21. Biography Of President Andrew Johnson Daughters Martha, Mary Sons Charles, Robert, andrew. Purchase; Reconstruction Act;Impeachment of president johnson; availible on MultiEducator s us History 2 http://www.multied.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.

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Andrew Johnson 17th U.S. President About President Johnson: He was a self-educated man of humble origin who was Abraham Lincoln's vice president during his second term and became President upon the assassination of Lincoln in April of 1865. Born to a poor family in Raleigh, North Carolina, as a boy Johnson never attended school. He was apprenticed to a tailor but ran away at age 16 and later settled in Greeneville, Tennessee, where he eventually set up his own prosperous tailor shop. He married Eliza McCardle, the daughter of a shoemaker, who helped him improve his reading, writing and math. They had five children. Johnson discovered a flair for public speaking and entered politics, championing local farmers and small merchants against the wealthy land owners. He enjoyed a rapid rise, serving as a mayor, congressman, governor, and senator. Although he was a slave holder, he remained loyal to the Union and refused to resign as the U.S. Senator from Tennessee when the state seceded at the outbreak of the Civil War, which brought him to the attention of President Lincoln. In 1862, Lincoln appointed him military governor of Tennessee. In an effort to win votes from Democrats, Lincoln (a Republican) chose Johnson (a War Democrat) as his running mate in 1864 and they swept to victory in the presidential election.

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EXPLORE ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT HISTORICAL BIRTHDAYS ... home Contents Prewar Political Career. Wartime Southern Unionist. Vice-President and President. Impeachment. ... Final Years. JOHNSON, Andrew Prewar Political Career. Johnson was popular with the small craftsmen of the town, and in 1829 he was elected councilman and later mayor of Greeneville; in 1835 he was sent to the state general assembly. Defeated in 1837, he was reelected in 1839. In the following year he actively campaigned for the Democratic party. He was elected to the state senate in 1841 and two years later to the U.S. House of Representatives, in which he served until 1853. In Congress, Johnson was known for his advocacy of cheap western land for homesteaders and support for the Mexican War. Twice elected (1853 and 1855) governor of Tennessee, in 1857 he was elevated to the U.S. Senate and again took up the fight for a homestead bill. The measure passed in 1860 but was vetoed by President James Buchanan Wartime Southern Unionist. top Vice-President and President. top Although Johnson made a poor impression when he appeared at the inauguration ceremony under the influence of alcohol, he enjoyed widespread support when he succeeded to the presidency following

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U.S. Presidents Home Page George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson ... George W. Bush Andrew Johnson He was one of two or three Presidents born in North Carolina. (Historians aren't sure if Andrew Jackson was born in North or South Carolina.) He never attended school. He taught himself to read after his friends in a tailor shop taught him the letters of the alphabet. Johnson served in the Civil War. There wasn't a war during his term as President. He didn't belong to any religion. The only other President to not practice a set religion was Abraham Lincoln who was President when Johnson was Vice President. Even though he was a Democrat, he was Vice President to Lincoln who was a Republican. He became President when Lincoln was assassinated. He didn't have a Vice President. He is one of five Presidents who never ran for the office of President. Johnson was one of four Vice Presidents to take office after an assassination. Republican Senator Benjamin Wade voted not to convict Johnson though he would have become president if Johnson had been found guiltyJohnson was acquitted by only 1 vote. He and Billl Clinton are the only Presidents to ever be impeached.

27. Andrew Johnson --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia , Impeachment of andrew johnson Information about the impeachment proceedingsagainst us president andrew johnson as published in Harper s Weekly in 1868. http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article?eu=297120&query=eliza orzeszkowa&ct=ebi

