alderman, mayor, state senator, moved up the ladder and became a congressman and a senator.is moment of public attention was at the beginning of the civil war when almost all of the congressman and senators left from the south. they all went back to their home states. tennessee did secede, although by a fairly close vote. they had a referendum and it was reasonably close. johnson refused to leave the senate. that did get attention. here was a southerner who was remaining loyal to the union. brian: what was his family like? david: as a boy? he grew up -- his father died when he was very young. he was only three or four. he didn't really grow up in the family much. he was apprenticed out at a very early age, nine or 10. he ran away from his master. he didn't like being an apprentice. he ultimately had to come to terms with the master. he had a strong independent streak there. his own family that he made with his wife was a little bit sad. his wife in the white house never left her room. she came downstairs once for a grandchild's birthday party, i think it was. he would see he

brian: you say he had all of those jobs from alderman, to governor, senator, but wasn't prepared? david: it's an interesting problem. want presidents who have experience in government. andrew johnson is the example of experience is not everything, because i disposition, he was ill-suited -- by disposition he was ill-suited. he was basically a tennessee guy. when he became resident of all the people, -- president of all the people, that was a natural to him. he had a lot of trouble with that. brian: where was he when the assassination occurred april of 1865? david: he was in his hotel room. the assassination was a larger plot than just killing lincoln. they sent someone to kill the secretary of state and johnson. johnson was fortunate that the man who went to kill him lost his nerve, and didn't even knock on the door. he had a couple of brings in the hotel. he just slept through it until he was awakened in the middle of the night with the terrible news. president ofin as the next morning when official word came that the president was dead. brian: what happened then in the early par

brian: but you said he had all those jobs from alderman to governor, senator, congressman, all that but wasn't prepared. david: it's an interesting problem. we tend to want presidents who've had experience in government. and andrew johnson is the example of experience isn't everything because by disposition as i said he was ill-suited. he wasn't used to taking a national perspective. he was basically a tennessee guy. and i think when he became president of all the people, that was unnatural to him. he had a lot of trouble with that. brian: where was he when the assassination occurred in april of 1865? david: he was in his hotel room. and the assassination, of course, was a larger plot than just killing lincoln. they sent someone to kill secretary of state seward. and they sent someone to kill johnson. johnson was fortunate that the man who went to kill him, george atzerodt, lost his nerve and didn't even knock on the door. he had a couple of drinks in hotel and then vamoosed up to gaithersburg, maryland. so, he just slept through it until he was awakened at the middle of the night with

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