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Andrew Johnson the Poorest President in U S History
The piece recalls Andrew Johnson rising from poverty in Raleigh and Greenville to the presidency, noting his early apprenticeship as a tailor, his marriage to Eliza McVardie, and his later financial struggles. It mentions his ill‑fated log cabin home, Mrs. Patterson as housekeeper, and Johnson’s lack of personal fortune despite reaching the White House.
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Andrew Johnson
United States
John Adams
John Quincey Adams
John Tyler
William Henry Harrison
Abraham Lincoln
White House
Tennessee
Dee
James I. Selby
Johnson
Raleigh
N. C
Greenville
Tenn
Eliza McVardie
Andrew
North Carolina
Wake County
Congress
Lennessee
Patterson
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