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 ).

*" The Creation ," a 1927 poem by James Weldon Johnson, published in God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse

* Johnson, Philip, " Apologetics, Mission, and New Religious Movements: A Holistic Approach ," Tribes: Journal of Christian Missions to New Religious Movements, 1 ( 1 ) ( 2002 )

His love for numerous styles of music can be traced from his early recording of stride-pianist James P. Johnson's " Johnson Rag ," all the way to the rock stylings of Eric Johnson, an invited guest on Atkins's recording sessions who, when Chet attempted to copy his influential rocker " Cliffs of Dover ," led to Atkins's creation of a unique arrangement of " Londonderry Air ( Danny Boy ).

The " Cambridge School ," led by Anil Seal, Gordon Johnson, Richard Gordon, and David A. Washbrook, downplays ideology.

* Heffron, Margery M. "' A Fine Romance ': The Courtship Correspondence between Louisa Catherine Johnson and John Quincy Adams ," New England Quarterly, June 2010, Vol.

* Johnson, George " Evolution Between the Ears ", " New York Times ," April 19, 1992, accessed April 16, 2007 ( a critical review of Gerald Edelman's 1992 book Brilliant Air, Brilliant Fire )

Simon Johnson wrote that " the reemergence of an American financial oligarchy is quite recent ," a structure which he delineated as being the " most advanced " in the world.

" I can't say how much it affected us, because we did make it to the AFC championship game ," said Johnson on the loss of fellow lineman Dean.

Two centuries later Jonathan Swift said he was " the person of the greatest virtue this kingdom ever produced ," a sentiment with which Samuel Johnson agreed.

" Johnson was renowned for his domineering personality and the " Johnson treatment ," his coercion of powerful politicians in order to advance legislation.

Johnson was elected speaker of the " Little Congress ," a group of Congressional aides, where he cultivated Congressmen, newspapermen and lobbyists.

Johnson was elected senator in November and went to Washington tagged with the ironic label " Landslide Lyndon ," which he often used deprecatingly to refer to himself.

Speechwriter Richard N. Goodwin had coined the phrase " the Great Society ," and Johnson had used the expression occasionally before the Michigan speech, but had not emphasized it.

George Johnson released one single in 1985, titled " Back Against The Wall ," on Quincy Jones ' own Qwest label.

" In " Prince Charlie's Ruby ," written in the 1940s and set in 1773, she has the two meeting in the Hebrides and Johnson helping the prince find a lost gem, with Johnson thrilled about meeting the prince and Flora MacDonald.

But with " Coronation Story ," written in the 1970s, she also has Johnson and the prince meeting in 1761 when Charles Stuart secretly attends the coronation of George III, violating her own continuity.

The soundtrack includes " Gorrión " and " Coral para mi pequeño y lejano pueblo ," written by Dino Saluzzi and performed by Saluzzi, Marc Johnson, and José Saluzzi, and " Tajabone ," written and performed by Ismaël Lô.

" Johnson also referred to the attacks as having taken place " on the high seas ," suggesting that they had occurred in international waters.

* Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, eds., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3d edition.

" Johnson, Richard Mentor ", in John E. Kleber, ed: The Kentucky Encyclopedia, Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 1992.

* Belknap, Michal R., " Cold War, Communism, and Free Speech ", in Historic U. S. Court Cases: An Encyclopedia ( Vol 2 ), ( John W. Johnson, Ed.

* Barrett, David B., George T. Kurian, and Todd M. Johnson, World Christian Encyclopedia: A Comparative Survey of Churches and Religions in the Modern World, 2 vols.

* Dupuy, Trevor N., Johnson, Curt, and Bongard, David L., Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography, Castle Books, 1992, 1st Ed., ISBN 0-7858-0437-4.

* Robert Ward Johnson at the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture

* Dupuy, Trevor, Curt Johnson and David L. Bongard, The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography, Castle Books: Edison, 1992.

* Dupuy, Trevor. N., Curt Johnson, and David. L. Bongard, The Encyclopedia of Military Biography, I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 1992, ISBN 1-85043-569-3

Partial least squares, pp. 581 – 591 in Samuel Kotz and Norman L. Johnson, eds., Encyclopedia of statistical sciences, Vol.

" In The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography, edited by Trevor N. Dupuy, Curt Johnson, and David L. Bongard.

In 1896, during his tenure as the college's president, Ashley Johnson wrote the Condensed Biblical Encyclopedia.

Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces, Blandford Press Lts.

Harris was instrumental in Forming the Joseph R. Smallwood Foundation and along with Memorial University President Moses Morgan and businessman, Paul Johnson, completed Newfoundland Encyclopedia.

* Dupuy, Trevor N., Johnson, Curt, and Bongard, David L., Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography, Castle Books, 1992, 1st Ed., ISBN 0-7858-0437-4.