Andrew+Johnson

flat = __President Andrew Johnson 1865-1869__ =

__My Thoughts about him..........__
Hero or villian? i would think, without knowing much about him at the moment, that he was a hero because he obviously did good things to be elected right after the great Abraham Lincoln.Please keep following my posts to learn more about president Andrew Johnson. =__Event 1...Political Life Before Presidency [|Political Career]__= Before Andrew Johnson became the president of the United States, he was still a leader. From 1828-1833 he was Alderman and Mayor of Greenville. From 1835-1847 and 1839-1841 he was their state representitive, 1842-1843 he was State Senetor, 1843-1853 he was the Governer of Tenessee, and he was also a U.S Senetor from 1857-1862. After this he continued to work with political charactors, including Abroham Lincoln.

Citation:
Infoplease. "Andrew Johnsons Political Career." //The Columbia Electronic// //Encyclopedia//. 6th edition ed. 2007. //Infoplease.com//. Web. 14 Jan. 2010. [| .]

=__Event 2...Johnson Takes Office / many disapprove !__ [|Presidency]= On April 15th, 1865, Andrew Johnson took over office because President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. He insisted that he continue president Abrohams plan and reconstruct the executive branch. But he did not go along with him. Instead he was against giving the blacks equal civil rights. Many disliked him and he had many enemies. One of his major enemies was Thaddeus [|Stevens]. He denounced Andrew Johnson and set out to undo Johnsons work. In Apr., 1866, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act over Johnson's veto (The one about not granting equal rights to slaves), and his power declined a lot, and many more people disliked him.

Citation:
Infoplease. "Andrew Johnsons Political Career." //The Columbia Electronic// //Encyclopedia//. 6th edition ed. 2007. //Infoplease.com//. Web. 14 Jan. 2010. [|.]

=__Event 3...The Campaign and Election of 1866__ [|The Campaign and Election of 1866]= The Congressional Election of 1866 was an off year election but was crucial for Johnson. It was summer, and Johnson already was in trouble. He had lost the entire Republican Parties respect because of the reconstruction policy he favors. A unity meeting of over 7,000 delegates was held at the National Union Convention on August 14th in Philedelphia to try to fix the whole situation, but it didn't work. This led Andrew Johnson to take this dispute to the people. So on August 28th Johnson announced a speaking tour on hopes on regaining respect and support from the public, and political world. This turned out in a disaster, as Johnson verbally and phissacly abused the republican delegates and appeared to be drunk, for he was stumbling and mumbling over the stage. This all lead to him losing public and political support.

Citation:
Elections, Campaigns and. "Campaigns and Elections." //Miller Center of Public// //Affairs//. Gerald L. Bailes, 2009. Web. 18 Jan. 2010. [|.]

=__Event 4... Johnsons Impeachment__ [|Events Leading to Impeachment:]= The whole entire quarrel between Johnson and the Republican delegates wasn't the only thing that contributed to his impeachment. There were many other things. Many people were against Johnsons plan to not give equal Civil rights to blacks in the south. When the 14th ammendment was passed granting them equal rights, Johnson was ferious and was abusive, and became a drunk. This led the rebublicans to issue a trail for his impeachment. In 1866, the republican raticles swept the elections, causing a 2 thirds anti-Johnson majority vote. Finally Johnson was impeached.

Citation:
No, Author. "Presidential Impeachment." //The History Place//. The President pages, 2000. Web. 18 Jan. 2010. [|.]

=__Event 5... Johnsons' Death [|Death of Andrew Johnson]__= At this point, when Johnson died he wasn't a president anymore. Andrew Johnson passed away on July 31st, 1875. On the 27th, when he left his home in Greenville, he was apparently in vigorous health; but soon after reaching his daughter’s house, on July 28th, he was stricken with paralysis, which mainly affected his left side, and he became unconscious. He rallied ocasionally, but soon passed away. Mr. Johnson when he was 67 years old.

Citation:
"Death of Andrew Johnson." //Harpers Weekly// 14 Aug. 1875: 665. //Harpweek//. Web. 18 Jan. 2010. [|.]

