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He was a US Senator from TN when war broke out and TN seceded from the Union. Johnson stayed on and kept his seat in the Senate. After Tennessee was recaptured by union forces, Lincoln appointed him to be the military governor of the state and he held that post until he ran for vice-president as Lincoln running mate,

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