Andrew Johnson succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president, and was the first president of the United States to be impeached.
• Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. Johnson assumed the presidency as he was vice president of the United States at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
• Born: December 29, 1808, Raleigh, NC
• Died: July 31, 1875, Elizabethton, TN
• Presidential term: April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869
• Buried: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, TN
• Children: Martha Johnson Patterson, Andrew Johnson, Jr., Robert Johnson, Charles Johnson, Mary Johnson
• Nicknames: The Tennessee Tailor, Father of the Homestead Act
• First president to ascend to the presidency by the assassination of his predecessor.
• First president to be impeached by the House of Representatives.
• First president to serve in the United States Senate after being president.
• First president to have been mayor of a town, having been mayor of Greeneville, Tennessee.
• First president to issue more than twenty vetoes.
• First president to have more than ten vetoes overridden.