Andrew Johnson Autographs
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, as he was vice president at that time. Johnson was a Democrat who ran with Abraham Lincoln on the National Union Party ticket, coming to office as the Civil War concluded. He 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. This led to conflict with the Republican-dominated Congress, culminating in his impeachment by the House of Representatives in 1868. He was acquitted in the Senate by one vote.
Johnson was born into poverty and never attended school. He was apprenticed as a tailor and worked in several frontier towns before settling in Greeneville, Tennessee, serving as an alderman and mayor before being elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1835. After briefly serving in the Tennessee Senate, Johnson was elected to the House of Representatives in 1843, where he served five two-year terms. He became governor of Tennessee for four years, and was elected by the legislature to the Senate in 1857. During his congressional service, he sought passage of the Homestead Bill which was enacted soon after he left his Senate seat in 1862. Southern slave states seceded to form the Confederate States of America, including Tennessee, but Johnson remained firmly with the Union. He was the only sitting senator from a Confederate state who did not promptly resign his seat upon learning of his state's secession. In 1862, Lincoln appointed him as Military Governor of Tennessee after most of it had been retaken. In 1864, Johnson was a logical choice as running mate for Lincoln, who wished to send a message of national unity in his re-election campaign, and became vice president after a victorious election in 1864.
Johnson implemented his own form of Presidential Reconstruction, a series of proclamations directing the seceded states to hold conventions and elections to reform their civil governments. Southern states returned many of their old leaders and passed Black Codes to deprive the freedmen of many civil liberties, but Congressional Republicans refused to seat legislators from those states and advanced legislation to overrule the Southern actions. Johnson vetoed their bills, and Congressional Republicans overrode him, setting a pattern for the remainder of his presidency. Johnson opposed the Fourteenth Amendment which gave citizenship to former slaves. In 1866, he went on an unprecedented national tour promoting his executive policies, seeking to break Republican opposition. As the conflict grew between the branches of government, Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act restricting Johnson's ability to fire Cabinet officials. He persisted in trying to dismiss Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, but ended up being impeached by the House of Representatives and narrowly avoided conviction in the Senate. He did not win the 1868 Democratic presidential nomination and left office the following year.
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Current items with a signature of Andrew Johnson
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Traded items with a signature of Andrew Johnson
The most expensive item with a signature of Andrew Johnson (Autograph Album SIGNED by Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, US Grant, & Many More) was sold in June 2021 for $15,000.00 while the cheapest item (ANDREW JOHNSON - EVERTON & ENGLAND - SIGNED 5 X 3 WHITE CARD) found a new owner for $1.16 in March 2020. The month with the most items sold (7) was March 2025 with an average selling price of $300.00 for an autographed item of Andrew Johnson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2011 with $2,750.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.58 was February 2024. In average, an autographed item from Andrew Johnson is worth $430.00.
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Latest News about Andrew Johnson
Boris Johnson says he will take personal responsibility if people lose jobs unde (12/09/2018): Top Brexiteer Boris Johnson has said he will "of course" take responsibility if workers are laid off in the event Britain leaves the European Union without a deal. 
Johnson criticises ‘national weakness of will’ on eating and drinking - Evening (12/02/2018): Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson has said a “national weakness of will” is costing taxpayers’ tens of billions of pounds in dealing with the consequences of obesity. Go pro or go Army could be dilemma for York graduate Andrew Johnson (07/06/2012): Andrew Johnson felt like he was starting over when the Elmhurst resident first joined Army’s baseball program as a freshman.
