Andrew Johnson:
A Humble Background
Andrew Johnson is a humble, Christian man who was born in the small town of Raleigh, North Carolina on December 29th, 1808. As a child of poverty, Johnson was apprenticed to a tailor by his widowed mother. Due to pressure from the apprenticeship, Johnson ran away to Tennessee at the age of seventeen, where he took up tailoring on his own. He eventually decided to return home, after which he and his family moved to Greeneville, Tennessee. As a member of the democratic political party, in 1829, Johnson forged a career in politics when he was elected alderman of Greeneville, after which he eventually progressed to become a senator of Tennessee in 1857. Appointed Military Governor of Tennessee by Lincoln in 1862, Johnson served in the union army during the American Civil War as a nominated Brigadier General until the end of his service in 1865. Shortly after the Civil War, Johnson was chosen by Abraham Lincoln to run with him as his Vice President during the election of 1864. Abraham Lincoln won the election and, having only served as vice president for a year, Johnson became president after Lincoln’s assassination in 1865. In 1869, Johnson was impeached due to his violating the Tenure of Office Act, as well as speculated political corruption. After his role as president, Andrew Johnson was re-elected a Senator of Tennessee in 1875. To this day, Andrew Johnson has served in the senate in hopes to be re-elected President of the United States of America in this upcoming election.