Chronology of Andrew Johnson 1808 - Chronology of Andrew Johnson 1808 - 1808, December 29 Born in Raleigh, North Carolina
1812, January 4 Death of father, Jacob Johnson
1822, Apprenticed as a tailor to James Selby, Raleigh
1826, September Arrived in Greeneville Tennessee
1827, May 17 Married Eliza McCardle, daughter of a Greeneville
cobbler
1828, October 25 Daughter Martha born
1829 Elected as an Alderman
1830, February 19 Son Charles born
1832, May 8 Daughter Mary born
1834, February 22 Son Robert born
1835, Elected Mayor of Greeneville
1835 - 1837 State Representative
1839 - 1841 State Representative
1841 - 1843 State Senator
1843 - 1853 U.S. Congressman, first district
1852, August 5 Son Andrew Johnson, Jr. born
1853 - 1857 Governor of Tennessee
1857, Ocotober 8 Elected U.S. Senate
December 22 Introduces Homestead Bill
1859, August Robert Johnson elected to state legislature
1861, April 12 Civil War begins with firing on Fort Sumter
1862, March 3 Appointed military governor of Tennessee
1863, April 4 Son Charles dies
1864, November 8 Elected Vice President of the United States
1865, April 12 Lee Surrenders to Grant at Appomattox
1865, April 14 Lincoln assassinated at Ford's Theater
1865, April 15 Sworn in as President of the United States
after Lincoln's death
May 29 Amnesty Proclamation
December 4 First Annual Message to Congress
1866, February 19 Veto of Freedman's Bureau Bill
March 27 Veto of Civil Rights Bill
May 15 Veto of Colorado Statehood Bill
June 7 Honorary Doctorate conferred by University of North
Carolina
July 16 Veto of Freedman's Bureau Bill
August 14 Reception for Queen Emma of Hawaii at the White House
August 28 Swing Around the Circle trip through Northeast and
Midwest
1867, January 28 Veto of Colorado Statehood Bill
January 29 Veto of Nebraska Statehood Bill
March 2 Veto of Tenure of Office Bill
Veto of Military Reconstruction Bill
April 9 Senate approves purchase of Alaska from Russia
August 12 Suspends Stanton as Secretary of War
1868, February 24 Impeachment voted by US House of Representatives
1868, May 16 Acquitted of the Impeachment charges by the US Senate
1869, March Returned to Greeneville
1869, April 22 Son Robert dies
1875, January 26 Elected to US Senate
1875, July 31 Died at Mary's home in Carter County, TN
1876, January 15 Wife Eliza Dies
1879, March 12 Son Andrew Johnson, Jr dies
1883, April 19 Daughter Mary dies
1901, October 10 Daughter Martha dies
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