Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. The 16th vice president, he assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a War Democrat who ran with Lincoln on the National Union Party ticket in the 1864 presidential election, coming to office as the American Civil War concluded. Johnson 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 Party-dominated U.S. Congress, culminating in his impeachment by the House of Representatives in 1868. He was acquitted in the Senate by one vote.
Memphis, Tenn., August 10, 1862. His Excellency Gov. ANDREW JOHNSON, Nashville: Sie: Your esteemed favor of August 1 was handed me yesterday by Mr. Smith, cashier of the Memphis Branch…
Orion Lodge of St. John undated The abominable crime of Wilkes Booth has thrown into your hands all the duties and all the powers of the great republic of the…
Inhabitants of Broomfield Broomfield, undated Sir: We have heard with profound sorrow of the death of your late distinguished President, and that he has fallen by the hand of an…
[Translation.] Berne, April 18, 1865. Sir: As a token of sympathy for the cause for which the Union has fought and achieved with so brilliant success in the interest of…
Board of Trade of London, Canada West Office of the Board of Trade, London, C. W., April 19, 1865. Address of the Board of Trade of the city of London,…
Lodge of Gymnosophists London, No. 3 Percy Street, Bedford Square, May 5, 1865. Mr. President: In presence of the sombre tomb which encloses the body of citizen Abraham Lincoln, President…
Temperance Society Ashton-under-Lyne, May 10, 1865. Resolutions passed at a meeting held by the Temperance Society of Ashton-under Lyne. The president, vice-president, officers, and members of the Ashton-under-Lyne Temperance Society,…
Inhabitants of Kingston, Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica, June 1, 1865. Address of the inhabitants of Kingston, Jamaica, to President Johnson. Sir: We, the inhabitants of Kingston, Jamaica, on this melancholy occasion…
Mr. Bechtel to President Johnson New York, June 5, 1865. Sir: The undersigned, consul general of the government of his Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick, has been specially instructed…
[Document referred to in the above despatch.] British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society to President Johnson. 27 New Broad Street, E. C,London, September 1, 1865. Sir: The committee of the British…
Mr. O’Mally to President Johnson Toronto Old Jail, Canada West, June 23, 1866. Sir: I hope you will excuse me (being only a poor laboring man) for my presumption in…
Mr. Hynes to President Johnson. Mount Joy Prison, Dublin, June 25, 1866 Honorable Sir: Having applied in vain to the representatives of our government here for that protection to which,…
Mrs. Klein to President Johnson. Philadelphia, Pa., June 26, 1866. The humble petition of the undersigned, Caroline Klein, most respectfully represents to your excellency the following: I, Caroline Klein, residing…
Gov. Dillingham to President Johnson State of Vermont, Executive Chamber, Montpelier, November, 13, 1866. Dear Sir By the direction of the legislature of Vermont, I enclose herewith a preamble and…
[Untitled] City Clerk’s Office, Chicago, November 15, 1866. Sir I am directed by the common council of the city of Chicago to send to your excellency a certified copy of…
Letter to the President. Kilmainham Prison, Dublin. Ireland, August 3, 1867. Dear Sir: I most respectfully call your Excellency’s attention to my case. By birth an Irishman, by adoption an…