Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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1808-1875

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1808-12-29

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1875-07-31

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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.

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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. From the guide to the Andrew Johnson Papers, 1783-1947, (bulk 1865-1869), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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