17. ANDREW JOHNSON (1865-1869)

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OVERVIEW:

BORN:
December 29, 1808
Raleigh, North Carolina

DIED:
July 31, 1875
Elizabethton, Tennessee

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1821-1828:
Tailor
1826:
Moved to Tennessee 
1828-1830:
Alderman of Greeneville, TN 
1834-1838
Mayor of Greeneville, TN
1835-1837:
TN State House of Representatives 
1839-1841:
TN State House of Representatives 
1841-1843:
TN State Senate  
1843-1853:
U.S. House of Representatives 
1853-1857:
Governor of Tennessee 
1857-1862:
U.S. Senator (D-TN)
1862-1865:
Military Governor of Tennessee 
1865:
Vice President of the United States
1865-1869:
17th President of the United States
February 24, 1868:
Impeached by the House of Representatives
May 16, 1868:
Acquitted by the Senate 
March 3, 1869:
Returned Tennessee
1869:
Unsuccessful Candidate for U.S. Senate
1872:
Unsuccessful Candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives
1871-1875:
U.S. Senator (D-TN)

FIRST LADY:

ELIZA JOHNSON (WIFE)
MARTHA JOHNSON PATTERSON (DAUGHTER)

RESOURCES:

The Grand Review of the Armies in Washington, DC on May 22-23, 1865 , following  the Union Victory in the Civil War..  In the review standing are General Ulysses S. Grant, President Andrew Johnson, and Johnson’s Cabinet. (National Archives)

BIOGRAPHIES:
White House
UVA Miller Center
Biographical Directory of Congress
Senate Historical Office
American Presidents (C-SPAN)
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Library of Congress 
American Presidency Project (UCSB)

ARTICLES:
Obituary (New York Times)
The Johnson Party (The Atlantic, 10/1866) 

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

ANDREW JOHNSON by Hans. L. Trefousse
IMPEACHED by David O. Stewart

 

1865 INAUGURATION:

Andrew Johnson taking the oath of office in the small parlor of the Kirkwood House Hotel in Washington, DC on April 15, 1865 (Library of Congress)

1865 Address Upon Assuming Office
U.S. Senate
Library of Congress
National Park Service
New York Times
Wikipedia

JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION:

The first cabinet meeting under the administration of Andrew Johnson at the Treasury Building on April 16, 1865 (Library of Congress)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
John P. Usher (1863-1865)
James Harlan (1865–1866)
Orville H. Browning (1866–1869)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
James Speed (1864–1866)
Henry Stanbery (1866–1868)
William M. Evarts (1868–1869)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
Gideon Welles (1861–1869)

POSTMASTER GENERAL:
William Dennison (1864–1866)
Alexander W. Randall (1866–1869)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
William H. Seward (1861–1869)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
Hugh McCulloch (1865–1869)

SECRETARY OF WAR:
Edwin M. Stanton (1862–1868)
Thomas Ewing (Withdrawn)
Ulysses S. Grant (1867–1868)
John M. Schofield (1868–1869)

COUNSELORS/ ADVISORS:
Preston King

SUPREME COURT NOMINATION:

The Supreme Court on February 23, 1867. Left to right: Clerk D.W. Middleton, Justices David Davis, Noah H. Swayne, Robert C. Grier, and James M. Wayne, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, and Justices Samuel Nelson, Nathan Clifford, Samuel F. Miller and Stephen J. Field (Photo Credit: Alexander Gardner,  Collection of the U.S. Supreme Court)

Henry Stanberry (Nullified)

CONGRESS:

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Photograph of the U.S. Capitol taken circa 1866 (Architect of the Capitol)

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Schuyler Colfax (1863-1869)

1868 IMPEACHMENT AND ACQUITTAL:

“The Senate as a Court of Impeachment for the Trial of Andrew Johnson,” wood engraving by Theodore R. Davis, Harper’s Weekly, April 11, 1868 (U.S. Senate Collection)

U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
National Park Service
History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Harper’s Weekly
Famous Trials (UMKC Law School)
Wikipedia

HISTORIC SITES:

AJohnsonHome
Andrew Johnson’s House on Main Street in Greeneville, Tennessee (Photo Credit: Brian Stansberry/ Wikipedia/  CC BY 3.0)

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
Virtual Tour of the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

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