The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-04-28
No. 50.

support. He stopped at Greenville,
Tenn, and commenced as journey
man. He remained there about IL l.
months, married, and soon afterward +
went still further westward; but fail |
ing to find suitable place to settle, (
he returned to Greenville and COM
menced business Up to this time his
education was limited to reading, as
he had never had an opportunity OF
learning to write or cipher; but un-
der the instructions of his wife he
learned these and other branches
Tho only time, however. he could de-
vot to them was in the dead of night. /
The first office which he ever held was
that of alderman Of the village, toll
which he was elected in 1928 He |
was reelected to the same position in
1920, and again in 1890 In that
year he was chosen mayor, which po
+ SltlDll hS nclu lOt lhltc NtdlSs III
1885 he was elected to the legislature
In the session of that year he took de-
cided ground against scheme of in
ternal improvements, which he con-
tended would not only prove failure
hut entail upon the State burden
some debt The measure was popu-
/ lar, however, and at the next election
1 1887 he was defeated. He became
candidate again in 1889. BY this
time many of the evils he had pre-
dicted from the internal improvement
policy, which he had opposed four
years previous, were fully demon
strated, and he was elected by a large
majority. III 1910 he served as pres
idential elector for the State at large
on the democratic ticket. He can
vassed a large portion of the State,
meeting upon the stump several of
the leading whig orators, In 1S41 he
was elected to the State senate. In
1913 he was elected to Congress,
where, by successive elections, he
served until 1853. During this Pc
Rod of service he was conspicuous
and active i'll advocating, respectively,
the bill for refunding the fine i'm
posed upon Gen. jackson at New
Orleans in 1915, the annexation of
Texas, the tariff of 1916, the war
measures of Mr.. Polk administration
and homestead bill In 1853 he
was elected governor of Tennessee,
after an exciting canvass, in which he
was opposed by Gustavus A. Henry.
He was reelected in 1866, after an
other active contest, his competitor
being Meredith 2. Gentry At the
expiration of his second period as
governor, in 1857, he was elected
United States senator for full term,
ending March B, 1868.
On the 7th of March, 1862, Senator
Johnson was appointed Military Gov
ernor of Tennessee, with the rank OF
brigadier general, in which Office he
remained till he became Vice Presi-
dent of the United States, on the 4th
of March the present year. OF the
ability, fidelity and devotion to the
public welfare, which has ever char
acterized his course, we have spoken
before. 1t will be seen that he has
been almost uninterruptedly in the
public service for thirty-seven years,
in great variety OF posts, State and
National, civil and military.
President Johnson's family at pres
ent resides in Nashville, Tennessee,
and consists of his wife, two sons and
two daughters. His son Robert is
twenty nine, and Andrew johnson, Jr.,
is twelve years of age. One of his
) sons-in-law is Col. Slower of the 4th
Tennessee Volunteers; the other is
Judge Patterson of Nashville.