Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson Biography

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Andrew Johnson

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Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln [1]

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Andrew Johnson
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Full Name Andrew Johnson
Birth Date December 29, 1808
Birth Place Raleigh, North Carolina
Death Date July 31, 1875
Career Tailor; Public Official
Spouse(s) May 17, 1827, to Eliza McCardle (1810–1876)
Children Martha (1828–1901)
Charles (1830–1863)
Mary (1832–1883)
Robert (1834–1869)
Andrew (1852–1879)
President No. 17
Presidency Begin April 15, 1865
Presidency End March 4, 1869
Vice President(s) None
Administation Millercenter.org

Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, on December 29, 1808, to Jacob Johnson (1778–1812) and Mary (“Polly”) McDonough (1783–1856), a laundress.  He had two older siblings who died in childhood.  William was 4 years older than Andrew and Elizabeth.  He was born in a two room shack in Raleigh.   [31]

Both his father and mother were illiterate and both worked at times as tavern servants.  His father, Jacob would die in Andrew’s youth.  His mother Polly, a washerwoman, would remarry another very poor man named Turner Doughtry. [32]

Johnson helped organize a mechanics’ (working men’s) ticket in the 1829 Greeneville municipal election. He was elected town alderman, along with his friends Blackston McDannel and Mordecai Lincoln.[70]  f

Resources

Web Sites:
Wikipedia
Miller Center
whitehousehistory
battlefields.org
Books:
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson: A Biography
Hans L. Trefousse
Andrew Johnson_The__Loyalist
The Loyalist: The LIfe and Times of Andrew Johnson
by Jeffrey K. Smith

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