 1808 - 1875 (66 years) Has 32 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Andrew Johnson |
| Prefix |
President |
| Birth |
29 Dec 1808 |
Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
31 Jul 1875 |
Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States |
| Burial |
3 Aug 1875 |
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
23 Aug 1877 |
SGEOR |
| FamilySearch ID |
LZ4G-NNF |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I90911 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Jacob Johnson, b. Abt 1761, Virginia, United States d. Jan 1812 (Age 51 years) |
| Mother |
Mary McDonough, b. Abt 1786, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States bur. Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States |
| Marriage |
Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States |
| Family ID |
F30085 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Eliza McCardle, b. 4 Oct 1810, Telford, Washington, Tennessee, United States d. 15 Jan 1876, Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage |
17 May 1827 |
Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Martha Johnson, b. 1828, Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States d. 1901 (Age 73 years) |
| | 2. Charles Johnson, b. 19 Feb 1830, Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States d. 1863 (Age 32 years) |
| | 3. Mary Johnson, b. 1832, Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States d. 1869 (Age 37 years) |
| | 4. Robert Johnson, b. Abt 1834, Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States d. 1869 (Age 35 years) |
| | 5. Andrew Johnson, b. Abt 1852, Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States d. 1879 (Age 27 years) |
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| Family ID |
F30087 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 29 Dec 1808 - Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States |
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 | Marriage - 17 May 1827 - Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States |
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 | Death - 31 Jul 1875 - Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States |
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 | Burial - 3 Aug 1875 - Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 23 Aug 1877 - SGEOR |
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| Notes |
- 17th President of the United States.
He was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 186 9 . He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of th e a ssassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a Democrat who ran wit h Linc oln on the National Union ticket, coming to office as the Civil Wa r concl uded. He favored quick restoration of the seceded states to the U nion wit hout protection for the former slaves. This led to conflict wit h the Repu blican-dominated Congress, culminating in his impeachment by t he House o f Representatives in 1868. He was acquitted in the Senate by o ne vote.
Johnson was born into poverty and never attended school. He was apprenti c ed as a tailor and worked in several frontier towns before settling i n Gr eeneville, Tennessee. He served as alderman and mayor there before b ein g elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1835. After br iefl y serving in the Tennessee Senate, Johnson was elected to the Hous e of Re presentatives in 1843, where he served five two-year terms. He be came gov ernor of Tennessee for four years, and was elected by the legisl ature t o the Senate in 1857. In his congressional service, he sought pas sage o f the Homestead Bill which was enacted soon after he left his Sena te sea t in 1862. Southern slave states seceded to form the Confederate S tates o f America, including Tennessee, but Johnson remained firmly wit h the Unio n. He was the only sitting senator from a Confederate state wh o did not r esign his seat upon learning of his state's secession. In 186 2, Lincoln a ppointed him as Military Governor of Tennessee after most o f it had bee n retaken. In 1864, Johnson was a logical choice as runnin g mate for Linc oln, who wished to send a message of national unity in hi s re-election ca mpaign; and became vice president after a victorious ele ction in 1864.
Johnson implemented his own form of Presidential Reconstruction, a seri e s of proclamations directing the seceded states to hold conventions an d e lections to reform their civil governments. Southern states returne d man y of their old leaders and passed Black Codes to deprive the freedm en o f many civil liberties, but Congressional Republicans refused to sea t leg islators from those states and advanced legislation to overrule th e South ern actions. Johnson vetoed their bills, and Congressional Republ icans ov errode him, setting a pattern for the remainder of his presidenc y. Johnso n opposed the Fourteenth Amendment which gave citizenship to fo rmer slave s. In 1866, he went on an unprecedented national tour promotin g his execu tive policies, seeking to break Republican opposition.[2] A s the conflic t grew between the branches of government, Congress passe d the Tenure o f Office Act restricting Johnson's ability to fire Cabine t officials. H e persisted in trying to dismiss Secretary of War Edwin St anton, but ende d up being impeached by the House of Representatives an d narrowly avoide d conviction in the Senate. He did not win the 1868 Dem ocratic presidenti al nomination and left office the following year.
Johnson returned to Tennessee after his presidency and gained some vindi c ation when he was elected to the Senate in 1875, making him the only fo rm er president to serve in the Senate. He died five months into his term . J ohnson's strong opposition to federally guaranteed rights for black A meri cans is widely criticized; he is regarded by many historians as on e of th e worst presidents in American history.
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