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==Career==
 
==Career==
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Johnson, a poor boy from North Carolina, became a tailor in Tennessee, and rose steadily in the ranks of the Democratic party. As a U.S. Senator he was the most prominent southerner to remain with the Union when the Confederacy was formed in 1861, was a highly visible "[[War Democrat]]." Lincoln appointed him military governor of Tennessee, 1862–64, as he worked vigorously to suppress the rebellion. In 1864 he was Lincoln's running-mate on the "National Union Party" ticket, set up to attract War Democrats.
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Johnson, a poor boy from North Carolina, became a tailor in Tennessee, and rose steadily in the ranks of the Democratic party. As a U.S. Senator he was the most prominent southerner to remain with the Union when the Confederacy was formed in 1861, was a highly visible "[[War Democrats|War Democrat]]." Lincoln appointed him military governor of Tennessee, 1862–64, as he worked vigorously to suppress the rebellion. In 1864 he was Lincoln's running-mate on the "National Union Party" ticket, set up to attract War Democrats.
    
==Reconstruction==
 
==Reconstruction==
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