=__Post 7... Presidential Time Line Video__=

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=__Post 8... Map of Andrew JOhnsons Hometown__=

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=__Post 9... President Ratings__=

Rasmussen Reports poll
A [|Rasmussen Reports] poll taken June 13–24 of 2007 asked 1,000 randomly selected adults to rate America's presidents. Six presidents — [|George Washington], [|Abraham Lincoln], [|Thomas Jefferson], [|Theodore Roosevelt], [|Franklin D. Roosevelt] and [|John F. Kennedy] — were rated favorably by at least 80% of respondents.
 * 1) [|George Washington] (94% favorable, 2% unfavorable)
 * 2) [|Abraham Lincoln] (92% favorable, 4% unfavorable)
 * 3) **[|Thomas Jefferson] (89% favorable, 4% unfavorable)**
 * 4) **[|Theodore Roosevelt] (84% favorable, 8% unfavorable)**
 * 5) **[|Franklin D. Roosevelt] (81% favorable, 12% unfavorable)**
 * 6) **[|John F. Kennedy] (80% favorable, 13% unfavorable)**
 * 7) **[|John Adams] (74% favorable, 9% unfavorable)**
 * 8) **[|James Madison] (73% favorable, 8% unfavorable)**
 * 9) **[|Ronald Reagan] (72% favorable, 22% unfavorable)**
 * 10) **[|Dwight Eisenhower] (72% favorable, 15% unfavorable)**
 * 11) **[|Harry Truman] (70% favorable, 14% unfavorable)**
 * 12) **[|Andrew Jackson] (69% favorable, 14% unfavorable)**
 * 13) **[|Gerald Ford] (62% favorable, 26% unfavorable)**
 * 14) **[|John Quincy Adams] (59% favorable, 7% unfavorable)**
 * 15) **[|Ulysses S. Grant] (58% favorable, 24% unfavorable)**
 * 16) **[|George H.W. Bush] (57% favorable, 41% unfavorable)**
 * 17) **[|Jimmy Carter] (57% favorable, 34% unfavorable)**
 * 18) **[|William Taft] (57% favorable, 15% unfavorable)**
 * 19) **[|Woodrow Wilson] (56% favorable, 19% unfavorable)**
 * 20) **[|Bill Clinton] (55% favorable, 41% unfavorable)**
 * 21) **[|James Monroe] (49% favorable, 10% unfavorable)**
 * 22) **[|Herbert Hoover] (48% favorable, 34% unfavorable)**
 * 23) **[|Lyndon B. Johnson] (45% favorable, 42% unfavorable)**
 * 24) **[|Andrew Johnson] (45% favorable, 26% unfavorable)***
 * 25) [|Chester Arthur] (43% favorable, 17% unfavorable)
 * 26) [|James A. Garfield] (42% favorable, 16% unfavorable)
 * 27) [|William McKinley] (42% favorable, 24% unfavorable)
 * 28) [|George W. Bush] (41% favorable, 59% unfavorable)
 * 29) [|Grover Cleveland] (40% favorable, 26% unfavorable)
 * 30) [|Calvin Coolidge] (38% favorable, 31% unfavorable)
 * 31) [|Rutherford B. Hayes] (38% favorable, 19% unfavorable)
 * 32) [|Richard Nixon] (32% favorable, 60% unfavorable)
 * 33) [|Benjamin Harrison] (30% favorable, 35% unfavorable)
 * 34) [|Warren Harding] (29% favorable, 33% unfavorable)
 * 35) [|James Buchanan] (28% favorable, 32% unfavorable)
 * 36) [|James Polk] (27% favorable, 21% unfavorable)
 * 37) [|Zachary Taylor] (26% favorable, 18% unfavorable)
 * 38) [|Martin Van Buren] (23% favorable, 19% unfavorable)
 * 39) [|William Harrison] (21% favorable, 16% unfavorable)
 * 40) [|Franklin Pierce] (17% favorable, 25% unfavorable)
 * 41) [|Millard Fillmore] (17% favorable, 25% unfavorable)
 * 42) [|John Tyler] (9% favorable, 15% unfavorable)

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