In a letter to Andrew Johnson, the military governor of Tennessee, encouraging him to lead the way in raising black troops, Lincoln wrote, " The bare sight of 50, 000 armed and drilled black soldiers on the banks of the Mississippi would end the rebellion at once ".

Lincoln was a master politician, bringing together — and holding together — all the main factions of the Republican Party, and bringing in War Democrats such as Edwin M. Stanton and Andrew Johnson as well.

At its 1864 convention, the Republican Party selected Andrew Johnson, a War Democrat from the Southern state of Tennessee, as his running mate.

A political cartoon of Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln, 1865, entitled " The Rail Splitter At Work Repairing the Union.

Of special importance were Tennessee and Arkansas, where Lincoln appointed Generals Andrew Johnson and Frederick Steele as military governors, respectively.

Among his staff was Isham G. Harris, the Governor of Tennessee, who had ceased to make any real effort to function as governor after learning that Abraham Lincoln had appointed Andrew Johnson as military governor of Tennessee.

Andrew Johnson ( December 29, 1808 July 31, 1875 ) was the 17th President of the United States ( 1865 – 1869 ).

Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Jacob Johnson ( 1778 – 1812 ) and Mary (" Polly ") McDonough ( 1783 – 1856 ), a seamstress and the daughter of Andrew McDonough.

She bound Andrew as a boy as an apprentice tailor ; Johnson had no formal education but taught himself how to read and write, with some help from his masters, as was their obligation under his apprenticeship.

The Andrew Johnson House, built in 1851, Greeneville, Tennessee

The Whigs thought Andrew Johnson a dangerous prospect as a United States Senator, and made it a priority to prevent his election by the state legislature.

Andrew Johnson appointed nine Article III federal judges during his presidency, all to United States district courts.

Senator Andrew Johnson in 1875.

The burial ground was dedicated as the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery in 1906, now part of the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site.

A Northern senator averred that ' Andrew Johnson was the queerest character that ever occupied the White House.

A Study of Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction ( 1930 ).

* Benedict, Michael Les, The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson ( 1999 ).

* Boulard, Garry, The Swing Around the Circle — Andrew Johnson and the Train Ride that Destroyed a Presidency ( 2008 ) ISBN 978-1-4401-0239-4

* Castel, Albert E., The Presidency of Andrew Johnson ( 1979 ).

* Gordon-Reed, Annette Andrew Johnson: The American Presidents Series: The 17th President, 1865 – 1869, ISBN 0-8050-6948-8.

In the 17th century the most important original odes in English are those of Abraham Cowley and Andrew Marvell.

* July 31 – Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States ( b. 1808 )

* December 29 – Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States ( d. 1875 )

President Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States

In the 17th century, a nobleman from Pinsk underwriting himself as Bobola used the Leliwa coat of arms, the same as Saint Andrew Bobola's ones.

* Rawson, Andrew, The Rhine Crossing – 9th US Army & 17th US Airborne, Pen & Sword Military, 2006

Lyric is the dominant poetic idiom in 17th century English poetry from John Donne to Andrew Marvell.

Andrew Symson, a 17th century minister, suggested the first settlement would have stood on low-lying sands between the present-day Wigtown and Creetown.

Andrew Symson, a 17th century minister of the church at Kirkinner, left a description of Wigtown.

* Andrew Johnson ( 1808 – 1875 ), 17th President of the United States

Eliza McCardle Johnson ( October 4, 1810 – January 15, 1876 ) was the First Lady of the United States and the wife of Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States.

John Eliot, a fourth-generation descendent of the 17th c. " Apostle to the Indians " and himself a minister, added Governor Thomas Hutchinson's manuscript for the History of Massachusetts Bay, which his father Andrew Eliot had saved during the Revolution when a mob looted the governor's home.

In Indiana there are several legally incorporated organizations with " Democrat " as part of their official name, such as the " Indianapolis, 17th Ward Democrat Club Inc ." and the " Andrew Jackson Democrat Club Of Tippecanoe County.

It then seems to have passed into the ownership of the Bannester family of Chester and Caernarfon, and through them was in the possession of an Andrew Brereton by 1625 ; by the middle of the 17th century it had been acquired by Vaughan.

Andrew was chosen by the Rangers in the 17th round of the 2000 draft ( 514th overall ), the 44th round of the 2001 draft ( 1305th overall ), and the 41st round of the 2002 draft ( 1222nd overall ).

* former parish of St. Andrew, modified in the 15th, 16th, and 17th century.

* Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States, 1865-1869

Andrew Magee scored the second on the 332-yard par-4 17th hole in 2001.

Andrew Johnson, who later becomes the 17th President of the United States, is one of its trustees.

Andrew Johnson, the nation ’ s 17th President, donated $ 20 towards its construction.

George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly ( Annabella and George are ancestors of Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States.

Andrew Johnson ( 1808 – 1875 ) was the 17th President of the United States.