Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was an American politician who served as the 17th president of the United States 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.
Johnson returned to Tennessee after his presidency and gained some vindication when he was elected to the Senate in 1875, making him the only president to afterwards serve in the Senate. He died five months into his term. Johnson's strong opposition to federally guaranteed rights for black Americans is widely criticized. Historians have consistently ranked him one of the worst presidents in American history. Provided by Wikipedia
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61The direct and habitat-mediated influence of climate on the biogeography of boreal caribou in Canadaby E.W. Neilson, C. Castillo-Ayala, J.F. Beckers, C.A. Johnson, M.H. St-Laurent, N. Mansuy, D. Price, A. Kelly, M.A. ParisienGet access
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62by Shalu Thomas, Sangamithra Ravishankaran, N. A. Johnson Amala Justin, Aswin Asokan, T. Maria Jusler Kalsingh, Manu Thomas Mathai, Neena Valecha, Jacqui Montgomery, Matthew B. Thomas, Alex EapenGet access
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64by Mark D Koneff, Guthrie S Zimmerman, Chris P Dwyer, Kathleen K Fleming, Paul I Padding, Patrick K Devers, Fred A Johnson, Michael C Runge, Anthony J RobertsGet access
Published in PLOS ONE (2017)
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65by Mark Williams, Alan M. Haywood, Elizabeth M. Harper, Andrew L.A. Johnson, Tanya Knowles, Melanie J. Leng, Daniel J. Lunt, Beth Okamura, Paul D. Taylor, Jan ZalasiewiczGet access
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66by Jeff A Johnson, Sandra L Talbot, George K Sage, Kurt K Burnham, Joseph W Brown, Tom L Maechtle, William S Seegar, Michael A Yates, Bud Anderson, David P MindellGet access
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68by Jeff A. Johnson, Giridhar Athrey, Clifford M. Anderson, Douglas A. Bell, Andrew Dixon, Yoshinori Kumazawa, Tom Maechtle, Garrett W. Meeks, David Mindell, Keiya Nakajima, Ben Novak, Sandra Talbot, Clayton White, Xiangjiang ZhanGet access
Published in Ecology and Evolution (2023)
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69by Tortajada, Sébastien, Niquil, Nathalie, Blanchet, Hugues, Grami, Boutheina, Montanie, Hélène, David, Valerie, Glé, Corine, Saint-Béa, Blanche, Galen A, Johnson, Marquis, Elise, Del Amo, Yolanda, Dubois, Sophie, Vincent, Dorothée, Dupuy, Christine, Jude, Florence, Hartmann, Hans J., Sautour, BenoitGet access
Published in Acta Oecologica (2012)
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70by Tortajada, Sébastien, Niquil, Nathalie, Blanchet, Hugues, Grami, Boutheina, Montanie, Hélène, David, Valerie, Glé, Corine, Saint-Béa, Blanche, Galen A, Johnson, Marquis, Elise, del Amo, Yolanda, Dubois, Sophie, Vincent, Dorothée, Dupuy, Christine, Jude, Florence, Hartmann, Hans J., Sautour, BenoitGet access
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71by Tortajada, Sébastien, Niquil, Nathalie, Blanchet, Hugues, Grami, Boutheina, Montanie, Hélène, David, Valerie, Glé, Corine, Saint-Béa, Blanche, Galen A, Johnson, Marquis, Elise, del Amo, Yolanda, Dubois, Sophie, Vincent, Dorothée, Dupuy, Christine, Jude, Florence, Hartmann, Hans J., Sautour, BenoitGet access
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72by Tortajada, Sébastien, Niquil, Nathalie, Blanchet, Hugues, Grami, Boutheina, Montanie, Hélène, David, Valerie, Glé, Corine, Saint-Béa, Blanche, Galen A, Johnson, Marquis, Elise, del Amo, Yolanda, Dubois, Sophie, Vincent, Dorothée, Dupuy, Christine, Jude, Florence, Hartmann, Hans J., Sautour, BenoitGet access
Published in Acta Oecologica (2012)
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73by Tortajada, Sébastien, Niquil, Nathalie, Blanchet, Hugues, Grami, Boutheina, Montanie, Hélène, David, Valerie, Glé, Corine, Saint-Béa, Blanche, Galen A, Johnson, Marquis, Elise, del Amo, Yolanda, Dubois, Sophie, Vincent, Dorothée, Dupuy, Christine, Jude, Florence, Hartmann, Hans J., Sautour, BenoitGet access
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74by Joseph M. Souney, Mark S. Twickler, Murat Aydin, Eric J. Steig, T. J. Fudge, Leah V. Street, Melinda R. Nicewonger, Emma C. Kahle, Jay A. Johnson, Tanner W. Kuhl, Kimberly A. Casey, John M. Fegyveresi, Richard M. Nunn, Geoffrey M. HargreavesGet access
Published in Annals of Glaciology (2021)
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75by Joseph M. Souney, Mark S. Twickler, Murat Aydin, Eric J. Steig, T. J. Fudge, Leah V. Street, Melinda R. Nicewonger, Emma C. Kahle, Jay A. Johnson, Tanner W. Kuhl, Kimberly A. Casey, John M. Fegyveresi, Richard M. Nunn, Geoffrey M. HargreavesGet access
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76by G. Boillot, E. L. Winterer, A. W. Meyer, J. Applegate, M. Baltuck, J. A. Bergen, T. A. Davies, K. Dunham, C. A. Evans, J. Girardeau, D. Goldberg, J. Haggerty, L. F. Jansa, J. A. Johnson, J. Kasahara, J. P. Loreau, E. Luna, H. Moullade, J. Ogg, M. Sarti, J. Thurow, M. W. WilliansomGet access
Published in Estudios Geológicos (1986)
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79by Nguyen, Hung VanThanh.Contributors: “...Jeremiah A. Johnson....”
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