JOHNSON, ANDREW
Andrew Johnson ascended to the U.S. presidency after the assassination of ABRAHAM LINCOLN. He was the seventeenth president and the first to undergo an IMPEACHMENT trial.
Johnson was born December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Little is known of his
early life. His ancestry is usually traced only to the family of his father, Jacob Johnson, who
raised his family in Raleigh and served as the
city’s constable and sexton, was a porter to
the state bank, and was a respected captain in
the militia of North Carolina. He was viewed
as a hero after saving two men from drowning
