Facts About Andrew Johnson

PresidencyAndrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869)
Political PartyDemocratic Party political group (c. 1839–1864, 1868–1875)
BornOn December 29th, 1808, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in the United States
DiedOn July 31st, 1875, in Elizabethton, Tennessee, at age 66
Cause of DeathStroke was the fatal factor
GraveAndrew Johnson Memorial Graveyard, Greeneville, Tennessee, United States
ParentsJacob Johnson but also Mary McDonough are the parents
SpouseMarried in 1827: Eliza McCardle
Children’sMartha Johnson Patterson > Robert Johnson > Mary Johnson > Andrew Johnson, Jr. > Charles Johnson

More About Andrew Johnson

  • Andrew Johnson was the tailor, politician, statesman and he have military experience – served in the Civil War.
  • His Impeachment proceeding (1868). He breached the Tenure of Office Act by removing Edwin Stanton from his cabinet without the consent of Congress.
  • His parents were nearly illiterate and Johnson did not master the basics of reading until he met his wife.
  • He was apprenticed to a local tailor at the age of 14.
  • Andrew Johnson never went to school.

See also:-

List of Presidents in the United States


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