A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson

The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, by James D. Richardson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Section 2 (of 2) of Volume 6: Andrew Johnson Author: James D. Richardson Release Date: June 28, 2004 [EBook #12755] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ANDREW JOHNSON *** Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. A COMPILATION OF THE MESSAGES AND PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS BY JAMES D. RICHARDSON Andrew Johnson April 15, 1865, to March 4, 1869 Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, N.C., December 29, 1808. His parents were very poor. When he was 4 years old his father died of injuries received in rescuing a person from drowning. At the age of 10 years Andrew was apprenticed to a tailor. His early education was almost entirely neglected, and, notwithstanding his natural craving to learn, he never spent a day in school. Was taught the alphabet by a fellow-workman, borrowed a book, and learned to read. In 1824 removed to Laurens Court-House, S.C., where he worked as a journeyman tailor.