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The presidency of Andrew Johnson began on April 15, 1865, when Andrew Johnson became President of the United States upon the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and ended on March 4, 1869. He had been Vice President of the United States for only six weeks when he succeeded to the presidency.
With the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson became the 17th President of the United States (1865-1869), an old-fashioned southern Jacksonian Democrat of pronounced...
Andrew Johnson - Reconstruction, Impeachment, Legacy: To broaden the base of the Republican Party to include loyal “war” Democrats, Johnson was selected to run for vice president on Lincoln’s reelection ticket of 1864. His first appearance on the national stage was a fiasco.
1808 - 1875. Andrew Johnson. Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many... Veto Message. Overview. Andrew Johnson gives truth to the saying that in America, anyone can grow up to become President.
U.S. Presidents. Andrew Johnson: Life in Brief. By Elizabeth R. Varon. Andrew Johnson gives truth to the saying that in America, anyone can grow up to become President.
National Portrait Gallery. Knowing the Presidents: Andrew Johnson. Social Media Share Tools. Print. Andrew Johnson. Seventeenth President, 1865-1869. Campaign: A Unionist Democrat from Tennessee, Andrew Johnson was put on the ticket by Lincoln in 1864 in an effort to reach union sympathizers in the Border States. Challenges:
Andrew Johnson was born on December 29, 1808 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He grew up in poverty and was apprenticed to a tailor as a boy, but ran away. As an adult, he opened a tailor shop in Greeneville, Tennessee, where he met and married Eliza McCardle.
