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Andrew Johnson ran away from his apprenticeship as a teenager. With a reward on his head, he traveled throughout the South honing his trade. He eventually returned to Raleigh, NC for his mother and step-father. They settled in Greeneville, TN, where Andrew opened his own shop and married a local girl, Eliza McCardle.
Andrew Johnson. Date of Birth - Death December 29, 1808 - July 31, 1875. Often dubbed the “courageous commoner,” Andrew Johnson was born in a log cabin in Raleigh, North Carolina to nearly illiterate parents. He was not proficient in the basics of reading, writing, and math until he met his wife at age seventeen.
Biografie. Andrew Johnson werd geboren in Raleigh (North Carolina) en was autodidact. Hij verhuisde in 1826 naar Tennessee, waar hij werkzaam was als kleermaker. Hij was wethouder in Greeneville van 1828 tot 1830 en van 1834 tot 1838 burgemeester. Van 1835 tot 1837 en van 1839 tot 1841 was hij lid van het Huis van Afgevaardigden van Tennessee.
2 de abr. de 2014 · Andrew Johnson became the 17th president of the United States upon the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in April 1865. His lenient Reconstruction policies toward the South, and his ...
Andrew Johnson - Reconstruction, Impeachment, Legacy: To broaden the base of the Republican Party to include loyal “war” Democrats, Johnson was selected to run for vice president on Lincoln’s reelection ticket of 1864. His first appearance on the national stage was a fiasco. On Inauguration Day he imbibed more whiskey than he should have to counter the effects of a recent illness, and as ...
Andrew Johnson. Político estadounidense, vicepresidente bajo la segunda presidencia de Abraham Lincoln (1864) y decimoséptimo presidente de los Estados Unidos de América (1865-1869). Nació el 29 de diciembre de 1808, en Raleigh (estado de Carolina del Norte), y murió el 31 de julio de 1875, en Carter's Station (estado de Tennessee).
Andrew Johnson. Andrew Johnson ( Raleigh, Carolina del Nord, ( EUA) 29 de desembre de 1808 - Elizabethton, Tennessee (EUA) 31 de juliol de 1875) fou el dissetè president dels Estats Units, succeint el difunt Abraham Lincoln . Johnson era del Sud dels Estats Units i del Partit Demòcrata mantenint-se al costat de la Unió durant la Guerra Civil ...
