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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
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Reconstruction
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Thirteenth
Amendment Ratified (1865)
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Alaska Purchased
(1867)
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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
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Fourteenth
Amendment Ratified (1868)
Presidential Facts and Trivia in response to the question who was President 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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