Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869 following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Born on December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, North Carolina, he rose from humble beginnings to become a tailor, then a politician in Tennessee, serving as governor and U.S. senator. Johnson’s presidency focused on Reconstruction after the Civil War, and he was the first U.S. president to be impeached, though he was acquitted by one vote in the Senate. He died on July 31, 1875.