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The New Nation (1790-1828) Andrew Johnson, from tailor to U.S. President President Andrew Johnson Was Born in Raleigh, North Carolina December 29, 1808 If you looked only at Andrew Johnson's childhood, you would never guess that he would rise to the highest office of the United States. The 17th president of the United States, Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, on December 29, 1808. His father died when he was young, leaving the family in poverty. From ages 10 to 17, young Johnson worked as an apprentice to a tailor. He worked at that trade for a number of years, during which time he moved with his mother to Greenville, Tennessee. Johnson never attended school. Once married, however, his wife, Eliza McCardle, became his tutor, providing him with a good common education. page 1 of 3 Home Jump Back in Time The New Nation (1790-1828) Johnson Born Site Map

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The New Nation (1790-1828) President Andrew Johnson Was Born in Raleigh, North Carolina Andrew Johnson, from tailor to U.S. President CREDIT: "Hon. Andrew Johnson, Half-Length Portrait, Facing Left." Between 1855 and 1865. By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present, American Memory collections, Library of Congress. Home Jump Back in Time The New Nation (1790-1828) Johnson Born ... Site Map

30. Reader's Companion To American History - -JOHNSON, ANDREW johnson, andrew. (18081875), seventeenth president of the United States. johnsonsoon turned to politics, rising to governor and us senator. http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_048000_johnsonandre.htm

Entries Publication Data Advisory Board Contributors ... World Civilizations The Reader's Companion to American History JOHNSON, ANDREW , seventeenth president of the United States. Johnson, the only president ever to be impeached, was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, into very moderate circumstances. Apprenticed to a tailor as a youth, he ran away from his employer and settled in Greeneville, Tennessee, where he established himself as a tailor. Johnson soon turned to politics, rising to governor and U.S. senator. He became a spokesman for the Jacksonian Democrats of his state, favoring populist measures, particularly a homestead bill. In 1860-1861, he remained loyal to the Union, the only senator from a seceding state to do so, and in 1862, Abraham Lincoln appointed him military governor of Tennessee. In 1864 Johnson was elected vice president. Inaugurated as president after Lincoln's assassination, he announced his hatred for "traitors," but in reality embraced a lenient Reconstruction policy. A firm believer in states' rights, he held that blacks were innately inferior. Consequently, he asserted that the southern states had never left the Union and ought to be restored quickly, without regard to the safety of the freedmen. This was the rationale for his granting amnesty to all but a few ex-Confederates and appointing provisional governors charged with calling on white voters to reestablish loyal governments. The resulting administrations enacted Black Codes that virtually remanded the freedmen to slavery.

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Andrew Johnson 17th President of the United States Let peace and prosperity be restored to the land. May God bless this people: may God save the Constitution. - Andrew Johnson in the U.S. Senate March 22, 1875 Students: If you are part of the group working on the biography of Andrew Johnson, Mr. Ward has asked that you make sure the following events are included: Life Early Life Education Marriage Early politics Mayor State Representative Rise in politics Vice President to Presidency Tried to carry out Lincoln's plan for reconstruction Impeachment Changes in mental health Prison system Transportation changes Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United Stands and he was a democrat. Andrew Johnson married Eliza McCardle. He was born December 29, 1808 in Raleigh NC. He had six children. He passed away July 31, 1875. Candace Jeffers, Donovan Cox, Ashlie Sams Nothing turned in - Jennifer Crawford Nothing turned in - Vickie Adkins Nothing turned in - Zac Griffith State Politics Johnson was one of the most unpopular Presidents But the American people realized during his lifetime that he had been treated unjustly Many historians feel that his acquittal in the impeachment trial saved the presidency from being weakened, with the President a more figurehead.

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Vice Presidents of the United States Andrew Johnson (1865) Citation: Mark O. Hatfield, with the Senate Historical Office. Vice Presidents of the United States, 1789-1993 (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997), pp. 213-219. Introduction by Mark O. Hatfield. U.S. Senate Collection Andrew Johnson Plebian Roots A Rising Political Star ... The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson —Senator Zachariah Chandler 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

