His tailor shop was in Greeneville , Tennessee. The shop and his house in Greeneville are open today as an historical site.
Andrew Johnson was a professional tailor and ran his own tailor shop.
Johnson was a tailor and eventually had his own tailor shop in Greeneville, TN.
Before he entered government, Johnson worked as a tailor and eventually owned his own tailor shop.
Until he took up politics he was a tailor and ran his own tailor shop after he was older.
He earned his living as a tailor for many years. He began as an apprentice but eventually ran his own shop.
Andrew Johnson never went to school at all. His mother sold him as an apprentice to a tailor and that is what he did. He eventually opened his own shop and with the help of friends and his wife learned to read and write.
Andrew Johnson did make his own clothing. He was a self-educated tailor and made the clothes for his cabinet as well.
He was the VP under Lincoln during the civil war. Became president when Lincoln died and served in the senate.
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They met in Greeneville, TN where she grew up and was going to school when Johnson and his family moved into town. He was 17 at the time and soon opened his own tailor shop there.
Johnson's father died when he was three and they were not from a wealthy family. His mother could earn some money by spinning weaving but they were very poor. When he was 14 he was bound as an indentured servant to serve as an apprentice to a tailor. He ran away after two years but had learned enough to work as a tailor and opened his own tailor shop when he was 17.
Andrew Johnson was a professional tailor before he got in politics and he made a few suits for friends and maybe himself afterwards.