Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Andrew Johnson (b. December 29, 1808, Raleigh, North Carolina-d. July 31, 1875, Carter's Station, Tennessee) became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1808. He began his political career in Greenville, Tennessee in 1828. At the time of this letter he was the Democratic senator from Tennessee. Emerson Etheridge was born in Carrituck County, North Carolina. As a representative of Tennessee he was a member of the legislature in 1845 and was elected to Congress as a Whig in 1853. In July 1861 he was elected clerk of the House of Representatives.
1808, Dec. 29
Born, Raleigh, N.C.
1822
Apprenticed to a tailor, James J. Selby, Wake County,
N.C.
1824
Opened a tailor shop, Laurens, S.C.
1827
Married Eliza McCardle (1810-1876)
1828
1829
Elected alderman, Greeneville, Tenn., on a workingman's party
ticket
1834
1838
Mayor, Greeneville, Tenn.
1835
Elected to Tennessee house of representatives
1839
Reelected to Tennessee house of representatives
1841
Elected to Tennessee senate
1843
1853
Representative in the United States House of Representatives
from Tennessee
1853
1855
Governor of Tennessee
1857
1862
United States senator from Tennessee
1862
1865
Appointed military governor of Tennessee
1864
Elected vice president of the United States
1865
1869
President of the United States; succeeded Abraham Lincoln on
his assassination
1868
Impeachment trial in the United States Senate
Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the presidency on
the Democratic Party ticket
1869
Unsuccessful candidate for United States Senate from
Tennessee
1872
Unsuccessful candidate for United States House of
Representatives from Tennessee
1875
United States senator from Tennessee
1875, July 31
Died, Carter's Station, Tenn.
Biographical Note
From the guide to the Andrew Johnson Papers, 1783-1947, (bulk 1865-1869), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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