Andrew Johnson
• 17TH PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES
(1865-1869)
Family
• Born on December 29, 1808
in Raleigh, North Carolina
• Parents Mary McDonough
and Jacob Johnson.
• His father died when Andrew
was only 3 that left his family
poor.
• His mother worked with
spinning and weaving to
support his family.
• Johnson married Eliza
McCardle in 1827 & had 5
children; Martha, Charles,
Mary, Robert, & Andrew Jr.
Background
• He was his mother’s assistant
tailor at the age of 10 or 14.
• He worked as a tailor in South
Carolina in the 1820’s after
escaping to Tennessee with his
brother.
• Because Johnson didn’t have
formal education, he taught
himself to read and write.
• Johnson was later taught
algebra & writing skills from his
wife.
Early Political Career
• He was elected Mayor of
Tennessee in 1833.
• Elected in Tennessee
House of
Representatives in 1835.
• Elected Tennessee
Senate in 1841.
• In Tennessee’s 1st
Congressional district, he
was the 1st Democratic
representative.
• Elected Governor of
Tennessee in 1853-1857
Quotes
If I am shot at, I want no man to be in the
way of the bullet.
-Andrew Johnson
Honest conviction is my courage; the
Constitution is my guide.
-Andrew Johnson
Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and
white in the North.
-Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson Cabinet Members
Executive Department Secretary
Secretary of State William H. Seward*
Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch*
Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton*
John M. Schofield
Attorney General James Speed*
Henry Stanbery
William M. Evarts
Postmaster General William Dennison*
Alexander W. Randall
Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles*
Secretary of the Interior John P. Usher*
James Harlan
Orville H. Browning
Service Dates
1865-69
1865-69
1865-68
1868-69
1865-66
1866-68
1868-69
1865-66
1866-69
1865-69
1865
1865-66
1866-69
Domestic Policy Issues
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Jackson did not have the same perspective on issues as Lincoln did, and
many people were appalled especially in the concept of the federal power
and the political views on the black, but then Many People liked Jackson
because he showed his true colors.
Jackson made most of government republicans, Also he made it easier to
vote by dropping many "qualifications" requiered to vote; ei. religion
There was a force Bill- The conflict with the Carolinas
The "Charters" of the Bank (2nd) were about to expire and Nicholas
Biddle mentioned how an extention would be best, but Jackson vetoed it.
Presidential Reconstruction was his first stage. He needed to act quickly
because congress had recessed, and so he came up with his own policies
based on Lincolns old ideas. He made provisional governors enter the
defeated states and made them draft new constitutions. In Jackson’s
program, he wanted every Southern voter to swear on an oath of loyalty to
obtain amnesty. In the summer of 1865, Jackson brought forth all of the
Confederate leaders back.
Foreign Policy Issues
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Jackson was involved with several cases of foreign policy; he wanted to
expand American commerce, solve any problems with other countries,
restore American prestige, and add on to the American territorial
boundaries.
One Issue was In 1846, when the affair with France over the
Napoleonic era was settled. But even so there were many
conflicts. Jackson placed a proposal that France would pay 25 million
Francis to the US and the US would pay however much back, and all
would be neutral. They agreed, and so Jackson made a treaty but
within that treaty there were many issues rising, so then France
refused to pay the money. It wasn’t until Great Britain offered to be a
mediator, in a sense, and then France decided to pay, only if they
received an apology from Jackson. He said he wasn’t going to give one,
then appealed to France’s better nature to avoid provocation. The
French crisis was one of Jackson’s foreign accomplishments.
Jackson’s attempt to gain Texas during his presidency did not happen,
but he did manage to gain more territory for America, which was one
of his goals.
“American exports increased more than 75 percent and imports grew
250 percent during Jackson's presidency.”
Successes
• The first political success was aristocratic element in
Greenville where he held of the office of Alderman for 3
years.
• He was then promoted to Mayor for another 3 years.
• 1834- Johnson secured his state a new constitution.
• 1835- Johnson was elected to be part of the Tennessee
Legislation.
• 1840-Johnson was one of the Presidential Electors from the
state.
• 1841- Johnson was sent to the State Senate
• 1843, 1845, 1847- Johnson was elected to Congress
• 1853, 1855-Governer of Tennessee
• 1857- United States Senator for a term of 6 years
• 1862- Military governor of Tennessee by Lincoln
• 1864-Elected Vice President of the Unites States
• 1865- President of the United States after Lincoln was
assassinated.
Failures
• Andrew Johnson attempted to bring
Tennesse into the Union but was
unsuccessful
• He was elected to the state legislature but
was defeated in 1837.
• At the Democratic Convention, Johnson was
defeated by Horatio Seymour of New York.
• The struggle to restore the Union after the
Civil War became so embittered that the
House of Representatives impeached him
and he was tried before the United States
Senate.
• With struggles, post civil war, Johnson
vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau and Civil
Rights Bills, but Congress overrode both
vetoes.
Legacy
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Andrew Johnson is known to be
the worst person to serve as
president at the end of the Civil
War.
He was the greatest failure of all
presidents in making a satisfying
and just peace.
Johnson is also remembered and
known for his faliure in
Reconstruction and his inability to
solve the race problem in the
South/ America.
On the contrary, some people
consider him a mistreated
president who should get credit for
helping preserve the union, but
many think less of him.
Andrew Johnson kicks out Freedmen's Bureau with
his Veto as there's black people coming out of it.
One word slide
Unfortunate
• Although Johnson was an
honorable and honest man,
was unfortunate especially
because he was arrayed
against by the Radical
Republicans in congress, in
which Johnson was no
match for them.
Impact on current events
• Johnson's strong commitment to
obstructing political and civil rights for
blacks is principally responsible for the
failure of Reconstruction to solve the race
problem in the South and perhaps in
America as well
• His opposition to the Freedmen's Bureau
Bill, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and the
Fourteenth Amendment eliminated all hope
of using presidential authority to affect
further compromises favorable to his
position. In the end, Johnson did more to
extend the period of national strife than he
did to heal the wounds of war.
Group Members
• Nancy Chavez (period 5)
• Alejandra Jimenez (period 5)
• Cynthia Pina (period 1)
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