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Andrew Johnson was born at Raleigh, N.C., on Dec. 29, 1808. Self-educated, he became a tailor in Greeneville, Tenn., but soon went into politics, where he rose steadily. He served in the House of Representatives (1843–54), as governor of Tennessee (1853–57), and as a senator (1857–62). Politically he was a Jacksonian Democrat and his specialty was the fight for a more equitable land policy. Alone among the Southern Senators, he stood by the Union during the Civil War. In 1862, he became war governor of Tennessee and carried out a thankless and difficult job with great courage.
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Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, N.C., on Dec. 29, 1808. He was the younger son of Jacob Johnson and Mary (Polly) McDonough Johnson. His father died three years after Andrew was born. The family was very poor even after Andrew's mother married again.
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Andrew Johnson was born on Dec. 29, 1808 in Raleigh, N.C. The Johnson family was poor–primarily supported by Andrew’s father, who worked as a handyman at a local tavern. At age five, the family was turned upside-down by the sudden death of Andrew’s father. The family made it the best way they could until Andrew reached the age of 10 and was apprenticed to a local tailor in Raleigh.
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Andrew Johnson was born on Dec. 29, 1808, in Raleigh, N.C. After serving an apprenticeship with a tailor, he moved to Greeneville, Tenn., where he opened a tailor shop in 1826. Johnson laboriously taught himself to read and write with the help of Eliza McCardle, whom he married in 1827. His business prospered, and Johnson entered the rough-and-tumble world of politics, becoming a formidable stump speaker.
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