Facts about Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson

Who was Andrew Johnson?

Concise Biography, History & Facts About Andrew Johnson
Seventeenth President - Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson Lifespan: 1808 - 1875
Place of Birth - December 29, 1808 in Raleigh, North Carolina 
Andrew Johnson Term as President - 1865-1869 
Political Party - he was a Democrat ( he was also Vice President to Lincoln who was a Republican)
Vice President / Vice Presidents - None
Religion - No known affiliation

Andrew Johnson, Military Experience - served in the Civil War
Name of Wife - Andrew Johnson married
Eliza McCardle Johnson on May 17, 1827. They had 5 children: Martha (1828–1901), Charles (1830–1863), Mary (1832–1883), Robert (1834–1869), Andrew (1852–1879)  
Career of Andrew Johnson - Tailor, Politician, Statesman
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
Place of Death - Andrew Johnson died on
July 31, 1875 in Carter's Station, Tennessee
Andrew Johnson was buried in Greeneville, Tennessee
Next President: President Ulysses Simpson Grant

Major Events during his presidency

  • Reconstruction

  • Thirteenth Amendment Ratified (1865)
  • Alaska Purchased (1867)
  • Impeachment Proceedings (1868) Johnson breached the Tenure of Office Act by removing Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War, from his cabinet without the consent of Congress
  • Fourteenth Amendment Ratified (1868)

Presidential Facts and Trivia in response to the question who was President Andrew Johnson

  • Description of President Andrew Johnson - Height 5 feet 10 inches

  • Andrew Johnson was born in a log cabin in North Carolina
  • His parents were nearly illiterate
  • Andrew Johnson did not master the basics of reading or math until he met his wife Eliza McCardle at the age of seventeen
  • Andrew was apprenticed to a local tailor at the age of 14
  • Johnson did not believe in the emancipation of slaves
  • He liked to drink!
  • Andrew Johnson Age at Inauguration - 56 years old
  • Andrew Johnson Age at Death - 66 years old
  • Presidential Facts and Trivia in response to the question who was Andrew Johnson!

President Coin or President Dollar Bill
The United States has placed likenesses of the Presidents on many types of coins and currency. Andrew Johnson has appeared on the twenty-five cent piece or the quarter since 1932.

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