The Presidents of the USA

Fast Facts

Andrew Johnson

1865-1869

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birthplace

Raleigh, NC

birthday

December 29

Life

1808-1875

age

OFC:56 , d. 67

party

National Union

presidency highlights

Impeachment — Purchase of Alaska — Reconstruction

nickname:

The Tennessee Tailor

vice-president:

none

previous office

16th Vice President of USA

key background fact:

Vice President. Became President after Lincoln’s assassination

occupation

Tailor

military service

Brigadier General of Volunteers - military governor of Tennessee

children

5: 3 boys 2 girls

wife:

Eliza McCardle (1827)

height

5' 10'' / 1.78 m

higher education

None

religion

unaffiliated Christian

quote

"Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North."

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actions & events

1865 Amnesty
1867 Reconstruction Act & Office Tenure Act by Congress
Nebraska in the union
1867 Purchase of Alaska
1868 Impeachment

economy

foreign affairs

1867 Treaty with Russia.

military activity

unique facts

The first President to be impeached

interesting

His wife taught him to read and count, when he was 20.
For a period, he was a tailor.
The only Southern senator to remain in his seat and refuse to join the Confederacy

military activity

Legacy

His conflict with Congress and his impeachment weakened the Presidency for decades. He is considered one the worst American presidents. But he got Alaska. And Reconstruction was a major policy..

Andrew Johnson’s impeachment