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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schroeder-Lein, Glenna R., 1951-

Contributor:

Zuczek, Richard, 1966-

Series:

ABC-CLIO biographical companion

ABC-CLIO biographical companions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875.

Johnson, Andrew.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

Politics and government.

United States.

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875--Encyclopedias.

United States--Politics and government--1865-1869--Encyclopedias.

Genre:

Biographies.

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

xxii, 377 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2001]

Summary:

This A -- Z encyclopedia provides carefully selected entries covering the people, events, and concepts relevant to Andrew Johnson's life.

Despite a political career spanning five decades, Andrew Johnson was one of the most unpopular and unsuccessful of all American presidents. He was the subject of considerable historical controversy, and his conservative stand on nearly every social and political issue altered the course of reconstruction following the Civil War.-- Presents a wealth of intriguing facts about our 17th president -- the first to be impeached-- Includes chronology, documents, bibliography, and index

Contents:

Alabama Claims 1

Alaska, Purchase of 2

Alta Vela 3

Amnesty Proclamations 4

Annual Messages 9

Apprenticeship 11

Army Appropriations Act (1867) 12

Ashley, James Mitchell (1824-1896) 13

Bartlett, Margaret Johnson Patterson (1903-1992) 15

Bell, John (1797-1869) 16

Bennett, James Gordon, Jr. (1841-1918) 18

Bennett, James Gordon, Sr. (1795-1872) 18

Bingham, John Armor (1815-1900) 21

Black Codes 22

Black, Jeremiah Sullivan (1810-1883) 24

Black Suffrage 26

Black Troops in the South 29

Blacks (Slave and Free), Johnson's Attitude toward 32

Blair, Francis Preston, Jr. (1821-1875) 34

Blair, Francis Preston, Sr. (1791-1876) 34

Blair, Montgomery (1813-1883) 34

Browning, Orville Hickman (1806-1881) 37

Brownlow, William Gannaway "Parson" (1805-1877) 39

Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-1893) 41

Cabinet Members 45

Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg (1817-1873) 45

Chase, Salmon Portland (1808-1873) 47

Civil Rights Act (1866) 49

Colorado (Admission to Statehood) 50

Congressional Reconstruction 51

Congressman, Johnson as (1843-1853) 55

Conservatives 57

Constitution, Johnson's Attitude toward 62

Constitutional Amendments, Proposed 65

Cooper, Edmund (1821-1911) 66

Coyle, John Francis (ca. 1822-fl. 1900) 68

Crittenden-Johnson Resolution (1861) 70

Curtis, Benjamin Robbins (1809-1874) 71

Daughtry, Turner (fl. 1840) 73

Davis, Jefferson (1807-1889) 73

Death of Johnson (July 31, 1875) 77

Democratic Convention (1868) 77

Democratic Party 80

Dennison, William (1815-1882) 83

District of Columbia Franchise 84

Doolittle, James Rood (1815-1897) 85

Douglass, Frederick (1817- or 1818-1895) 86

Drunkenness 88

Education, Johnson's Attitude toward 91

Education of Johnson 92

Election of 1864 93

Election of 1866 95

Election of 1868 96

Elections of 1867 97

Evarts, William Maxwell (1818-1901) 98

Ewing, Thomas, Jr. (1829-1896) 99

Ewing, Thomas, Sr. (1789-1871) 99

Farewell Address (1869) 103

Fenians 104

Fifteenth Amendment 106

Finances, Johnson's Attitude toward Governmental 108

Finances, Personal 109

Foreign Affairs 110

Forney, John Wien (1817-1881) 111

Fourteenth Amendment 112

Freedmen's Bureau Bills (and Vetoes) 115

Funeral of Johnson 116

Governor (Civilian), Johnson as (1853-1857) 119

Governors, Provisional 121

Grandchildren 122

Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885) 125

Greeneville, Tennessee 128

Groesbeck, William Slocum (1815-1897) 130

Hamlin, Hannibal (1809-1891) 133

