Eliza McCardle Johnson

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name = Eliza McCardle Johnson


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birth_date = birth date|1810|10|4
birth_place = Greeneville, Tennessee, U.S.
death_date = death date and age |1876|1|15|1810|10|4
death_place = Greeneville, Tennessee, U.S.
order= First Lady of the United States
term_start=April 15, 1865
term_end=March 4, 1869
predecessor = Mary Todd Lincoln
successor = Julia Dent Grant
order2= Second Lady of the United States
term_start2=March 4, 1865
term_end2=April 15, 1865
predecessor2 = Ellen Vesta Emery Hamlin
successor2 = Ellen Maria Colfax
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spouse = Andrew Johnson
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Elizabeth McCardle Johnson (October 4, 1810 in Greeneville, Tennessee – January 15, 1876 in Greeneville, Tennessee) was the 22nd First Lady of the United States and the wife of Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States.

Johnson credited his wife for teaching him to do arithmetic and to write, as he had never attended school himself. She supported her husband in his political career, but had tried to avoid public appearances. Though she lived in the White House, she was not able to serve as First Lady due to her poor health. Therefore, her daughters, Martha Johnson Patterson, who had often been a guest at the White House during President James Polk's time in office and thus was especially skilled as hostess, and Mary Johnson Stover, stepped in.

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19667 Eliza Johnson on Find-A-Grave]
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ej17.html The White House Web Site]