Andrew Johnson Presidency Timeline
Andrew Johnson Timeline covers the history, important accomplishments and key issues of his presidency from April 15, 1865 to March 4, 1869 that included:

Reconstruction (the system of bringing the Southern states back into the US)
Alaska was purchased from Russia
The 14th Amendment added to the Constitution

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Andrew Johnson Presidency Timeline
The following fact file format provides a fast overview of the Andrew Johnson Presidency with a History Timeline of the important events and accomplishments of his presidency. Andrew Johnson Timeline details the sequence of key historical events and accomplishments arranged in chronological order that had a significant impact on the history of the United States of America.

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Andrew Johnson Timeline: Presidential Timeline of Important Events

1865 - April 15, 1865: Following the assassination President Abraham Lincoln Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes 17th President of the United States. He is one of five Presidents who were never inaugurated.

1865 - April 18: General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders to General Sherman near Durham in North Carolina.

1865 - April 26: John Wilkes Booth, the man who shot  President Abraham Lincoln, is shot and killed in a tobacco barn in Virginia.

1865 - Black Hawk's War (1865–1872)

1865 - July 10, 1865: Union Pacific Lays the First Rail of the Transcontinental Railroad

1865 - He issued 2 proclamations summarizing his recommendations for the restoration of Confederate states to the Union granting amnesty to all white southerners who take a loyalty oath and outlines a reconstruction plan for North Carolina

1865 - September: Takes up residence in the White House

1865 - December: Ex-Confederate states enact their own 'Black Codes'

1865 - December 24, 1865: The Ku Klux Klan was founded 

1866 - March: The President vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866 adopting a lenient attitude towards the Southern States

1866 - The emergence of the Carpetbaggers and the Scalawags

1866 - Red Cloud's War (1866–1868)

1867 - January: Nebraska joins the Union 1866

1867 - March 2, 1867: Congress passes the first of the Reconstruction Acts overriding President Johnson's veto

1867 - March 2, 1867: Congress passes the Tenure of Office Act overriding President Johnson's veto

1867 - Alaska was purchased from Russia for $7.2 million

1867 - 1867 Christopher Scholes invented the first practical and modern typewriter.

1867 - November: President Johnson suspends Edwin Stanton, the Secretary of War. They had had a series of disagreements about Reconstruction

1868 - The Fourteenth Amendment Ratified stating that every person born in the US is a citizen. States must follow due process of law before taking away any citizen's rights or property.

1868 - By suspending Edwin Stanton and removing him from his cabinet, without the consent of Congress, breached the Tenure of Office Act that resulted in Impeachment Proceedings.

1868 - May: He was the first President to ever be impeached. His trial in the Senate lead to him being acquitted by one vote

1869 - His presidency and term in office ends. The next US President was Ulysses S. Grant

Andrew Johnson Timeline of important Events

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For detailed articles about the most important events during his presidency timeline refer to Andrew Johnson Accomplishments and Events. 

Andrew Johnson Presidency Timeline
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