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Andrew Johnson 1865-1869. Suzanne Distrola Pd: 3. Before presidency. Grew up in poverty Apprenticed to a tailor for several years before running away Tried to teach himself to read and write Married Eliza McCardle at age seventeen She was highly educated. Start of Politics.
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Andrew Johnson1865-1869 Suzanne Distrola Pd: 3
Before presidency • Grew up in poverty • Apprenticed to a tailor for several years before running away • Tried to teach himself to read and write • Married Eliza McCardle at age seventeen • She was highly educated
Start of Politics • Held many positions • Mayor, Senate, Governor, Chairman, ect. • Only Southern senator who refused to join the Confederacy
Start of Politics (view on slavery) • He made it clear that he was fighting for the Union and not the abolition of slavery. • “I believe slaves should be in subordination and I will live and die so believing.” • “I have lived among negroes, all my life, and I am for this Government with slavery under the Constitution as it is.” • Later viewed that slaves were more productive as free men.
Start of Politics • Elected Vice President • On inauguration day Johnson was drunk while he made his speech to Congress
Infamous drunk • Yeoman Democrats • Lost support within the Republican Party • Impeachment threat
Electoral Map • Republican > Democrats www.wisconsinhistory.org
Events • Purchase of Alaska • US domestic affairs. • Little impact on International scene • Reconstruction • Black voting allowance
Cabinet • William H. Seward • Secretary of State • Hugh McCulloch • Secretary of the Treasury • Secretary of War • John M. Schofield
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/andrewjohnson • http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAjohnsonA.htm • http://millercenter.org/president/johnson/essays/biography/2 second paragraph