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Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States and served from April 15, 1865 to March 4, 1869.

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Who was Andrew Johnson's wife and kids?

Martha 1828-1901 Charles 1830-1863 Mary 1832-1883 Robert 1834-1869 Andrew Jr 1852-1879

How old was Andrew Johnson when he die?

Type your answer here... he died of a massive hart attack

What was the outcome of Johnson's impeachment proceedings?

The House impeached the President, but the Senate failed to remove him. The House of Representatives voted to impeach Johnson but the Senate failed----by only one vote----to win the two-thirds majority necessary in the Senate to remove Johnson from office!

Why was President Johnson lenient toward former Confederates?

Johnson's Reconstruction program offered general amnesty to all who would take an oath of future loyalty. The plan, however, called for high-ranking Confederate officials or any wealthy white Southerner to petition the president personally for individual pardons. Raised in poverty in North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, Johnson, a War Democrat, resented the Southern planter aristocracy, and relished the idea of them begging him for pardons.

Did Andrew Johnson fight in a war?

Abraham Lincoln volunteered in the Illinois Militia and was elected Captain during the Black Hawk War. He never saw combat and served only around three months, from April 21, 1832 until July 10, 1832.

What were Andrew Johnson's domestic policies?

Three of Johnson's policies for rebuilding the nation after the war were that the job of reconstruction was the job of the president, not Congress, the states had to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, and that they accept the supreme power of the federal government.

Who took over as president after Andrew Johnson?

Grover Cleveland was the U.S. President both before (March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889) and after (March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1897) Benjamin Harrison. Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd U.S. President, and Grover Cleveland is considered the 22nd and 24th President.

Where did Andrew Johnson go to school?

Johnson had no formal education whatsoever. His father died and his mother had no money, so Johnson was apprenticed to a tailor while still a boy. Various friends and his wife helped him learn to read after he was an adult.

When president Andrew Johnson was impeached did he leave office?

Johnson was acquitted by the Senate of the impeachment charges brougth forth by the House. He did not have to leave office and so served out his full term. ( Impeachment is only the first step in removing the President. If a President is impeached, the Senate holds a trial and 2/3 of the senators must vote for conviction in order to remove him from office. )

What were President Andrew Johnson's major contributions?

Not all that great. He granted pardons to virtually all ex-Confederates, thus making impossible any divisive treason trials of men like Lee, but there was little appetite for this anyway. Alaska was purchased from Russia in 1867, but this was mainly the work of Secretary of State Seward, who was appointed by Lincoln, not Johnson. Johnson's record was mostly negative, getting into bitter quarrels with Congress over Reconstruction policy, and losing on virtually every disputed point.

How long was Andrew Johnson in office?

Andrew Johnson served shy of one term which is 4 years. (1865-1869). He took office as Vice President on March 4, becoming President after Lincoln's death on April 15, the morning after Lincoln was shot.
The 17th President of the United States was Andrew Johnson from April 15, 1865 to March 4, 1869

Did Andrew Johnson have a pet?

Legend says that he had a parrot which screeched obscenities at his funeral.

He wrote a letter to his adopted son, Andrew, in which he inquired about his dog,

and stated his own love of dogs and their benefits to man, so he presumably kept

dogs at his home, but no particular one was ever given mention.

Of course, he valued his horses, but they, being necessities were not regarded as pets. WHAT A PUSSY

What describes the impeachment of president Andrew Johnson?

It was mainly because he fired Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War, which violated the Tenure of Office Act.

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Was Andrew Johnson married?

Andrew Johnson's wife, Eliza McCardle Johnson, was born on October 4, 1810 in Telford, Tennessee, and died on January 15, 1876 in Greeneville, Tennessee - surviving her husband by just six months.

Why did Andrew Johnson dismiss Stanton?

After the Civil War, the former Confederate states were divided into military districts under the First Reconstruction Act of 1867. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, naturally, chose the generals in charge of the various districts and was in a crucial position for how to carry out Reconstruction policies. Because Stanton and President Andrew Johnson had differing views on how to carry out the Reconstruction Act(s)--Stanton approving the Congressional means of restoring the nation, while Johnson followed his own route--some personal and professional animosity developed between the two. Furthermore, Johnson sought to establish himself and the office of executive as supreme over the legislature after their many quarrels over Reconstruction. Johnson decided to defy the Tenure of Office Act, which required the Senate's approval to remove government officials including the president's cabinet--an act which limited the president's power by Congress. Ultimately it was Stanton who, because of his differences in political opinion, his position as Secretary for the Department of War, and as a means by which Johnson could assert his authority, was fired in 1867. An act which would lead to the United States' first ever presidential impeachment.

When did Andrew Johnson get removed from office?

President Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Dates:

Impeached by House of Representatives on Monday, February 24, 1868

Senate Impeachment Trial began on Thursday, March 5, 1868

Senate Impeachment Trial ended and Johnson acquitted on Saturday, May 16, 1868

Presidential Term of Office ended on Thursday, March 4, 1869

What was Andrew Johnson's home town?

Johnson lived most of adult life in Greeneville, Tennessee. His home and tailor shop are still there and open to visitors. That is also where he was buried.

What did Andrew Johnson do as president?

  • Andrew Johnson tried to carry out Lincoln's plan for reconstruction , get the Southern states back into the union and deal with the freed slaves. He was faced with conflicts everywhere- from Congress which wanted to punish the South and from the Southerner who hated the union troops and the idea of former slave voting and running the country. He ended up fighting everyone, issuing many vetoes which were overturned. He fired the Secretary of War, who refused to leave.
  • Alaska was purchased from Russia.
  • He was impeached and had to fight for his job in a long trial.

What bill did Andrew Johnson veto that led to his impeachment?

The 1867 Tenure of Office Act was at the heart of the problem; however, it wasn't Andrew Johnson's veto of The Tenure in Office Act that led to his impeachment; it was his later disregard of the law that did.

That law provided that the President could not remove certain federal officials from office. When Johnson tried to dismiss Secretary of War Edwin Stanton from his Cabinet, the Radical Republicans believed Johnson violated the tenure law.

A President may be removed on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors. His veto was lawful; his disregard of the law was thought to be unlawful but it was unclear if it applied in that particular situation or even if the law was constitutional at all. Those factors saved Johnson from being convicted and removed from office.

Did Andrew Johnson have a vice president?

No.

Until 1975, Vice Presidents were not replaced if the office became vacant for any reason.

Was Andrew Johnson the first US President to be impeached?

No. Bill Clinton was the second President to be impeached. Andrew Johnson was the first to be impeached, when the House of Representatives brought eleven articles of impeachment against him in 1868 for violating the Tenure of Office Act, among other things. President Richard Nixon was nearly impeached in 1974, but escaped charges by resigning.

Did Andrew Johnson play sports?

In Johnson's day sports were nothing like they are today. Schools did not have sports teams. Only the rich had time for recreation like fox hunts and horse racing. Johnson certainly did not compete in any organized sports. There was hunting, fishing, hiking, and horse-back riding, but these were more like necessities than sports. In short, I do not know what his favorite sport was, but I am sure it was not baseball, football. basketball or soccer.

Why was Andrew Johnson chosen as vice president?

He was an established US Senator from Tennessee when the Civil War began.

He was the only senator from a seceding state that did not resign but remained loyal to his oath to protect the Constitution. Lincoln liked him.