QUICK FACTS
Nickname: Tennessee Tailor
Years in office: 1865–1869
Political party: Democratic
Birthday: December 29, 1808
Official presidential portrait of Andrew Johnson
by Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1880
Ticket, Johnson Impeachment (Smithsonian Open Access)
On February 24, 1868 the House of Representatives passed a resolution to impeach President Andrew Johnson for “high crimes and misdemeanors.” In early March, the Senate received the articles of impeachment and the trial commenced.
President Johnson’s impeachment trial lasted almost two months. During each day of the trial, a packed gallery of ticket holders watched the drama unfold in the Senate chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building. By May 16, 1868, the first vote was taken. The Senate voted 35 – 19 to remove President Johnson from office, falling one vote short of the necessary two-thirds majority. Although President Johnson was impeached, he was not removed from office.
Andrew Johnson was never elected as president.
HOME
Greeneville, TN
GRAVESITE
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greenville, TN
BOOKS
Davis, Kenneth C., and Pedro Martin. Don’t Know Much about the Presidents. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2014.
DeGregorio, William A., and Aaron Jaffe. The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents. Fort Lee, NJ: Barricade Books, Inc., 2017.
Kane, Joseph Nathan, and Janet Podell. Facts about the Presidents: A Compilation of Biographical and Historical Information. New York: H.W. Wilson, 2009.
WEBSITES
Encyclopedia Britannica, britannica.com
Library of Congress, loc.gov
Miller Center, University of Virginia, millercenter.org/the-presidency
The White House, whitehouse.gov
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