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Series of "Historical Minutes" July 31, 1875 Death of Andrew Johnson It is an old favorite among trivia question writers. "Who was the only former American president to serve in the United States Senate?" The answer is identical to that for another popular civics question: "Who was the first president to be impeached in the House and tried by the Senate?" On July 31, 1875, Senator Andrew Johnson died of a stroke while visiting his daughter in Tennessee. The Tennessee Democrat had first served in the Senate from 1857 to 1862. In the early months of the Civil War, Johnsonthe only southern senator to remain loyal to the Union after his state secededwas obliged to flee his own state to avoid arrest. When federal troops conquered Nashville, he resigned his Senate seat in March 1862 to accept President Abraham Lincoln 's appointment as military governor of Tennessee. He served as vice president for a month in 1865, and as president for the balance of Lincoln's term. In January 1875, Johnson won back his former Senate seat after a hotly contested struggle that forced the Tennessee legislature through fifty-six separate ballots. On March 5, 1875, Johnson took his Senate oath before the same body that only seven years earlier had failed by a single vote to remove him from the White House. During the nineteen-day Senate special session, he delivered one major addresson political turmoil in Louisianaand then returned to Tennessee, where he died four months later.

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Name: Andrew Johnson Categories: President of the USA Vice-President of the USA (under President Abraham Lincoln US Senator from Tennessee US Congressman from Tennessee Governor of Tennessee Civil War Era Burial Location: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tennessee, USA. Mike's Notes: Before he died, Andrew Johnson said something to the effect of, "When I am dead, I need no softer pillow than the Constitution and no warmer blanket than the American flag." Consequently, he is buried with his head resting on a copy of the Constitution and his body wrapped in an American flag. Though he was extremely unpopular with some people both in his day and to the present, Johnson was one of only 2 people in the history of the USA to be governor, congressman, senator, vice-president, and president ( John Tyler was the other). See Andrew Johnson's grave at Find A Grave.com Click here to see a slide show of all the U.S. Presidents' graves!

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Search Page Science Site Index Main Start Page ANDREW JOHNSON 17th President (1865-1869), 16th Vice President (1865) Biographical Data Religious Views Quotations Education: no formal education Occupation: tailor Political Affiliation: Democrat Organizational Affiliation(s): Mason Religious Affiliation: none Summary of Religious Views: Johnson belonged to no church and was not much of a church-goer. Although he was quite tolerant of religion and religious belief, Johnson showed little personal interest in religion. As a congressman, Johnson introduced a resolution that congress be opened with a prayer, the expense of which was to be paid through voluntary contributions from the members of the House. The resolution was ignored. Quotations: "Here religion, released from political connection with the civil government, refuses to subserve the craft of statesmen, and becomes in its independence the spiritual life of the people. Here toleration is extended to every opinion, in the quiet certainty that truth needs only a fair field to secure the victory." Annual Message, 4 December 1865 "I intend to stand by the Constitution, as the chief ark of our safety, as the palladium of our civil and religious liberty. Yes, let us cling to it as the mariner clings to the last plank when the night and the tempest close around him!" impromptu speech to his supporters, 22 February 1866

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Web News Jobs comparison shop family fashion gov't ... site map Enter your " City, State ", US Zip Code or ICAO Top Society History By Region ... Presidents > Andrew Johnson Featured Topics American Revolution Christmas Civil Rights Movement US Civil War ... WWII Books Discount Shopping Autos Books Clothes Computers ... More From Over 300 Stores! Site Sponsors Autobytel.com Amazon JCWhitney.com HotJobs.com ... TravelNow Sponsored Link Andrew Johnson - 17th President of the United States Hon. Andrew Johnson, Tenn., President, U.S. (National Archives) Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States, serving 1865 - 1869. He became President when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Johnson presided over the reconstruction of the United States following the American Civil War. Johnson's conciliatory policies towards the defeated rebels and his vetoes of civil rights bills embroiled him in a bitter dispute with the radical faction of Congress, leading the House of Representatives to impeach him on March 3, 1868. He was subsequently acquitted by a single vote in the Senate. Johnson was a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee and a Vice President and 17th President of the United States. He was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on December 29, 1808. He was self-educated. At the age of 13 he was apprenticed to a tailor. He moved to Tennessee in 1826, where he continued his employment as a tailor. He served as an alderman in Greeneville, Tennessee from 1828 to 1830, and mayor of Greeneville from 1834 to 1838. He was a member of the State house of representatives from 1835 to 1837 and 1839 to 1841. He was elected to the State senate in 1841, and elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1853. He was chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures (Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses).

