President Andrew Johnson

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Andrew Johnson was the United States of America’s seventeenth president.

President Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on December 29, 1808 and grew up to become America’s seventeenth president.

He was a tailor before he became President of the United States at age 56. His place of primary affiliation was Tennessee. Andrew Johnson became president on April 15, 1865 and left the office on March 4, 1869.

President Andrew Johnson was a member of the Democratic Party and he did not have a vice president. Andrew Johnson's nicknames include The Tailor, The Tennessee Tailor, Sir Veto, Father of the Homestead Act, and The Grim Presence.

Vice President Andrew Johnson became president when Abraham Lincoln was killed. He and Lincoln were opposites. Johnson let the southern states into the Union without requiring them to reform themselves. He was clearly in conflict with the majority in Congress, and was impeached, but escaped by one vote.

Andrew Jackson was 78 years old when he died on June 8, 1845. President Andrew Johnson was buried beneath a willow tree that he planted himself.





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