History:This portrait was painted when Johnson was Governor of Tn. He is seated with a book resting between his right knee and right hand. The background is painted in a classical setting with a draped curtain and a portion of a fluted column. A side table holds assorted papers.
Notes:Andrew Johnson (1808-75), was trained as a tailor in South Carolina and began practicing his trade in Greeneville, TN in 1826. He served as Mayor of Greeneville (1830-34), State Representative (1835 & 1839), State Senator (1841), U.S. Representative (1843-1853), Governor of Tennessee (1853-57), U.S. Senator 91857-62), and Military Governor of Tennessee (March 1862-March 1865). Johnson was inaugurated as Vice President as a "Union Democrat" on March 4, 1865 and became President upon the assassinatoin of Abraham Lincoln on April 16, 1865. He was impeached by Congress in 1868, but not convicted by a margin of one vote. Finally, Johnson was elected to the U.S. Senate in March, 1875 and served until his death on July 31, 1875.
