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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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What specific event caused President Johnson to be impeached?
Andrew Johnson was impeached after he fired Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, violating the Tenure of Office Act.
How did Andrew Johnson meet his wife?
When Jackson first came to the Nashville area he found room and at his wifes's mother's blockhouse, She was a recent widow and she needed men around to protect her from Indian raids. He met Rachel, who already married at her mother's house.
Why did the American people like Andrew Johnson?
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 - July 31, 1875) was the 17th President of the United States (1865-1869). Following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Johnson presided over the Reconstruction era of the United States in the four years after the American Civil War. His tenure was controversial as his positions favoring the white South came under heavy political attack from Republicans.
At the time of the secession of the Southern states, Johnson was a U.S. Senator from Greeneville in East Tennessee. As a Unionist, he was the only Southern senator not to quit his post upon secession. He became the most prominent War Democrat from the South and supported Lincoln's military policies during the American Civil War of 1861-1865. In 1862, Lincoln appointed Johnson military governor of occupied Tennessee, where he proved to be energetic and effective in fighting the rebellion and beginning transition to Reconstruction.
Johnson was nominated for the Vice President position in 1864 on the National Union Party ticket. He and Lincoln were elected in November 1864 and inaugurated on March 4, 1865. Johnson succeeded to the presidency upon Lincoln's assassination on April 15, 1865.
As president, he took charge of Presidential Reconstruction - the first phase of Reconstruction - which lasted until the Radical Republicans gained control of Congress in the 1866 elections. His conciliatory policies towards the South, his hurry to reincorporate the former Confederate states back into the union, and his vetoes of civil rights bills embroiled him in a bitter dispute with Radical Republicans.[3] The Radicals in the House of Representatives impeached him in 1868, charging him with violating the Tenure of Office Act, but he was acquitted by a single vote in the Senate.
Johnson's party status was ambiguous during his presidency. As president, he did not identify with the two main parties - though he did try for the Democratic nomination in 1868 - and so while President he attempted to build a party of loyalists under the National Union label. Asked in 1868 why he did not become a Democrat, he said, "It is true I am asked why don't I join the Democratic Party. Why don't they join me ... if I have administered the office of president so well?" His failure to make the National Union brand an actual party made Johnson effectively an independent during his presidency, though he was supported by Democrats and later rejoined the party as a Democratic Senator from Tennessee from 1875 until his death of a stroke at 66.[4] For these reasons he is usually counted as a Democrat when identifying presidents by their political parties.[5] Johnson was the first U.S. President to undergo an impeachment trial; the senate fell one vote short of removing him from office. He is commonly ranked by historians as being among the worst U.S. presidents.
Did Andrew Johnson have a nickname?
Sources give "The Tennessee Tailor" , "Sir Veto","Father of the Homestead Act".
I don't think any were or are widely used.
Who was the president that impeached Andrew Johnson?
President Andrew Johnson was not impeached by another President. He was impeached by the House of Representatives, whose job it is to draw up charges, then tried by the Senate. The Senate acquitted Johnson by one vote on May 16, 1868.
civil rights act 1866
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Where did Andrew Johnson's parents work?
Jacob Johnson (April 17, 1778 -Jan 4, 1812) and
Mary "Polly" McDonough Johnson( July 17, 1782 - Feb 13, 1856)
were his father and mother.
Johnson's father died when he was only three years old.
After Jacob's death, Mary remarried to Turner Daugherty.
Family: Married (wife's name unknown); children: three.
Do you agree with the statement president Jackson was a peoples president?
yes he was liked by many and the children loved him
Andrew Johnson followed which President?
Andrew Johnson, who was Abe Lincoln's Vice-President, succeeded Lincoln in office after the President's assassination.
Why did president Andrew Johnson veto Nebraska's statehood?
Congress forced a change to the state population allowing black males the right to vote along with white males. Johnson vetoed Nebraska's statehood under the claim that Congress had no right to change a state's constitution.
Congress disagreed, and a supermajority overruled his decision.
What was the outcome of the impeachment efforts?
If a president is impeached, which only the House can do, he must face a trial by the senate. If they convict him of the charges brought forth in the impeachment by a 2/3 vote, he is removed from office. If not, he stays on the job as president.
How much is a Andrew Johnson one dOLLAR1865 to 1869 coin worth?
These were widely available and have little collector's value. They are valid currency and are certainly worth $1. An uncirculated copy might cost you $2 and a mint proof a little more.
What was the outcome of the impeachment trial?
The result of a guilty verdict in an impeachment trial is removal from office. The impeached official is also prohibited from serving in public office in the future, although a few people have managed to get around this provision.
How many Senators were at President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial?
A total of 54 Senators were available to vote the day President Johnson's Senate trial ended on May 16, 1868. President Johnson was acquitted by a count of 35-19, just one vote shy of the two-thirds super majority needed for conviction.
What does presidents George Washington Andrew Johnson and Harry Truman have in common?
One thing is that none of them graduated from college. They were all happily married to wives that were not especially noted for their beauty or their ability to sparkle in social situations.
Why was Andrew Johnson known as the Tennessee Tailor?
because he lived in tennessee and the family business was being a tailor
What were some of Andrew Johnson's accomplishments?
He is credited with the passage of the Homestead Act.
Andrew Johnson indicted for what violation?
When Andrew Johnson was impeached in May of 1868 when he removed Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, who had been retained after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The Radical Republicans in an effort to keep Edwin Stanton in office passed the Tenure of Office Act, which required the consent of the Senate for the President to remove a federal official from office. When Johnson removed Stanton from office anyway the impeachment trial began on the grounds that he had broken the Tenure of Office Act, becoming the first President of the United States to ever be impeached. In the end he retained his office, just shy one vote from being removed from office.
Where did Andrew Johnson grow up?
He was born in Raleigh , NC and lived there until he was 16. When he was 14, he was bound as an indentured servant to a tailor in Raleigh as an apprentice. When he was 16, he ran away and hid out in Carthage,NC and Laurens, SC. for a couple of years until he joined his mother in Greeneville, TN and opened a tailor shop.