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38. U.S. Presidents And Baseball - A Historical Study By Baseball Almanac The presidents of the United States. And Their Relationship to Baseball. , us president,Link(s). 1 st, Quotations. 17 th, andrew johnson 18651869. Quotations. 18 th, http://www.baseball-almanac.com/prz_menu.shtml

Support Baseball Almanac - Visit One Sponsor Each Visit Advertising Downloads Feedback Newsletter ... Year In Review "I wanted to be a real Major League baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner." - President Eisenhower A lmost every single U.S. President has had some connection, good or bad, with our national pastime. Throwing the first pitch, hosting a team in the Oval Office, receiving a lifetime field pass and many other historic events have taken place with sitting presidents, future presidents and previous presidents. This section brings forth those historical moments where baseball and Presidents came together on the field. The Presidents of the United States And Their Relationship to Baseball U.S. President Link(s) st George Washington Quotations nd John Adams Quotations rd Thomas Jefferson Quotations th James Madison No Data th James Monroe No Data th John Quincy Adams No Data th Andrew Jackson No Data th Martin Van Buren No Data th William Henry Harrison No Data th John Tyler No Data th James Polk No Data th Zachary Taylor No Data th Millard Fillmore No Data th Franklin Pierce No Data th James Buchanan No Data th Abraham Lincoln Quotations th Andrew Johnson Quotations th Ulysses S. Grant

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Support Baseball Almanac - Visit One Sponsor Each Visit Advertising Downloads Feedback Newsletter ... Year In Review "Our National Game." - Andrew Johnson A ndrew Johnson was the first President to be in the White House when it was obivous that games with bats and balls were truly the chosen form of entertainment of Americans. The version he watched outside the White House was further away from the more modern version being played in the North but he loved it anyway. President Andrew Johnson Quotations From Andrew Johnson "...our National Game." Quotations About Andrew Johnson "Andrew Johnson set the whole White House entourage up on plush straight back chairs along the first-base line and that day became the first President to watch an inter-city baseball game." - I. Kirk Sale article "He became so caught up with the prospect of a two-inter city match between the Washington Nationals, Philadelphia Athletics and Brooklyn Atlantics that he gave government clerks and employees time off to watch." - Sport Magazine "We hope you will not scorn this humble offer of a membership in our National Game, but, accept it as a token of our esteem for you as a man, our veneration as a patriot, and our admiration as a statesman." - letter from Enterprise Baseball Club

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Andrew Johnson By Jane Do you know who didn't attend a single day of school and taught himself to read? Andrew Johnson. He was born on December 29, 1808 in Raleigh, North Carolina. His mother apprenticed him and his brother to a tailor named James Selby. Johnson and his family moved to Greenville, Tennessee. Johnson became the town tailor in Greenville. He met Eliza McCardle and they married on May 17, 1827. Eliza taught Johnson how to write, spell and do simple arithmetic. They had five children. Eliza was ill and she couldn't do her duties as First Lady. Her eldest daughter helped do the duties as First Lady when her mother was sick. They had three boys and two girls. One of the boys was thrown off a horse and killed. Another son was an alcoholic and the other one had developed a disease called tuberculosis, an infectious disease that affects the lungs. Whenever he was away, Johnson always sent letters of advice to them. Johnson was governor of Tennessee, and an U.S. Senator. He was a Military Governor; also he was Vice President and of course he was President. He was a Democrat. When Lincoln was assassinated Andrew Johnson became President. Johnson tried to continue the reconstruction in the south. The reconstruction was the rebuilding of the South. He hoped to give blacks the right to vote. But the Southerners did not want to share political power with the people that were had been slaves. The people in the north didn't want to have another war so they just gave up. Johnson gave up the process.

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