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William Andrew Johnson
William Andrew Johnson (February 8, 1858 – May 16, 1943) was a lifelong Tennessee, Tennessean who was primarily employed as a restaurant cook. He was described as a "quiet, bright-eyed" man, a "great favorite" in Knoxville, Tennessee, Knoxville, and (per the ''Indianapolis Recorder'' in 1941) he was "regarded by many as the best pastry chef in East Tennessee." William Andrew Johnson was believed to be the last surviving American to have been Slavery in the United States, enslaved by a U.S. president. Johnson, his two sisters Florence Johnson Smith, Florence and Elizabeth Johnson Forby, Elizabeth, his mother Dolly Johnson, Dolly and his Sam Johnson (Tennessee), Uncle Sam were all once legally the property of Andrew Johnson, who became the 17th President of the United States following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. In later years, when describing his lifelong relationships with Johnson's children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, Johnson said "They treat me j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Capitol
The United States Capitol, often called The Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, which is formally known as the United States Congress. It is located on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Though no longer at the geographic center of the federal district, the Capitol forms the origin point for the street-numbering system of the district as well as its four quadrants. Central sections of the present building were completed in 1800. These were partly destroyed in the 1814 Burning of Washington, then were fully restored within five years. The building was later enlarged by extending the wings for the chambers for the bicameral legislature, the House of Representatives in the south wing and the Senate in the north wing. The massive dome was completed around 1866 just after the American Civil War. Like the principal buildings of the executive and judicial branches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth, while attending the play ''Our American Cousin'' at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater. He was the first U.S. president to be assassinated, with his funeral and burial marking an extended period of national mourning. Occurring near the end of the American Civil War, Lincoln's assassination was part of a larger conspiracy intended by Booth to revive the Confederate cause by eliminating the three most important officials of the United States government. Conspirators Lewis Powell and David Herold were assigned to kill Secretary of State William H. Seward, and George Atzerodt was tasked with killing Vice President Andrew Johnson. Beyond Lincoln's death, the plot failed: Seward was only wounded, and Johnson's wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza McCardle Johnson
Eliza Johnson (née McCardle; October 4, 1810 – January 15, 1876) was the first lady of the United States from 1865 to 1869. She served as the second lady of the United States in 1865. She was the wife of Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States. Early life and marriage Eliza was born in Telford, Tennessee, the only child of John McCardle, a shoemaker, and Sarah Phillips. Her father died when Eliza was still in her teens in 1825. She was raised by her widowed mother in Greeneville, Tennessee. One day in September 1826, Eliza was chatting with classmates from Rhea Academy when she spotted Andrew Johnson and his family pull into town with all their belongings. They instantly took a liking to each other. Andrew Johnson, 18, married Eliza McCardle, 16, on May 17, 1827, at the home of the bride's mother in Greeneville. Mordecai Lincoln, a paternal uncle of Abraham Lincoln, presided over the nuptials. At 16, Eliza Johnson married at a younger age than any other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Johnson Patterson
Margaret Johnson Patterson Bartlett (September 29, 1903 – August 1, 1992) was a great-granddaughter of 17th U.S. President Andrew Johnson. Bartlett was descended from Johnson's oldest daughter Martha Johnson, who was acting First Lady during Johnson's presidency and who was married to Reconstruction-era U.S. Senator from Tennessee David T. Patterson. Margaret was the only child of their son Andrew J. Patterson, who worked at family businesses in East Tennessee and after the death of his mother began curating exhibits of Andrew Johnson memorabilia and allowing scholars access to Johnson family papers. After her father died, Margaret Bartlett inherited and curated the Johnson legacy for the rest of her life. She was also interviewed about the family over the years, such as on the occasion of the death of William Andrew Johnson, when she told reporters that William Andrew was the only one of Dolly Johnson Dolly Johnson (born late 1820s, died after 1887), in later life known as A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Vincent
Bert or BERT may refer to: Persons, characters, or animals known as Bert * Bert (name), commonly an abbreviated forename and sometimes a surname *Bert, a character in the poem "Bert the Wombat" by The Wiggles; from their 1992 album Here Comes a Song *Bert (Sesame Street), fictional character on the TV series ''Sesame Street'' *Bert (horse), foaled 1934 * Bert (Mary Poppins), a Cockney chimney sweep in the book series & Disney film ''Mary Poppins'' * Iron Bert (one half of the two yellow diesels 'Arry and Bert), also in ''Thomas and Friends'' Places *Berd, Armenia, also known as Bert * Bert, Allier, a commune in the French of Allier *Bert, West Virginia Electronics & computing * Bit error rate test, a testing method for digital communication circuits * Bit error rate tester, a test equipment used for testing the bit error rate of digital communication circuits * HP Bert, a CPU in certain Hewlett-Packard programmable calculators * BERT (language model) (Bidirectional Encoder Repre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of United States Senators From Tennessee
Tennessee was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796. Its United States Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1862 owing to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from July 1866. Tennessee's current Senators are Republicans Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty. Kenneth McKellar was Tennessee's longest-serving senator (1917–1953). List of senators , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , Jun 1, 1796 –Aug 2, 1796 , Tennessee did not elect its senators until two months . , rowspan=2 , 1 , rowspan=2 , rowspan=7 , 1 , Tennessee did not elect its senators until two months . , Jun 1, 1796 –Aug 2, 1796 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 1 , rowspan=3 align=left , William Cocke , rowspan=3 , Democratic-Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Aug 2, 1796 –Sep 26, 1797 , Elected in 1796. , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1796.Expelled for conspiracy with the Kingdom of Great Britain. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Aug 2, 1796 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Holland
