Download or read book To His Excellency Andrew Johnson President of the United States written by San Francisco (Calif.). Citizens and published by . This book was released on 1868* with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Andrew Johnson President of the United States written by Lillian Foster and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In the Shadow of the Great Rebellion written by Gary L. Donhardt and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the death of Abraham Lincoln on April 15, 1865, Andrew Johnson was plunged into a national political morass. Johnson, a Southern Democrat and advocate of states' rights, had been chosen as Lincoln's second-term running mate. Now as Lincoln's successor, he faced a most difficult trial -- a divisiveness that threatened to undo the fabric of a nation desperately trying to mend itself after a great civil strife. For this self-educated tailor from the hills of Tennessee it would prove to be a formidable task. Albeit no stranger to national politics, Johnson was ill-prepared for this sudden change of fortune. Absent from Washington since 1862, he had limited political allies and little ability to foster new ones. Adding to his difficulties, he was a Democrat serving in a Republican administration and a Southerner in the midst of a victorious North. It would have been a daunting task for the ablest of politicians -- nearly impossible for one lacking political acumen. Taking the helm as the 17th President of the United States, Johnson continued Lincoln's effort to reconstruct the Union following the Civil War. While Congress was in recess, he began his restoration process by pardoning many ex-Confederates who were willing to take the oath of allegiance, and by allowing the Southern states to re-establish their governments. But there were radical elements in Congress who bitterly opposed Johnson's approach to Reconstruction. They objected to his rapidity in bringing the former Confederate states back into the Union and his reluctance to support suffrage for the freed slaves. Likely, even Lincoln would have butted up against the same obstacles, but Johnson lacked his predecessor's finesse and soon found himself on a collision course with Congress. Andrew Johnson learned his craft as a politician as he rose from alderman in an Eastern Tennessee village to president of the United States. The Constitution was his fundamental authority and ultimate resource on all questions of state. He was an ardent stump speaker and was quite adept at power politics in the halls of Congress. Yet as the Chief Executive he showed such little political skill in assessing opposition and conquering obstacles during Reconstruction, that the party that put him in the White House ultimately turned from him and he was forced to defend his actions before the bar of the Senate in the country's first presidential impeachment trial. Throughout the journey the Tennessee Tailor, born in abject poverty, fashioned himself as a man of the people. He always held a strong empathy for the common man and equally strong antipathy for members of the aristocracy. Having come from the lower class, mudsill as he referred to himself, he carried a deep compassion for the labourer in the workshop as well as the farmer the field. This book presents the story of this president.
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Download or read book Life of Andrew Johnson written by James Sawyer Jones and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life and Public Services of Andrew Johnson Seventeenth President of the United States Including His State Papers Speeches and Addresses Etc written by John SAVAGE (One of the Contributors to the “Irish Felon.”.) and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Andrew Johnson President of the United States Reminiscences of His Private Life and Character Classic Reprint written by Frank Cowan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Andrew Johnson, President of the United States: Reminiscences of His Private Life and Character During the administration of mr. Lincoln, mr. Neill, my immediate predecessor as secretary of the president to Sign land patents, was removed from the Interior Department to the' room occupied by the pri vate secretaries of the president in the Executive Mans sion - the White-house of popular parlance. On my appointment by mr. Johnson, and confirmation by the senate, I found myself assigned to duty in the room adjoining the president's reception room. Mr. Robert johnson, the president's eldest son, and Officially his private secretary, col. Robert morrow, col. Ken. Long, and/col. Wright rives, assistants, having desks in the same room, and col. Moore, the confidential sec retary of his excellency and the bearer of messages to congress, in the library, on the opposite side of the re ception room, the three rooms connected with facing doors, and the president's desk and table between. I am particular to note the relationship of these rooms, for in so doing I indicate the relationship I stood to the president, and the point of view from which I made the observations upon which I base the following re marks about the private life and character of mr. Johnson during the last two and a half years of his term of office. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book To His Excellency Andrew Johnson President of the United States written by San Francisco (Calif.). Citizens and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Speeches of Andrew Johnson President of the United States written by Andrew Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Andrew Johnson written by Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-06-22 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This A–Z encyclopedia provides carefully selected entries covering the people, events, and concepts relevant to Andrew Johnson's life. Andrew Johnson was—and is—an American paradox. He never attended school, yet fought for public education. He was a Southern slaveholder who opposed secession and enforced emancipation. Born into poverty, he became the 17th president of the United States—and the first U.S. president to be impeached. This new volume thoroughly examines the troubled career of our most unpopular president—not to resuscitate his reputation, but because his personal contradictions reflected those of his country: a democratic nation conceived in liberty, yet existing half slave and half free; an economy of yeoman farmers and independent artisans being swept into industrialization and a market system; a country fond of tradition, but caught up in social, economic, and political revolution.
Download or read book Andrew Johnson President of the United States written by Lillian Foster and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of the 17th President of the United States provides a detailed account of Johnson's life and political career. It considers his rise from humble origins to the presidency, his controversial policies towards Reconstruction after the Civil War, and the impeachment proceedings that threatened to remove him from office. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Life Speeches and Services of Andrew Johnson written by and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life and Public Services of Andrew Johnson Seventeenth President of the United States written by John Savage and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life and Public Services of Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United States: Including His State Papers, Speeches and Addresses No life more eminently illustrates the blessings of the American system than that of Andrew Johnson in the past and it is not too much to say that the moral sense of justice which guided, the mental faculties which sustained, and the accumulating experiences which accompanied his upward and honorable struggle, are, combined in the person of a Chief Magistrate, the very first and best possessions of a people passing through a crisis like the present. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Life and Times of Andrew Johnson written by Kenneth Rayner and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Papers of Andrew Johnson written by Andrew Johnson and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains correspondence related to the aftermath of the Civil War, including Johnson's ascension to the presidency and the beginnings of the conflict with Congress that would result in his near-impeachment.
Download or read book The Trial of Andrew Johnson A Biography of the Reconstruction Era President written by Noel B. Gerson and published by Sapere Books. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you remove an unpopular president from office? On February 24, 1868, members of the United States House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson on thirteen separate charges of having committed high crimes and misdemeanors against the government and the people. In this impressive biography, Noel B. Gerson examines how these extraordinary events came about, the circumstances leading up to it, and the aftermath of a trial that was unique in the history of the country. Born into poverty and with no formal education, Johnson rose to prominence through perseverance and hard work. Entering politics, he became an adept stump speaker, championing the common man and vilifying the plantation aristocracy. Nominally a Democrat, who advocated free homesteads and education for all, he was soon to discover that not all agreed with his desire to see the nation reunited under the Constitution, as it had been before the Civil War. Sworn in as seventeenth President of the United States following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865, Johnson faced the enormous task of presiding over the tumultuous first years of Reconstruction, a task made harder by his enemies, notably radical Republicans Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner and Edwin Stanton, who turned the tide of support against him and were instrumental in the campaign to disgrace Johnson and drive him from office. By utilizing a wealth of primary sources, including quoted speeches, letters and press articles, Gerson masterfully portrays a sympathetic national figure devoted to his country and the Constitution, who escaped conviction by a single vote and went on to achieve a level of popularity he had never before known. The Trial of Andrew Johnson is an ideal read for those who wish to find out more about the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson and his fight for vindication against the radical Republicans in the United States Congress.
