Andrew Johnson - Tennessee State Museum

Tennessee State Museum

Record No:	1.885
Subject:	Johnson, Andrew
Artist:	Cooper, Washington B.
Date:	1856.
Media:	Oil on Canvas.
Dimensions:	Frame 61.25 X 51.50
Location:	TN State Museum 505 Deadrick Street. Nashville, TN 37243 Web Contact: TN State Museum

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.
Categories:	Portrait paintings;Politicians; Governors; Presidents; Military; Civil War; Men.