to succeed to the us Presidency upon the Interment was in the andrew johnson National Cemetery, (Click link for more http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/a/an/andrew_johnson.htm

Andrew Johnson [Categories: Autodidacts, Reconstruction, Governors of Tennessee, Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, United States Senators, U.S. Republican Party vice presidential nominees, Vice Presidents of the U.S., Presidents of the U.S.] Order: 17th President Term of Office: April 15, 1865 - March 3, 1869 Followed: (16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)) Abraham Lincoln Succeeded by: (18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)) Ulysses S. Grant Date of Birth December 29, 1808 Place of Birth: (Click link for more info and facts about Raleigh, North Carolina) Raleigh, North Carolina Date of Death: July 31, 1875 Place of Death: near (Click link for more info and facts about Elizabethton, Tennessee) Elizabethton, Tennessee Wife: (Click link for more info and facts about Eliza McCardle Johnson) Eliza McCardle Johnson (Click link for more info and facts about First Ladies) First Ladies Martha Patterson (daughter) (Click link for more info and facts about Eliza McCardle Johnson) Eliza McCardle Johnson Occupation: tailor (An organization to gain political power) Political Party (Click link for more info and facts about Democratic) Democratic (elected on National Union ticket) (An executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances)

54. Biography Of President Andrew Johnson A biography of president andrew johnson including his family trivia and For the next ten years, johnson served in the us House of Representatives. http://www.historycentral.com/Bio/presidents/johnson.html

Andrew Johnson Johnson was the first President to be impeached, although he was not convicted. His view were considered moderate regarding the South. He vetoed laws which would have restored military rule over the south, as well as the bill that gave Negroes citizenship. The Early Years Andrew Johnson was born in a log cabin in Casso's Inn in Raleigh, North Carolina. When Johnson was three, his father died, leaving the family in poverty. When Johnson was 14, his mother arranged an apprenticeship with a tailor. As such, he and his brother were forced to work in exchange for room and board and lessons in the trade. After two years, Johnson and his brother ran away. After hiding in Carthage for a year, Johnson moved with his family to Greenville where he opened his own tailor shop. In 1827, at the age of 18, Johnson married Eliza McCardle. He had received no formal education but was taught to read and write by Eliza. Johnson's tailor business flourished. From 1828-30, Johnson served as a town alderman. From 1830-33, he was mayor of Greenville. From 1935-1837, and then again from 1839-41, he served as a member of the Tennessee of House of Representatives. From 1841-43 he was in the State Senate. For the next ten years, Johnson served in the US House of Representatives. Johnson was a strong supporter of federal power, a Jacksonian democrat. He was a strong supporter of the Homestead Act, which gave landless citizens access to government lands at no cost. From 1853-1857 Johnson served as Governor of Tennessee. In 1857 he was elected to the US Senate. As the Civil War loomed, he remained the only Southern Senator to denounce secession. In December 1860, he stated: "Though I fought against Lincoln I love my country. I love the constitution and swear that it and the Union will be saved as Old Hickory Jackson did in 1832. Senators, my blood, my existence I would give to save this Union. " In the South, Johnson was viewed as a traitor. In the North, his stature grew to heroic proportions.

55. Ohio History Central - History - People - Andrew Johnson president johnson vetoed both of these bills, but the Congress overturned In 1874, johnson became one of Tennessee s two senators in the us Congress. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ohc/h/peo/johnsona.shtml

56. Andrew Johnson's Impeachment About the impeachment of president andrew johnson, and the parallels with andrew johnson s Impeachment, Jim Blair. The 5 Black us presidents, Jim Blair http://www.bigissueground.com/history/blair-andrewjohnson.shtml

Atheism Philosophy Politics History ... Submit an essay Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Jim Blair Introduction The impeachment of Bill Clinton has associated with it a variety of ironic and bizarre things. The way the congressional Democrats fought to keep the Independent Counsel Act alive while the Republicans fought to kill it when it was up for renewal, etc. But one of the strangest stems from the revival of interest in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. As you recall, after the assassination of Lincoln, his Vice President Andrew Johnson became the new President. He, like Lincoln was a Republican, and the Republican Party had control of both houses of Congress. Johnson was a Southerner from Tennessee, and former Democrat, selected by Lincoln to balance the ticket. But there was a sharp conflict between the new President and the Congress about the way that the South should be "re-constructed" in the wake of the just finished Civil War. This conflict lead eventually to the impeachment of Johnson by the House and to a very close vote in the Senate, where his removal from office failed by a single vote in on May 16, 1868. The vote to convict Johnson had the vote of a majority of the Senate, but at 35 to 19, fell one vote short of the 2/3 majority need. Johnson had been indicted by the House on 11 Articles of Impeachment, but the initial vote was on the one with the greatest support. When that failed, there were ten days of frantic lobbying to get a vote change, and even an effort to admit one or more Southern states back into to the Union with senators elected with Negro voters, but this could not be done in time, and Johnson was acquitted.