Hancock, Winfield Scott (1824-1886) 134

Harlan, James (1820-1899) 136

Harris, Isham Green (1818-1897) 137

Health of Johnson 138

Historical Attitudes toward Johnson 140

Holt, Joseph (1807-1894) 143

Homestead Act 146

House Judiciary Committee 147

Impeachment 151

Impeachment Defense Counsel 155

Impeachment Managers 156

Indians 158

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) 161

Johnson, Andrew, Jr., "Frank" (1852-1879) 163

Johnson, Charles (1830-1863) 164

Johnson, Eliza McCardle (1810-1876) 164

Johnson, Jacob (1778-1812) 165

Johnson (Daughtry), Mary McDonough "Polly" (1782-1856) 166

Johnson, Reverdy (1796-1876) 167

Johnson, Robert (1834-1869) 168

Johnson, William P. (1804-1865) 170

Joint Committee on Reconstruction 171

Joint Select Committee on the Conduct of the War 172

Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) 175

Lincoln Assassination Conspirators 176

Lincoln, Mary (Ann) Todd (1818-1882) 178

Masonic Order 181

Maynard, Horace (1814-1882) 183

McCardle, Ex parte 184

McCulloch, Hugh (1808-1895) 185

Memphis Riot (1866) 187

Mexico 188

Military Districts 189

Military Governor of Tennessee, Johnson as (1862-1865) 191

Military Reconstruction Acts 195

Milligan, Ex parte 197

Milligan, Sam (1814-1874) 199

Moore, William George (1829-1898) 200

"Moses of the Colored Men" Speech (1864) 201

Mudd, Samuel Alexander (1833-1883) 201

National Union Convention and Party (1866) 203

National Union Party (1864) 205

Nebraska (Admission to Statehood) 205

Nelson, Thomas Amis Rogers (1812-1873) 206

Nephews 208

New Orleans Riot (1866) 209

Newspaper Interviews 211

Nicholson, Alfred Osborne Pope (1808-1876) 212

Offices Held 215

Panic of 1873 217

Pardons (Individual) 217

Patronage 221

Patterson, David Trotter (1818-1891) 222

Patterson, Martha Johnson (1828-1901) 224

Physical Description of Andrew Johnson 225

Polk, James Knox (1795-1849) 225

Pope, John (1822-1892) 227

Postpresidential Career 228

Presidential Reconstruction 230

Presidential Travels 233

Railroads 235

Randall, Alexander Williams (1819-1872) 236

Readmission of Southern States 237

Reconstruction 238

Religion, Johnson's Attitude toward 242

Republican Party 244

Ross, Edmund Gibson (1826-1907) 246

Rousseau, Lovell Harrison (1818-1869) 248

Schofield, John McAllister (1831-1906) 251

Secession, Johnson's Attitude toward 252

Secession Referendums (Tennessee, 1861) 253

Secretaries 255

Senator, Johnson as (1857-1862, 1875) 257

Seward, William Henry (1801-1872) 259

Seymour, Horatio (1810-1886) 261

Sheridan, Philip Henry (1831-1888) 263

Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) 265

Sickles, Daniel Edgar (1819-1914) 267

Slaves, Owned by Johnson 269

Speed, James (1812-1887) 271

Stanbery, Henry (1803-1881) 272

Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869) 273

State Legislator, Johnson as (1835-1837, 1839-1843) 276

Stevens, Thaddeus (1792-1868) 277

Stover, Daniel (1826-1864) 280

Stover (Brown), Mary Johnson (1832-1883) 281

Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) 283

Surratt, Mary (Elizabeth) Eugenia Jenkins (1823-1865) 286

Swing-around-the-Circle (1866) 287

Taylor, Nathaniel Green (1819-1887) 289

Temple, Oliver Perry (1820-1907) 290

Tenure of Office Act 291

Territorial Affairs 293

Thirteenth Amendment 293

Thomas, Lorenzo (1804-1875) 295

Transatlantic Cable 296

Truman, Benjamin Cummings (1835-1916) 297

Trumbull, Lyman (1813-1896) 298

Tuberculosis 299

University of North Carolina 303

Usher, John Palmer (1816-1889) 303

Vetoes 305

Vice President, Johnson as (1865) 306

Wade, Benjamin Franklin (1800-1878) 309

Washington's Birthday Speech (1866) 311

Welles, Gideon (1802-1878) 312

Whig Party 314

Wirz, Henry (1823-1865) 315.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-353) and index.

ISBN:

1576070301

OCLC:

46633820