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| Andrew Johnson
(1808 - 1875)
| Timeline |
| 1808 |
Born on 29 December |
| 1818 |
Apprenticed to a tailor |
| 1824 |
Runs away with his brother, becomes a tailor |
| 1827 |
Marries Eliza McCardle |
| 1828 |
Daughter, Martha, born |
| 1828 |
Serves as an alderman in Greeneville, TN |
| 1830 |
Serves as Mayor in Greenville |
| 1830 |
Son, Charles, born |
| 1832 |
Daughter, Mary, born |
| 1834 |
Son, Robert, born |
| 1835 |
Elected to the State House of Representatives |
| 1839 |
Again elected to the State House of Representatives |
| 1841 |
Elected to the State Senate - serves until 1853 |
| 1852 |
Son, Andrew, born |
| 1853 |
Elected governor of Tennessee, serving until 1857 |
| 1862 |
Appointed military governor of Tennessee by Lincoln |
| 1864 |
Elected Vice President on the "Union Party" with Abraham Lincoln |
| 1865 |
Lincoln assassinated, Johnson becomes president |
| 1868 |
Removes Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War and replaces him with Adjutant-General Lorenzo Thomas; a court of impeachment is constituted in the Senate to hear charges against Johnson - he is acquitted |
| 1868 |
Unsuccessfully tries for Democratic nomination |
| 1874 |
Elected to the US Senate |
| 1875 |
Dies 31 July |
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