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American President Andrew Johnson, 1808-1875 America's 17th president Andrew Johnson rose from humble beginnings as an indentured apprentice to be elected vice president of the United States. Sworn in as the nation's Chief Executive after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Johnson's struggles with Radical Republicans in Congress led to his impeachment in 1886, the first pressed against a US president. Though he was acquitted, Johnson left office feeling he had been disgraced and died July 31st, 1875 at the age of 66. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina December 29th, 1808 Andrew Johnson was the youngest of two sons born to Jacob Johnson and his wife, Mary McDonough. Jacob Johnson had made a very modest living as a hotel porter and constable, and his death in 1811 left his family destitute. Mary Johnson struggled to support her children as a laundress, then by working as a weaver, but when her fortunes did not improve and her marriage prospects seemed dim, she viewed her sons as obstacles and indentured them. Andrew was indentured as an apprentice to a tailor, essentially serving as slave labor on a contract while he learned the garment trade. At the age of 17 Johnson broke his contract and fled to Greenville, Tennessee, where he was later reunited with his family. In Greenville Johnson opened his own tailor shop, and found himself doing a good business in his new home town. Johnson had no education beyond lettering people's names and measuring, the bares essentials required by his trade, but was eager to learn and hired a reader to read histories to him as he worked. Johnson developed keen memorization skills, and was credited with the ability to recite the US Constitution. After a year in Greenville, Johnson wed Eliza McCardle, the daughter of a local shoemaker on May 17th, 1827, the groom a solid business owner of 18, the bride 16 years old. Eliza had received an unusually thorough education for a tradesman's daughter, and tutored her husband, Johnson proving an apt pupil who was soon reading and writing fluently and even eloquently as well as being adroit with mathematics. The Johnsons had five children.

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Contact Us Home Site Contents: General Info Visitor Info Exhibitions Permanent Exhibits ... Museum Store Exhibitions Andrew Johnson Biography 17th U.S. President In many ways Andrew Johnson was an admirable individual. The fact that he ever served in the White House is rather amazing. Born in 1808 in a log cabin at Raleigh, North Carolina, Johnson grew up in abject poverty and personal tragedy. His father’s death when Johnson was three years old led to the future president becoming a tailor’s apprentice at the young age of ten. It was during this apprenticeship that he learned how to read-the only "schooling" he ever received as a child. Johnson overcame his educational deficiencies and later become a well-respected tailor in Greeneville, Tennessee. At the age of 18, he married to 16-year-old Eliza McCardle, who taught Johnson how to write and do arithmetic. He would also walk four miles several times a week to take part in debates held by students at two nearby colleges. Johnson was apparently a natural politician: by age 20 he was chosen alderman and at the age of 22 he was elected mayor of Greeneville. He was then elected to the state legislature at the age of 26 and then as U.S. congressman eight years later. A true Jacksonian Democrat, Johnson introduced constitutional amendments to provide for the direct election of the president and U.S. Senators. When the Whig-dominated legislature redrew his district, lessening his chances for re-election, Johnson ran for governor in 1853 and won.

59. Microforms Collection, UM Libraries johnson, andrew, president us, 18081875. Papers, 1814-1900. Location McKeldinLibrary Call Number Microfilm J82.B9 1960 johnson, andrew, president us, http://www.lib.umd.edu/MICROFORMS/johnson_andrew.html

Microforms Johnson, Andrew, President U.S., 1808-1875. Papers, 1814-1900. Location: McKeldin Library Call Number: Microfilm J82.B9 1960 Johnson, Andrew, President U.S., 1808-1875. Papers, 1814-1900. 55 Reels. Description These papers include letters received, copies of presidential replies, messages and speeches, courtmartial and amnesty records, diaries of William G. Moore, business records and records of Johnson's activities as the Military Governor of Tennessee. The Johnson Papers are divided into twenty series, arranged chronologically or alphabetically. The Index to the Andrew Johnson Papers lists documents in the collection by proper name, date and series. The Index arranges items primarily by correspondent and then chronologically if a name is repeated. Some subject entries are used. The Reel List in the front of the Index indicates on which reel a particular series, date, or other information can be found. In order to retrieve material, one should consult the Index first and then the Reel List for the appropriate reel number. The collection includes about 40,000 manuscripts.

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Home Andrew Johnson, 16th Vice President (1865) Vice President-elect Andrew Johnson arrived in Washington ill from typhoid fever. The night before his March 4, 1865, inauguration, he fortified himself with whiskey at a party hosted by his old friend, Secretary of the Senate John W. Forney . The next morning, hung over and confronting cold, wet, and windy weather, Johnson proceeded to the Capitol office of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin , where he complained of feeling weak and asked for a tumbler of whiskey. Drinking it straight, he quickly consumed two more. Then, growing red in the face, Johnson entered the overcrowded and overheated Senate chamber. After Hamlin delivered a brief and stately valedictory, Johnson rose unsteadily to harangue the distinguished crowd about his humble origins and his triumph over the rebel aristocracy. In the shocked and silent audience, President Abraham Lincoln showed an expression of "unutterable sorrow," while Senator Charles Sumner covered his face with his hands. Former Vice President Hamlin tugged vainly at Johnson's coattails, trying to cut short his remarks. After Johnson finally quieted, took the oath of office, and kissed the Bible, he tried to swear in the new senators, but became so confused that he had to turn the job over to a Senate clerk. impeachment . President Lincoln, however, assured callers that he still had confidence in Johnson, whom he had known for years, observing, "It has been a severe lesson for Andy, but I do not think he will do it again."

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