Birth: Raleigh, North Carolina, December 29, 1808

Ancestry: Scotch-Irish and English

Father: Jacob Johnson

Mother: Mary McDonough Johnson

Brother: William Johnson (1804-1865)

Religious Affiliation: None

Education: Self Taught

Occupation Before Presidency: Tailor

Prepresidential Offices: Alderman; Mayor; Member of Tennessee Legislature; United States congressman; Governor of Tennessee; United States Senator; United States Vice President

Inauguration Age: 56

Occupation After Presidency: United States Senator

Death: Carter County, Tennessee, July 31, 1875

Place of Burial: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tennessee

Inauguration: April 15, 1865; Kirkwood House, Washington, D.C.

Secretary of State: William H. Seward

Secretary of the Treasury: Hugh McCulloch

Secretary of War: Edwin M. Stanton; Ulysses S. Grant (from August 12, 1867); Edwin Stanton (from January 13, 1868); John M. Schofield (from June 1, 1868)

Attorney General: James Speed; Henry Stanbery (from July 23, 1866); Orville H. Browning (from March 13, 1868); William M. Evarts (from July 20, 1868)

Postmaster General: William Dennison; Alexander W. Randall (from July 25, 1866)

Secretary of the Navy: Gideon Welles

Secretary of the Interior: John P. Usher; James Harlan (from May 15, 1865); Orville H. Browning (from September 1, 1866)

Congress #39 (December 4, 1865-March 3, 1867):

Senate: 42 Republicans; 10 Democrats

House: 145 Republicans; 46 Democrats

Congress #40 (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869):

Senate: 42 Republicans; 11 Democrats

House: 143 Republicans; 49 Democrats

State Admitted: Nebraska (1867)