Andrew Johnson ~ December 29, 1808 - July 31, 1875

17th President, 1865-1869
Andrew Johnson sites visited:
Johnson was born here in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Greeneville, Tennessee has the bulk of Johnson historic sites.
The Visitor Center was closed but we could see part of Johnson's preserved Tailor Shop through the window.
There's a replica birthplace house across the street,
and a statue on the corner.
The home where he, his family, and his slaves lived from the 1830s to 1851 is preserved on another corner and was not open.
Andrew Johnson is well remembered in the Tennessee State Capitol.
The "Pride of Tennessee" painting includes Johnson along with Polk and Jackson.
Along with all the other presidents, Johnson has a statue in the City of Presidents, Rapid City, South Dakota.
Johnson has a very grand gravesite in Greeneville, Tennessee, high on a hill in what is now the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery. Some of his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren are buried here also.
It's quite a view from up there.
Andrew Johnson never attended school and was illiterate until tutored by his wife (he was 18 when he married 16 year old Eliza McCardle). He became a U.S. Representative, Governor of Tennessee, U.S. Senator, and the Vice President to Abraham Lincoln.
Johnson became the first president to become president due to the assassination of his predecessor. He opposed the passage of the 14th amendment and did not get the 1868 Democratic nomination for president. In 1875 he was elected back to the U.S. Senate but died five months later.
"Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide."
 

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