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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