Jesse James Holland Jr. (born June 28, 1971) is an American journalist, author, television personality and educator. He was one of the first African American journalists assigned to cover the Supreme Court full-time, and only the second African American editor of '' The Daily Mississippian'', the college newspaper of the University of Mississippi. He was the former Visiting Distinguished Professor of Ethics in Journalism at the University of Arkansas, and now serves as a guest host on C-SPAN's '' Washington Journal''. Biography Jesse James Holland Jr. is a native of Memphis, TN and is one of four siblings. He grew up in the Orange Mound, Memphis neighborhood, which is the nation's first African American neighborhood. His parents, Jesse James Holland and Yvonne Boga Holland, were both public school teachers in Memphis, Tennessee and Mount Pleasant, Mississippi, respectively, as well as owners and operators of a family farm in Marshall and Benton counties in Mississippi. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partus Sequitur Ventrem
''Partus sequitur ventrem'' (L. "That which is born follows the womb"; also ''partus'') was a legal doctrine passed in colonial Virginia in 1662 and other English crown colonies A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony administered by The Crown within the British Empire. There was usually a Governor, appointed by the British monarch on the advice of the UK Government, with or without the assistance of a local Council ... in British America, the Americas which defined the legal status of children born there; the doctrine mandated that all children would inherit the legal status of their mothers. As such, children of enslaved women would be born into slavery. The legal doctrine of ''partus sequitur ventrem'' was derived from Roman Civil law (legal system), civil law, specifically the portions concerning slavery and personal property (Personal property, chattels). The doctrine's most significant effect was placing into chattel slavery all children born to enslaved women. ''Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antebellum South
In History of the Southern United States, the history of the Southern United States, the Antebellum Period (from la, ante bellum, lit=Status quo ante bellum, before the war) spanned the Treaty of Ghent, end of the War of 1812 to the start of the American Civil War in 1861. The Antebellum South was characterized by the Slavery in the United States, use of slavery and the Culture of the Southern United States#History, culture it fostered. As the era proceeded, Southern intellectuals and leaders gradually shifted from portraying slavery as an embarrassing and temporary system, to a full-on defense of Slavery as a positive good in the United States, slavery as a positive good, and harshly criticized the budding Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist movement. The economy was largely plantation based, and dependent on exports. Society was stratified, inegalitarian, and perceived by immigrants as lacking in opportunities. Consequently the manufacturing base lagged behind t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FamilySearch
FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization and website offering genealogical records, education, and software. It is operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and is closely connected with the church's Family History Department. The Family History Department was originally established in 1894 as the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) and is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch maintains a collection of records, resources, and services designed to help people learn more about their family history. Facilitating the performance of LDS ordinances for deceased relatives is another major aim of the organization. Although it requires user account registration, it offers free access to its resources and service online at FamilySearch.org. In addition, FamilySearch offers personal assistance at more than 5,100 family history centers in 140 countries, including the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Family Tree secti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old South
Geographically, the U.S. states known as the Old South are those in the Southern United States that were among the original Thirteen Colonies. The region term is differentiated from the Deep South and Upper South. From a cultural and social standpoint, the "Old South" is used to describe the rural, agriculturally-based, slavery-reliant economy and society in the Antebellum South, prior to the American Civil War (1861–65), in contrast to the "New South" of the post-Reconstruction Era. Culture The social structure of the Old South was made an important research topic for scholars by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips in the early 20th century. The romanticized image of the "Old South" tells of slavery's plantations, as famously typified in ''Gone with the Wind'', a blockbuster 1936 novel and its adaptation in a 1939 Hollywood film, along with the animated Disney film, '' Song of the South'' (1946). Prior to the Civil War, Southerners were never regarded as a distinctive people, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site is a National Historic Site in Greeneville, Tennessee, maintained by the National Park Service. It was established to honor Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. The site includes two of Johnson's homes, his tailor shop, and his grave site within the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery. The cemetery also includes the interments of Johnson's wife, Eliza McCardle Johnson, and son Colonel Robert Johnson. David T. Patterson, a United States Senator from Tennessee, and his son Andrew J. Patterson, who was instrumental in securing historic designation for the Greeneville properties associated with Andrew Johnson, were among others buried in the cemetery. The site was authorized by Congress as a U.S. National Monument in 1935, established on April 27, 1942, and redesignated a National Historic Site on December 11, 1963. Today Today the site totals sixteen acres in ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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