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| Andrew Johnson's Obituary |
 | | Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, N.C., Dec. 29, 1808. |
 | | Johnson's own State, Tennessee, was declared out of the Union by its Legislature, though the people had voted against holding a convention to consider the question of secession. |
 | | Johnson's wife and child had only a little while before been driven from their home and his property and slaves confiscated, but in a proclamation announcing his appointment, he said that, though it might be necessary to punish conscious treason in high places, no merely vindictive or retaliatory policy would be pursued. |
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