VOICE TWO:
Andrew became active in politics.
At the age of twenty-one, he was elected to the town council. Two years later, he became mayor of the town. At thirty-five, he won a seat in Congress, in Washington.
Next, he became governor of Tennessee. Then the state made him one of its two senators. The poor tailor boy was a success.
VOICE ONE:
Andrew Johnson was a member of the Democratic Party. In the presidential election of eighteen-sixty, he supported his party's candidate, not the candidate of the Republican Party: Abraham Lincoln. But, Lincoln won the election.
And, as a result, southern states carried out their earlier threat. They began leaving the Union to form their own nation.
Johnson opposed this secession. He believed the South should remain part of the United States. He decided he had no choice but to support the Republican president.
Most of the other citizens in Tennessee disagreed with him. They decided to leave the Union. Andrew Johnson had to flee his home to save his life. He returned only after Union forces took control of Tennessee and made him military governor.
VOICE TWO:
A political banner supporting Abraham Lincoln and Andrew JohnsonPresident Lincoln noticed the man from Tennessee who supported the Union over the opposition of others. In eighteen sixty-four, Lincoln decided to run for re-election. He chose Johnson to be his vice presidential candidate.
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