Andrew Johnson
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Governor of Tennessee
President of the United States
United States senator
Vice President of the United States
human
mayor
member of the United States House of Representatives
tailor
Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, who assumed office after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and oversaw the early years of Reconstruction.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Governor of Tennessee
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President of the United States → United States senator → Vice President of the United States → human → mayor → member of the United States House of Representatives → tailor → |
| background |
born into poverty
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| dateOfBirth |
1808-12-29
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| dateOfDeath |
1875-07-31
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| education |
informal apprenticeship as tailor
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| familyName |
Johnson
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| givenName |
Andrew
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| ideology |
Unionism
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| impeachedBy |
United States House of Representatives
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| impeachmentOutcome |
acquitted by United States Senate
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| impeachmentYear |
1868
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| leftOfficeAsPresident |
1869-03-04
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| leftOfficeAsVicePresident |
1865-04-15
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| militaryRank |
Brigadier General (Union, honorary as Military Governor)
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| notableEvent |
assumed presidency after assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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oversaw early years of Reconstruction after American Civil War → |
| notableFor |
first U.S. president to be impeached
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lenient Reconstruction policies toward former Confederate states → opposition to Radical Reconstruction policies → |
| numberOfChildren |
5
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| opposedBy |
Radical Republicans in Congress
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| ordinalInOffice |
17th President of the United States
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| placeOfBirth |
Raleigh, North Carolina
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| placeOfBurial |
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery
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| placeOfDeath |
near Elizabethton, Tennessee
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| politicalParty |
Democratic Party
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National Union Party → |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Tennessee
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Mayor of Greeneville, Tennessee → Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee → Military Governor of Tennessee → President of the United States → United States Senator from Tennessee → Vice President of the United States → |
| presidentialPredecessor |
Abraham Lincoln
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| presidentialSuccessor |
Ulysses S. Grant
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| presidentOf |
United States of America
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| profession |
politician
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tailor → |
| religion |
Baptist (commonly associated)
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| senateAcquittalMargin |
one vote short of required two-thirds
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| sexOrGender |
male
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| spouse |
Eliza McCardle Johnson
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| stateRepresentedInHouse |
Tennessee
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| stateRepresentedInSenate |
Tennessee
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| supportedBy |
Southern Unionists
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| tookOfficeAsPresident |
1865-04-15
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| tookOfficeAsVicePresident |
1865-03-04
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| vicePresidentialPredecessor |
Hannibal Hamlin
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| vicePresidentialSuccessor |
Schuyler Colfax
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| vicePresidentOf |
United States of America
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| wasImpeached |
yes
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