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14th May '13 11:17:25 AM zequist

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Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) was the seventeenth President of the United States (serving from 1865 to 1869) and the sixth from the Democratic Party. Technically speaking, he was elected from the National Union Party (which replaced the Republicans during TheAmericanCivilWar), but historians generally count him as a Democrat. He never went to school, so he had to teach himself how to read and write. Johnson was previously a Congressman from Tennessee (serving in both houses at different points), and was the only Senator from a seceding state to stay with the Union. He was also the Governor of Tennessee at one point, and was later made the state's Military Governor during the Civil War. For the Election of 1864, AbrahamLincoln chose Johnson as his running mate for reelection because, as the only Southern Senator left, he could broaden Lincoln's appeal in the slave states that didn't leave the Union. Johnson was expected to merely rack up a few extra votes for Lincoln and serve a forgettable term as Vice President, and then Lincoln got shot. Oops.

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Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) was the seventeenth President of the United States (serving from 1865 to 1869) and the sixth from the Democratic Party. Technically speaking, he was elected from the National Union Party (which replaced the Republicans during TheAmericanCivilWar), but historians generally count him as a Democrat. He never went to school, so he had to teach himself how to read and write. Johnson was previously a Congressman from Tennessee (serving in both houses at different points), and was the only Senator from a seceding state to stay with the Union. He was also the Governor of Tennessee at one point, and was later made the state's Military Governor during the Civil War; while holding that position he ordered slavery abolished in Tennessee in October of 1864. Johnson himself, ironically, was a former slaveowner, and the last US President to own slaves at any point in his life. Johnson freed his personal slaves on August 8, 1863, and to commemorate that event, August 8 is officially celebrated as "Emancipation Day" in Tennessee.

For the Election of 1864, AbrahamLincoln chose Johnson as his running mate for reelection because, as the only Southern Senator left, he could broaden Lincoln's appeal in the slave states that didn't leave the Union. Johnson was expected to merely rack up a few extra votes for Lincoln and serve a forgettable term as Vice President, and then Lincoln got shot. Oops.

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20th Dec '12 5:56:42 PM MysteriousF