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1. Andrew Johnson was a career politician and was elected to all of the following positions except for which one?
2. Abraham Lincoln appointed Andrew Johnson as Military Governor of Tennessee on March 4, 1862 despite the fact that Johnson was a Senator from Tennessee when it seceded as a Confederate state. Why did Lincoln make such a controversial appointment as Johnson to hold this position?
3. How many years of formal education did Andrew Johnson complete as a child?
4. Andrew Johnson was brought up on impeachment charges in 1867 by the U.S. Congress for violating which legislative act?
5. While he was President, Andrew Johnson's son-in-law was elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee. What was his name?
6. President Johnson enjoyed watching baseball games on the White Lot, which is now a portion of what is called the Ellipse. What did Johnson do prior to an inter-city match among the Washington Nationals, Philadelphia Athletics, and Brooklyn Atlantics?
7. Within the first year of his Presidency, Andrew Johnson had refused all pleas for mercy from Henry Wirz, who was hanged from the gallows that were erected in the shadows of the Capitol Building. Who was Henry Wirz and what was he executed for?
8. Andrew Johnson was regarded by many to have been an embarrassment at the Inauguration of 1865. What was the reason for this perception?
9. For obvious reasons, Andrew Johnson was not nominated by the Democrats for the Presidential election of 1868. This man received the nomination instead and was subsequently defeated by Ulysses S. Grant.
10. Andrew Johnson never had a Vice-President, so if the Senate had convicted and removed him from the Presidency as a result of his impeachment charges, who would have become the new President?
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