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Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869.He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, as he was vice president at that time.
Contemporary woodcut of Johnson being sworn in by Chief Justice Chase as Cabinet members look on, April 15, 1865. President Abraham Lincoln had won the 1860 presidential election as a member of the Republican Party, but, in hopes of winning the support of War Democrats, he ran under the banner of the National Union Party in the 1864 presidential election. [1]
Andrew Johnson: 1865–1869: Denied nomination by his party: 1872: U.S. House of Representatives: Lost: Ran as an Independent and finished 3rd in the general election. [13] 1874: U.S. Senate: Won: Only former president to serve in the Senate, served until his 1875 death. [14]
Incumbent president Andrew Johnson had succeeded to the presidency in 1865 following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, a Republican. Johnson, a War Democrat from Tennessee, had served as Lincoln's running mate in 1864 on the National Union ticket, which was designed to attract Republicans and War Democrats.
First president to receive more than 45% of the electoral vote while running for re-election, without being re-elected. First president who attended one of the Ivy League colleges. [25]: 49 First president to have biological children. [f] [32] First president to receive the oath of office from a chief justice of the United States Supreme Court [33]
Johnson and Kennedy both served under Vice President Nixon (1953–1961). Biden served under vice presidents Ford (1973–1974) and Bush (1981–1989) and later served with Obama (2005–2008). James A. Garfield was elected senator for Ohio in 1880, but he did not take up the office due to being elected president later that year.
Andrew Johnson impeachment trial admission ticket dated March 24, 1868. The Senate trial opened on March 4, 1868, [57] [26] and was conducted mostly in open session. The Senate chamber galleries were often filled to capacity. Public interest was so great that the Senate issued admission passes for the first time in its history.
It held the 1864 National Union Convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln for president and Andrew Johnson for vice president in the 1864 United States presidential election. [2] Following Lincoln's successful re-election and assassination , Johnson tried and failed to sustain the Union Party as a vehicle for his presidential ambitions. [ 3 ]