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Andrew Johnson's Birth
Andrew Johnson was born in a log cabin near Raleigh N.C. on December 29th 1808. -
Johnson as an apprentice.
Johnson became an apprentice. His widowed mother had him as a tailor at the age of 14 -
Johnson on the run
Andrew ran away from his apprenticeship to become his own -
Andrew has a small business
Andrew Johnson short after running away starts a business for tailoring. -
His marriage
Andrew Johnson finds a wife to marry. Her name is Eliza McCardle. -
Pres. Jacksons fight
During Johnson life, another president, Jackson fights a house painter for trying to associate him. -
The Alamo battle
A tragic siege at the Alamo becomes a legendary battle in the Texas War for Independence. -
Ireland Famine
Ireland is ravaged by the Great Famine, spurring one of the great migrations of people to the U.S. -
Johnson in the predidancy
Johnson took and oath to serve the United states of America. -
Lincoln's funeral train
Lincoln's funeral train departs to Illinois. -
Celebrations in D.C.
D.C. celebrated over the almost complete civil war. -
Johnson moves into the White house
Johnson now has a residency in the white house -
The black code
enabled black Americans to keep certain rights after the war -
Extending Freedmen's Bureau
the protection of the southern black American laws were voted on -
civil rights act
Andrew puts forth more effort for the citizenship of blacks -
Fourteenth Amendment
they pass an official amendment to the citizenship of blacks -
Tennessee is readmitted
congress readmits the fourteenth amendment to TN. after the state ratifies -
Nebraska becomes a state
Nebraska is now a state of union -
"Seward's icebox"
the purchase of alaska -
Secretary of War to resign
Johnson asks Secretary of War (and Radical Republican) Edwin Stanton to resign. The two disagree over Reconstruction plans; Stanton refuses. -
Taking the Midway Islands
possession of the Midway Islands in the Pacific Ocean -
Johnson gives annual message
In his annual message to Congress, Johnson defends his policies toward the ex-Confederate states. -
Senate refusal
The Senate refuses to concur with Johnson's removal of Stanton. -
House of Representatives votes to impeach Johnson
The House of Representatives votes to impeach Johnson, focusing on his breach of the Tenure of Office Act. The 126-47 vote is along party lines. -
Articles of impeachment
The House appoints seven managers to go before the Senate with eleven articles of impeachment. Eight of these articles relate to the Tenure of Office Act and the removal of Secretary of War Stanton. -
Trial
Sergeant-at-arms presented summons to President Johnson, who chose not to appear at trial. -
Prosecution presented its case
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The Charges
Senate voted 35 to 19 to acquit on article 11. -
Failing to convict
The vote serves as a precedent for standard necessary to convict in impeachment hearings. -
Senate acquitted Johnson and adjourned as court of impeachment.
senate gets Johnson impeached -
acquit Johnson
Senate voted 35 to 19 to acquit on articles 2 and 3. -
Burlingame Treaty
Johnson submits the Burlingame Treaty between the United States and China to the Senate for approval. -
Grant narrowly defeats Seymour
Republican Presidential candidate General Ulysses S. Grant defeats Democrat Horatio Seymour by only 300,000 votes. -
Johnson's final message
President Johnson delivers his final annual message to Congress, again requesting the repeal of the Reconstruction Acts. -
Ulysses S. Grant inaugurated
Ulysses S. Grant takes the oath of office as President of the United States. President Johnson refuses to attend the inauguration. -
Johnson dies
Andrew Johnson dies of a stroke
