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Andrew Johnson Presidency Timeline
Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States who served in office from April 15, 1865 to March 4, 1869. What were the key events during his presidency? The Andrew Johnson Presidency Timeline provides a fast, but detailed, overview of the important issues and key events with a brief explanation of each of the important events and the dates on which they occurred.

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

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.

Andrew Johnson Timeline: Presidential Timeline of Important Events
1865April 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.
1865April 18: General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders to General Sherman near Durham in North Carolina.
1865April 26: John Wilkes Booth, the man who shot  President Abraham Lincoln, is shot and killed in a tobacco barn in Virginia.
1865Black Hawk's War (1865–1872)
1865July 10, 1865: Union Pacific Lays the First Rail of the Transcontinental Railroad
1865He 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
1865September: Takes up residence in the White House
1865December: Ex-Confederate states enact their own 'Black Codes'
1865December 24, 1865: The Ku Klux Klan was founded 
1866March: The President vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866 adopting a lenient attitude towards the Southern States
1866The emergence of the Carpetbaggers and the Scalawags
1866Red Cloud's War (1866–1868)
1867January: Nebraska joins the Union 1866
1867March 2, 1867: Congress passes the first of the Reconstruction Acts overriding President Johnson's veto
1867March 2, 1867: Congress passes the Tenure of Office Act overriding President Johnson's veto
1867Alaska was purchased from Russia for $7.2 million
18671867 Christopher Scholes invented the first practical and modern typewriter.
1867November: President Johnson suspends Edwin Stanton, the Secretary of War. They had had a series of disagreements about Reconstruction
1868The 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.
1868By 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.
1868May: He was the first President to ever be impeached. His trial in the Senate lead to him being acquitted by one vote
1869His presidency and term in office ends. The next US President was Ulysses S. Grant
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