 An Overview of
Andrew Johnson's AdministrationAndrew
Johnson became Chief Executive upon the assassination of Abraham
Lincoln. A Democrat, Johnson
wanted to carry out Lincoln's program of kind and
generous treatment for the defeated Confederate States,
but he faced a Republican Congress controlled by men
determined to punish the South. Feelings became so strong
that the House of Representatives voted to impeach him.
But the Senate failed by one vote to remove Johnson from
office.
Johnson was one of the most unpopular
Presidents ever during his term, but the American people
realized during his lifetime that he had been teated
unjustly. Five years after leaving the presidency he
became the only former U.S. President to be elected to
the U.S. Senate.
| Johnson's
Vice-Presidents and Cabinet |
| Vice-President |
none |
| Secretary
of State |
William H. Seward |
| Secretary
of the Treasury |
Hugh McCulloch |
| Secretary
of War |
Edwin M. Stanton
John M. Schofield (1868) |
| Attorney
General |
James Speed
Henry Stanbery (1866)
William M. Evarts (1868) |
| Postmaster
General |
William Dennison
Alexander W. Randall (1866) |
| Secretary
of the Navy |
Gideon Welles |
| Secretary
of the Interior |
John P. Usher
James Harlan (1865)
Orville H. Browning (1866) |
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| United
States Events During His Administration |
States
Admitted Nebraska (1867)
Territories Created Wyoming (1868)
Population in 1869 39,100,000 |
| May 29, 1865 |
Johnson issued a proclamation of
amnesty for all Southerners who would take a
loyalty oath except for former leaders of the
Confederacy. |
| June 1866 |
Congress passed the 14th
Amendment to protect the civil rights of blacks. |
| 1867 |
Alaska was purchased from Russia
for $7,200,000. |
| 1867 |
The Bureau of Education was
established. |
| August 12, 1867 |
Johnson suspended Secretary of
War Edwin Stanton and appointed Ulysses Grant as
interim Secretary. |
| January 1868 |
Grant voluntarily gave his job
back to Stanton. Johnson fired Stanton. |
| February 24, 1868 |
The House of Representatives
voted 126 to 47 to impeach Johnson. |
| December 25, 1868 |
Johnson issued a complete pardon
for all Southerners who had taken part in the Civil War. |
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| World
Events During His Administration |
| 1866 |
Gregor
Mendel announced his laws of heredity. |
| 1867 |
The Dominion
of Canada was created. |
| 1867 |
Emperor Maximilian of Mexico was
executed. |
| 1867 |
Austria-Hungary was created. |
| 1867 |
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite. |
| 1867 |
The first practical typewriter
was developed. |
| 1868 |
The first railroad refrigerator
car was invented. |
President
Abraham Lincoln
Civil War
Gregor
Mendel
Dominion of
Canada
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