Andrew Johnson

he defended them by saying to the south they would attacked them with chickens.

• It was hurtful to the poor African Americans who were free.

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USRC Andrew Johnson was created on 1865-05-01.

they disagreed over plans for reconstruction.

He had a hard childhood because he was very poor. His father died when he was three and his mother had to support him and his brother by spinning and weaving at home. He was apprenticed out to a tailor when he was fourteen and so had no chance to go to school . The man he was apprenticed to worked him so hard that he ran away and supported himself as best he could.

Two presidents were impeached: Andrew Johnson and William Clinton (Bill Clinton).

Before he entered government, Johnson worked as a tailor and eventually owned his own tailor shop.

"'Greensleeves,' a very old English song."

It demonstrated that the principle or checks and balances allowed the US Congress to impeach or indict a sitting president and potentially remove him. It also represented the importance of a single vote: President Johnson was acquitted and remained in office by a single vote cast in the Senate, the sitting jury.

Johnson was facing something no president has ever faced. At first his hatred of the "stuck up" planter aristocrats flared, but time and responsibility made him see that wouldn't work. He began to veer toward Lincoln's "rosewater" ten-percent plan. Lincoln decreed in 1863 that as a first step a group of voters equal to one-tenth of the voting population of any southern state in 1860 must take the oath of allegiance to the United States. The next step would be creation of a new state government under a constitution that accepted the abolition of slavery. By 1864 several southern states had reorganized their government to fit the plan. The plan adopted by Johnson in 1865 was similar to Lincoln's but it was more generous.

Johnson was a US Senator from Tennessee where he lived for all of his adult life.

Frustrated by Johnson's actions, Congress proposed the Fourteenth Amendment to the states, and the amendment was ratified in 1868. As the conflict between the branches of government grew, Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act, restricting Johnson's ability to fire Cabinet officials.

US President Andrew Johnson became the US president, from his position as Vice President in 1865 due to the assassination of US President Lincoln. From 1862 to 1865 Johnson served as the military governor of occupied Tennessee.

We have had two presidents by the name of Johnson. The Vice President for Lincoln became president after Lincolns death. He was impeached and saved by one vote. The second Johnson was the Vice President for JFK and wasn't impeached in his terms of office.

President Andrew Johnson put a bounty on the capture of Confederate leader Jefferson Davis after the Civil War. In May 1865, following Davis's escape from Union forces, Johnson offered a reward for his capture, viewing him as a key figure in the rebellion against the United States. The bounty reflected Johnson's determination to hold Confederate leaders accountable for their roles in the war.

He was accused of being drunk. He had to sit out in the cold wind and somebody gave him some alcoholic tonic so he may have been on his way to intoxication but if so, it was an unhappy accident. He was not used to alcohol .

President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan was biased because it favored the interests of Southern white landowners and sought to quickly restore the Southern states to the Union with minimal changes to their social and economic systems. His lenient approach allowed former Confederate leaders to regain power without significant consequences, undermining the rights of newly freed African Americans. Additionally, Johnson's lack of support for civil rights legislation reflected a racial bias that prioritized the status quo over genuine reform and equality.

After Andrew Johnson ran away from the tailor in his youth, he fled to a nearby town where he found work as a helper in a different tailor shop. His experiences in this new environment eventually led him to pursue a career in politics, ultimately becoming the 17th President of the United States. Johnson's early struggles shaped his resilience and commitment to public service.

President Johnson was generally seen as more lenient toward the Southern states compared to President Lincoln. Johnson's approach to Reconstruction favored rapid restoration of the South with relatively few conditions, allowing many former Confederates to regain power. In contrast, Lincoln advocated for a more structured plan that aimed to ensure civil rights and rebuild the South with a focus on integrating freed slaves into society. This difference in approach reflected their varying priorities and philosophies regarding post-war reconciliation.