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President Andrew Johnson

1865

The 17th President of the United States is Andrew Johnson who serves from 1865 to 1869. Johnson becomes President upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Vice

President Andrew Johnson had no Vice President. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate was acting Vice President and next in line to succeed to the presidency. They were Daniel Clark until Feburary 1865, Lafayette S. Foster until March 1867 then Benjamin Wade for the rest of the term.

First Lady

Martha Johnson Patterson, Andrew Johnson's daughter serves as the Whitehouse Hostess. His wife was Eliza McCardle and they had 5 children.

Info.

Johnson was a democrat from Tennessee.
Johnson is the only President with no official schooling. When he was 17 his wife taught him to read.
Johnson is the first President to be impeached. The impeachment ends in an acquittal.
Johnson's veto of the 1866 Civil Rights Act was overridden by Congress. The first time an important bill was passed over a President's veto.
Alaska was purchased from Russia for 7.2 million dollars.
Johnson was the only president to later become a U. S. Senator.

Oath

President Johnson had taken the oath of office but was one of five presidents to not have had an inauguration.

Quotes

"If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrat at the other, all would be well with the country." - President Andrew Johnson.
"Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide." - President Andrew Johnson.
"The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people." - President Andrew Johnson.

Birth Death

Andrew Johnson was born December 29, 1808 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Johnson died in office as a U.S. Senator at his daughter's home after several strokes on July 31, 1875 in Carter's Station, Tennessee.

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