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Suzanne Distrola Pd: 3
Andrew Johnson
1865-1869
Grew up in povertyApprenticed to a tailor for
several years before running away
Tried to teach himself to read and write
Married Eliza McCardle at age seventeenShe was highly educated
Before presidency
Start of Politics
Held many positionsMayor, Senate,
Governor, Chairman, ect.
Only Southern senator who refused to join the Confederacy
He made it clear that he was fighting for the Union and not the abolition of slavery.“I believe slaves should be in subordination
and I will live and die so believing.”“I have lived among negroes, all my life, and I
am for this Government with slavery under the Constitution as it is.”
Later viewed that slaves were more productive as free men.
Start of Politics (view on slavery)
Elected Vice President
On inauguration day Johnson was drunk while he made his speech to Congress
Start of Politics
Yeoman DemocratsLost support within the Republican PartyImpeachment threat
Infamous drunk
Republican > Democrats
Electoral Map
Republican Ticket
Presidential candidate:ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President
VP candidate:
ANDREW JOHNSON, Tennessee Governor
Popular votes:2,220,846 (55.1%)
Electoral votes: 212
Democratic Ticket
Presidential candidate:
George McClellan, Union Army General
VP candidate:
George Pendleton, Ohio Congressman
Popular votes:1,809,445 (44.9%)
Electoral votes: 21 www.wisconsinhistory.org
Purchase of Alaska
US domestic affairs.Little impact on International scene
ReconstructionBlack voting allowance
Events
William H. SewardSecretary of State
Hugh McCullochSecretary of the Treasury
Secretary of War John M. Schofield
Cabinet
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/andrewjohnson
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAjohnsonA.htm
http://millercenter.org/president/johnson/essays/biography/2 second paragraph
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