1865 Andrew Johnson U.S. President 2½” × 4” Carte de Visite (CDV) Albumen Print For Sale

Andrew Johnson,

“President of the United States.”

2½” × 4” Carte de Visite (CDV) Albumen Print

A closely matching example is held in the Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana at Mississippi State University.

Measures approximately 2½ × 4 inches.

Condition: Age toning, light surface wear, minor edge and corner wear, and small spots consistent with age. No photographer or publisher is identified on the card. Please examine all photographs carefully for condition.

An appealing original Civil War/Reconstruction-era presidential CDV for collectors of Andrew Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, presidential photography, Lincolniana and 19th-century American history.

Item specifics:

* Subject: Andrew Johnson

* Type: Photograph

* Format: Carte de Visite

* Production technique: Albumen print

* Date: Circa 1865–1869

* Theme: Presidents, Politics, Civil War, American history

* Original/Licensed reproduction: Original

* Photographer: Unknown

* Country: United States

Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. The 16th vice president, he assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a War Democrat who ran with Lincoln on the National Union Party ticket in the 1864 presidential election, coming to office as the American Civil War concluded. Johnson favored quick restoration of the seceded states to the Union without protection for the newly freed people who were formerly enslaved, as well as pardoning ex-Confederates. This led to conflict with the Republican Party-dominated U.S. Congress, culminating in his impeachment by the House of Representatives in 1868. He was acquitted in the Senate by one vote.

Andrew Johnson

17th President of the United States

In office

April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869

Vice by

Abraham Lincoln

Succeeded by

Ulysses S. Grant

16th Vice President of the United States

In office

March 4, 1865 – April 15, 1865

President

Abraham Lincoln

Preceded by

Hannibal Hamlin

Succeeded by

Schuyler Colfax

United States Senator

from Tennessee

In office

March 4, 1875 – July 31, 1875

Preceded by

Parson Brownlow

Succeeded by

David M. Key

In office

October 8, 1857 – March 4, 1862

Preceded by

James C. Jones

Succeeded by

David T. Patterson

Military Governor of Tennessee

In office

March 12, 1862 – March 4, 1865

Appointed by

Abraham Lincoln

Preceded by

Isham G. Harris

(as Governor)

Succeeded by

Parson Brownlow

(as Governor)

15th Governor of Tennessee

In office

October 17, 1853 – November 3, 1857

Preceded by

William B. Campbell

Succeeded by

Isham G. Harris

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

from Tennessee's 1st district

In office

March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1853

Preceded by

Thomas Dickens Arnold

Succeeded by

Brookins Campbell

Personal details

Born

December 29, 1808

Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.

Died

July 31, 1875 (aged 66)

Elizabethton, Tennessee, U.S.

Resting place

Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tennessee, U.S.

Party

Democratic (from 1839)

Other (before 1839)

Mechanics' (Working Men's) (1829–1835)

National Union (1864–1867)

Spouse

Eliza McCardle ​(m. Jr.

Parents

Jacob Johnson

Mary signature in ink

Military States Army (Union Army)

Years of General (as Military Governor of Civil War

Johnson was born into poverty and never attended school. He was apprenticed as a tailor and worked in several frontier towns before settling in Greeneville, Tennessee, serving as an alderman and mayor before being elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1835. After briefly serving in the Tennessee Senate, Johnson was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1843, where he served five two-year terms. He was the governor of Tennessee for four years, and was elected by the legislature to the U.S. Senate in 1857. During his congressional service, he sought passage of the Homestead Bill, which was enacted soon after he left his Senate seat. In February 1861, Slave states in the Southern U.S., including Tennessee, seceded to form the Confederate States of America, but Johnson remained firmly with the Union. He was the only senator from a Confederate state who did not promptly resign his seat upon learning of his state's secession. In 1862, Lincoln appointed him as Military Governor of Tennessee after most of it had been retaken. Johnson was a logical choice as Lincoln's running mate in 1864 because Lincoln wanted to send a message of national unity in his re-election campaign. Following their victory, Johnson became vice president.

Johnson implemented his own form of Presidential Reconstruction, a series of proclamations directing the seceded states to hold conventions and elections to reform their civil governments. Southern states returned many of their old leaders and passed Black Codes to deprive the freedmen of many civil liberties, but Congressional Republicans refused to seat legislators from those states and advanced legislation to overrule the Southern actions. Johnson vetoed their bills, and Congressional Republicans overrode him, setting a pattern for the remainder of his presidency.[b] Johnson opposed the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave citizenship to former slaves. In 1866, he went on an unprecedented national tour promoting his executive policies, seeking to break Republican opposition.[5] As the conflict grew between the branches of government, Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act (1867), restricting Johnson's ability to fire Cabinet officials. He persisted in trying to dismiss the Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, but ended up being impeached by the House of Representatives and narrowly avoided conviction in the Senate. He did not win the 1868 Democratic presidential nomination and left office the following year.

Johnson returned to Tennessee after his presidency and gained some vindication when he was elected to the Senate in 1875, making him the only former president to serve in the Senate. He died five months into his term. Johnson's strong opposition to federally guaranteed rights for African Americans is widely criticized, and historians have consistently ranked him as one of the worst U.S. presidents.j