Andrew Johnson

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


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