Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the sixteenth Vice President (1865) and the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He is regarded to be one of the worst presidents.

Post-Presidency

Johnson was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1868 and to the House of Representatives in 1872. He was elected as a Democrat to the Senate and served from March 4, 1875, until his death near Elizabethton, Tennessee, on July 31, 1875. Interment was in the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tennessee.

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1868 - 1872 - March 4 - 1875 - Elizabethton, Tennessee - July 31 - Greeneville, Tennessee

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