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president of United States
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History & Society
- Born:
- December 29, 1808 Raleigh North Carolina
- Died:
- July 31, 1875 (aged 66) Tennessee (Anniversary in 4 days)
- Title / Office:
- United States Senate (1875-1875), United States presidency of the United States of America (1865-1869), United States vice president of the United States of America (1865-1865), United States United States Senate (1857-1862), United States governor (1853-1857), Tennessee
- Political Affiliation:
- Democratic Party
- Notable Family Members:
- spouse Eliza Johnson
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Andrew Johnson, (born December 29, 1808, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.—died July 31, 1875, near Carter Station, Tennessee), 17th president of the United States (1865–69), who took office upon the assassination of Pres. Abraham Lincoln during the closing months of the American Civil War (1861–65). His lenient Reconstruction policies toward the South embittered the Radical Republicans in Congress and led to his political downfall and to his impeachment, though he was acquitted. Johnson was the younger of two sons of Jacob and Mary McDonough Johnson. Jacob Johnson, who served as a porter in a local inn, as a sexton in the ...(100 of 1873 words)