Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein - Andrew Johnson: a biographical companion

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Andrew Johnson

A Biographical Companion

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A Biographical Companion

Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein and Richard Zuczek

Santa Barbara, California

Denver, Colorado

Oxford, England

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Copyright 2001 by Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein and Richard Zuczek

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publishers.

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Schroeder-Lein, Glenna R., 1951

Andrew Johnson : a biographical companion / Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein and Richard Zuczek.

p. cm. (ABC-CLIO biographical companions)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 1-57607-030-1 (hardcover) ISBN 1-57607-586-9 (e-book)

1. Johnson, Andrew, 18081875. 2. PresidentsUnited StatesBiography. 3. Johnson, Andrew, 18081875Encyclopedias. 4. United StatesPolitics and government18651869Encyclopedias. I. Zuczek, Richard, 1955 II. Title. III. ABC-CLIO biographical companion.

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To Lonnie K. Lein, persevering husband, and Marion O. Smith, extraordinary researcher

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ABC-CLIO BIOGRAPHICAL COMPANIONS

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ABC-CLIO Biographical Companions are encyclopedic guides to the lives of men and women who have had a significant impact on the social, political, and cultural development of the Western world. Each volume presents complete biographical information in an easily accessible format. An introduction and a chronology provide an overview, while the A-to-Z entries amplify a myriad of topics related to the person. Ample illustrations give the reader an acute sense of the individuals life and times.

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CONTENTS

Preface and Acknowledgments, xiii

Introduction, xv

Andrew Johnson: A Biographical Companion,

Alabama Claims,

Alaska, Purchase of,

Alta Vela,

Amnesty Proclamations,

Annual Messages,

Apprenticeship,

Army Appropriations Act (1867),

Ashley, James Mitchell (18241896),

Bartlett, Margaret Johnson Patterson (19031992),

Bell, John (17971869),

Bennett, James Gordon, Jr. (18411918),

Bennett, James Gordon, Sr. (17951872),

Bingham, John Armor (18151900),

Black Codes,

Black, Jeremiah Sullivan (18101883),

Black Suffrage,

Black Troops in the South,

Blacks (Slave and Free), Johnsons Attitude toward,

Blair, Francis Preston, Jr. (18211875),

Blair, Francis Preston, Sr. (17911876),

Blair, Montgomery (18131883),

Browning, Orville Hickman (18061881),

Brownlow, William Gannaway Parson (18051877),

Butler, Benjamin Franklin (18181893),

Cabinet Members,

Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg (18171873),

Chase, Salmon Portland (18081873),

Civil Rights Act (1866),

Colorado (Admission to Statehood),

Congressional Reconstruction,

Congressman, Johnson as (18431853),

Conservatives,

Constitution, Johnsons Attitude toward,

Constitutional Amendments, Proposed,

Cooper, Edmund (18211911),

Coyle, John Francis (ca. 1822fl. 1900),

Crittenden-Johnson Resolution (1861),

Curtis, Benjamin Robbins (18091874),

Daughtry, Turner (fl. 1840),

Davis, Jefferson (18071889),

Death of Johnson (July 31, 1875),

Democratic Convention (1868),

Democratic Party,

Dennison, William (18151882),

District of Columbia Franchise,

Doolittle, James Rood (18151897),

Douglass, Frederick (1817 or 18181895),

Drunkenness,

Education, Johnsons Attitude toward,

Education of Johnson,

Election of 1864,

Election of 1866,

Election of 1868,

Elections of 1867,

Evarts, William Maxwell (18181901),

Ewing, Thomas, Jr. (18291896),

Ewing, Thomas, Sr. (17891871),

Farewell Address (1869),

Fenians,

Fifteenth Amendment,

Finances, Johnsons Attitude toward Governmental,

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Finances, Personal,

Foreign Affairs,

Forney, John Wien (18171881),

Fourteenth Amendment,

Freedmens Bureau Bills (and Vetoes),

Funeral of Johnson,

Governor (Civilian), Johnson as (18531857),

Governors, Provisional,

Grandchildren,

Grant, Ulysses Simpson (18221885),

Greeneville, Tennessee,

Groesbeck, William Slocum (18151897),

Hamlin, Hannibal (18091891),

Hancock, Winfield Scott (18241886),

Harlan, James (18201899),

Harris, Isham Green (18181897),

Health of Johnson,

Historical Attitudes toward Johnson,

Holt, Joseph (18071894),

Homestead Act,

House Judiciary Committee,

Impeachment,

Impeachment Defense Counsel,

Impeachment Managers,

Indians,

Jackson, Andrew (17671845),

Johnson, Andrew, Jr., Frank (18521879),

Johnson, Charles (18301863),