Andrew+Johnson

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=Andrew Johnson)=

=__Biographical Information:__=

__Biographical Sketch:__
Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1808, and like the previous North Carolina born presidents, Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk, he was elected to office from Tennessee. Although a native of the South, Johnson was a firm supporter of the Union. During the desperate days of the Civil War, he served as the military governor of Tennessee and finally as vice-president under the second term of Abraham Lincoln. After Lincoln's assassination, the heavy task of restoring a nation after the ravages of a civil war fell to the tailor from North Carolina.

=__Political Experience__=
 * (alderman 1829-1833
 * (mayor- 1833-1835 )
 * (house of Representatatives-1837-39 )
 * (governor 1853- 1857 )
 * (vice president 1862-1865 /President- 1865-1869)

=__Presidential Administration__=

Secretary of the Navy: Gideon Welles
=__Domestic Affairs__= Andrew Jonson After the assassination of President Lincoln, Johnson tried to take control of the reconstruction, but he was brushed off by Congress. Instead of Lincoln's ten percent plan, a harsher plan was established for readmitting states into the Union. All the stateshad to ratify the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments to regain their seats in Congress. However, only Tennessee passed the fourteenth amendment which forced the South to equal rights.

=__Foreign Affairs__= .Johnson forced the Frenchout of Mexico by sending a combat army to the border and issuing an ultimatum. The French withdrew in 1867, and their puppet government quickly collapsed. Secretary of State Seward negotiated the Purchase of alaska from Russia onapril 9, 1867 for $7.2 million.

=__Famous Quotes__= ...The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people

=__Interesting Facts__= Andrew Johnson past on my birth day

=__Presidential Timeline__= Include a chronological timeline of the most important historical and political events that occured during your president's administration.
 * (october 17 1853
 * (november 31857

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=__Links__=
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