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Andrew Johnson was born in a log cabin near Raleigh N.C. on December 29th 1808.
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Johnson became an apprentice. His widowed mother had him as a tailor at the age of 14
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Andrew ran away from his apprenticeship to become his own
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Andrew Johnson short after running away starts a business for tailoring.
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Andrew Johnson finds a wife to marry. Her name is Eliza McCardle.
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During Johnson life, another president, Jackson fights a house painter for trying to associate him.
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A tragic siege at the Alamo becomes a legendary battle in the Texas War for Independence.
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Ireland is ravaged by the Great Famine, spurring one of the great migrations of people to the U.S.
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Johnson took and oath to serve the United states of America.
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Lincoln's funeral train departs to Illinois.
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D.C. celebrated over the almost complete civil war. -
Johnson now has a residency in the white house
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enabled black Americans to keep certain rights after the war -
the protection of the southern black American laws were voted on
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Andrew puts forth more effort for the citizenship of blacks
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they pass an official amendment to the citizenship of blacks
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congress readmits the fourteenth amendment to TN. after the state ratifies
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Nebraska is now a state of union -
the purchase of alaska -
Johnson asks Secretary of War (and Radical Republican) Edwin Stanton to resign. The two disagree over Reconstruction plans; Stanton refuses.
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possession of the Midway Islands in the Pacific Ocean
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In his annual message to Congress, Johnson defends his policies toward the ex-Confederate states.
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The Senate refuses to concur with Johnson's removal of Stanton.
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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.
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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.
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Sergeant-at-arms presented summons to President Johnson, who chose not to appear at trial.
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Senate voted 35 to 19 to acquit on article 11.
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The vote serves as a precedent for standard necessary to convict in impeachment hearings.
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senate gets Johnson impeached
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Senate voted 35 to 19 to acquit on articles 2 and 3.
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Johnson submits the Burlingame Treaty between the United States and China to the Senate for approval.
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Republican Presidential candidate General Ulysses S. Grant defeats Democrat Horatio Seymour by only 300,000 votes.
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President Johnson delivers his final annual message to Congress, again requesting the repeal of the Reconstruction Acts.
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Ulysses S. Grant takes the oath of office as President of the United States. President Johnson refuses to attend the inauguration.
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Andrew Johnson dies of a stroke
