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Andrew Johnson

1808 - 1875

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Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. The 16th vice president, he assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a War Democrat who ran with Lincoln on the National Union Party ticket in the 1864 presidential election, coming to office as the American Civil War concluded. Johnson favored quick restoration of the seceded states to the Union without protection for the newly freed people who were formerly enslaved, as well as pardoning ex-Confederates. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrew Johnson is the 1,055th most popular politician (down from 42nd in 2019), the 335th most popular biography from United States (down from 16th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Politician.

Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States. He was impeached by the House of Representatives, but acquitted by the Senate.

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Among politicians, Andrew Johnson ranks 1,055 out of 19,576. Before him are Seqenenre Tao, William III of the Netherlands, Galla Placidia, Gordian II, Arkan, and Taejo of Goryeo. After him are Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Ilham Aliyev, Empress Gi, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Paul of Greece, and Magnus VI of Norway.

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Among people born in 1808, Andrew Johnson ranks 4. Before him are Napoleon III, Honoré Daumier, and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. After him are Patrice de MacMahon, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Antonio Meucci, Jefferson Davis, Frederick VII of Denmark, Emir Abdelkader, Gérard de Nerval, and Johann Gustav Droysen. Among people deceased in 1875, Andrew Johnson ranks 7. Before him are Hans Christian Andersen, Georges Bizet, Ferdinand I of Austria, Jean-François Millet, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, and Éliphas Lévi. After him are John Edward Gray, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, Charles Lyell, Isaac Singer, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, and Charles Wheatstone.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andrew Johnson ranks 335 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Duvall (1931), Benjamin Harrison (1833), Edith Roosevelt (1861), P. T. Barnum (1810), Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915), and Christopher Lloyd (1938). After him are George S. Patton (1885), Robert Forster (1941), Herman Melville (1819), Charles Sanders Peirce (1839), Mel Gibson (1956), and Henry Clay (1777).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Andrew Johnson ranks 53. Before him are Jerry Brown (1938), Calvin Coolidge (1872), William Jennings Bryan (1860), Steve Bannon (1953), Benjamin Harrison (1833), and Edith Roosevelt (1861). After him are Henry Clay (1777), Zachary Taylor (1784), Allen Dulles (1893), James A. Garfield (1831), Bernie Sanders (1941), and William Howard Taft (1857).

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