Johnson was the only Southern senator who did not resign his seat during the Civil War ; he became the most prominent War Democrat from the South and supported Lincoln's military policies.

In his first term in the state house, Johnson did not ally with either the Democrats or the Whigs consistently, though he revered Jackson, the Democratic President.

In this term, he introduced for the first time his Homestead Bill, which sought to provide 160 acres for every poor family head " without money and without price "; Johnson did not rest until passage some years later.

When Tennessee seceded, though the vote did not win a majority in East Tennessee, Johnson was forced to flee from the state with armed security ; he was in fact the only Senator from the seceded states to continue participation in Congress.

When Secretary Stanton did not join the President's opposition to the Reconstruction acts, Johnson decided to dismiss him together with his radical subordinates.

Johnson is one of only four presidents who did not appoint a justice to serve on the Supreme Court.

' " His biographer Trefousse concludes that, while his courageous stand for the Union paid handsome political dividends, Johnson did not succeed in the White House because of his failure to outgrow his Jeffersonian-Jacksonian background ; put in other words, " Johnson was a child of his time, but he failed to grow with it.

It is said that the estate's owner, Henry Bradford Endicott ( also founder of the Endicott Johnson Corporation ) took the burning of the homestead as a divine command to rebuild ( which he did ).

This did not happen and the presidency, having been damaged by three late nineteenth and early twentieth century assassinations ( Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley ) and one impeachment ( Johnson ), reasserted its political dominance by the early twentieth century through such figures as Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.

In Melbourne, a crowd estimated at 750, 000 turned out to welcome Johnson, although a vocal anti-war contingent demonstrated against the visit by throwing paint bombs at Johnson's car and chanting " LBJ, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?

During the War of 1812, Great Britain and allied Indians defeated U. S. forces in the Upper Mississippi ; the US abandoned both Fort Osage and Fort Madison, as it did several U. S. forts built during the war, including Fort Johnson and Fort Shelby.

Dr Johnson's unique " refutation " of Bishop Berkeley's immaterialism, his claim that matter did not actually exist but only seemed to exist, has been described as Ignoratio elenchi: during a conversation with Boswell, Johnson powerfully kicked a nearby stone and proclaimed of Berkeley's theory, " I refute it thus!

Johnson noted that the word misandry did not appear in dictionaries until recently and that comparisons between misogyny and misandry are misguided because mainstream culture offers no comparable anti-male ideology.

John C. Gonsiorek criticized their study on several grounds in 1981, pointing out that while Masters and Johnson stated that their patients were screened for major psychopathology or severe neurosis, they did not explain how this screening was performed, or how the motivation of the patients to change was assessed.

" 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.

Elway did not really have a particular receiver who caught the most of his passes during the regular season, but wide receivers Mark Jackson, Vance Johnson, Steve Watson, and tight end Orson Mobley all combined for 136 receptions and 2, 132 yards.

In that same election no candidate for Vice President secured a majority in the electoral college as Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Richard Mentor Johnson did not receive the electoral votes of Democratic electors from Virginia, because of his relationship with a former slave.

Many of the men did likewise, and Johnson assumed command of the 400 soldiers who remained.

Ultimately, at least 150 of the congregation did make their way to Amsterdam meeting up with the Smyth party, who had joined with the Exiled English Church led by Francis Johnson ( 1562 – 1617 ), Barrowe's successor.

Robert F. Kennedy, who hated Johnson for his attacks on the Kennedy family, said later that his brother offered the position to Johnson as a courtesy and did not expect him to accept.

In the event, Johnson did nothing.

While separated from Johnson, Eastwood had an affair with dancer Roxanne Tunis, with whom he had his first child, Kimber Tunis ( born June 17, 1964 ); he did not publicly acknowledge her until 1996.

* 1964 – Vietnam War: the U. S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.

They then entered into a three-way deal with the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers: Randy Johnson was sent to the New York Yankees, for Javier Vázquez, Brad Halsey, and Dioner Navarro who was then dealt to the Dodgers for Shawn Green.

None of these musicians, with the exception of Davis, had received a great deal of exposure before that time ; Chambers, in particular, was very young ( 19 at the time ), a Detroit player who had been on the New York scene for only about a year, working with the bands of Bennie Green, Paul Quinichette, George Wallington, J. J. Johnson, and Kai Winding.

* August 7 – Vietnam War: The United States Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on U. S. forces.

His acceptance by the Southerners was also helped a great deal when Humphrey became a protege of Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas.

Others believe Robert Johnson sang this song in regards to the deal that was made with Legba in which Johnson exchanged his soul for his extraordinary guitar skills that seemed to appear suddenly.

Johnson ( Anthony Anderson ) doing a shady deal with a man named Matt Montini ( David Vadim ).

In June 1968, Warren, fearing that Nixon would be elected president that year, worked out a retirement deal with President Johnson.

In 2003, the Timberwolves made two strong offseason moves, trading away forward Joe Smith and injured guard Terrell Brandon in a multi-player deal for Ervin Johnson, Sam Cassell and embattled guard Latrell Sprewell.

Johnson treated the NSC staff as a personal staff, and dropped meetings of the NSC Standing Group, which convened intermittently under Kennedy to deal with planning and operations problems.

Early in the morning of April 12, negotiations with Anderson had failed and aides of Beauregard, sent to deal personally with Anderson, ordered the first shots of the American Civil War to be fired from nearby Fort Johnson.

Known as the Square deal town, from the Square Deal given to all employees of Endicott-Johnson, Johnson City was originally incorporated in 1892 as the Village of Lestershire, In 1916, the village was renamed Johnson City in honor of George F. Johnson, who led the company that was by then known as the Endicott Johnson Corporation.

As a result, in February 1989, RJR Nabisco paid executive F. Ross Johnson US $ 53, 800, 000 as part of a golden handshake clause, the largest such deal in history at the time, as severance compensation for his acceptance of the KKR takeover.

Ban Johnson: The president of the American League since its debut in 1901 effectively limited Frazee to the Yankees and White Sox as the only teams with whom Frazee could make a deal by pressuring the other five teams ( the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators ) not to make any trades at all with Frazee.

From his experiences with Berliner, Johnson had already learned a great deal.

Adu signed an 12-month loan deal with Greek side Aris in January 2010, joining fellow USA international Eddie Johnson.

Following the retirement of key players like Lawrence Dallaglio and Martin Johnson, and finishing second in the 6 Nations after the World Cup success, he found the politics of English rugby difficult to deal with, particularly the Premiership clubs ' relations with the England management.

When Woodward returned Gillick's call he said he would agree to the deal for Johnson.

On December 26, 2008, Johnson signed a one-year deal with the San Francisco Giants for a reported $ 8 million, with a possible $ 2. 5 million in performance bonuses and another $ 2. 5 million in award bonuses.

Additionally, many in RJR's board of directors had grown concerned at recent disclosures of Ross Johnson ' unprecedented golden parachute deal.