PRESIDENT++ANDREW+JOHNSON

=Andrew Johnson by Jessica Glynn=

=Intro= Andrew Johnson was the seventeenth president of the United States. He was born into a life of poverty. Johnson's education was also very poor. Johnson made many significant contributions in office as president. There are some things that people don't know about Johnson like his nick name was "Tennessee Tailor".

=__Early Life__= = Andrew Johnson was born December 29, 1808 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He died July 31,1875 when he was only 66 years old. When he was a young teenager, he moved to Greenville, Tennessee. His mother is Mary McDonough and his father is Jacob Johnson. He grew up with his brother William Johnson and soon married Eliza McCardle Johnson. Johnson and Eliza had five children, which were two girls and three boys. The children’s names were Martha( born 1828),Charles(born 1830),Mary(born 1832),Robert(born 1834), and lastly Andrew Jr.(born 1852). Johnson didn’t really have hobbies and when he was young he was sold as a servant to be a tailor and ran away a few years after but came back to North Carolina for his family and moved to Greenville, Tennessee. =

=__Education__= Andrew Johnson’s education was very poor because he never enrolled in school. He had to teach himself to read. Johnson was a worker at a tailor shop until he opened his own tailor shop in Greenville. His wife helped educate him and later he soon joined a debate club at a college. After his years as a debater he entered politics and quoted "Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide." He became the mayor of Tennessee and in 1835,won an election to become a member in the House of Representatives. In 1837,he lost the re-election.

=__Significant Contributions in Office__= Johnson made various significant contributions in office as president. Johnson won the election to become a member in the Tennessee Senate. He supported the Fugitive Slave Law and Lincoln’s opponent, Stephan Douglas. Johnson was Lincoln’s vice president and then became president April 15,1865,after Lincoln was assassinated. As president, Johnson fired Lincoln’s Secretary of War, Edward Staton, who accused Johnson of violating the Tenure of Office Act, Which states that elected officers can’t be fired without the Senates permission. President Johnson also wanted states to decide if freed African Americans should be able to vote and he wanted to bring the South back into the Union. Later, he vetoed(canceled) the Tenure of Office Act in 1867,but Congress voted it back. After, he had eleven charges because he violated the act. Congress went against many of Johnson’s requests. On March 21, 1868, President Johnson was impeached, to accuse or charge with wrong doing in office.  =__Interesting Facts__ Some interesting facts about Andrew Johnson was that he was 52 years old when inaugurated and died when he was 66 years old. He was the first president to be impeached and he served as president from 1865-1869. Andrew Johnson is a Democrat and he had pet mice. Johnson was also a failure but did many accomplishments. __Who would have thought that? __ =


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