Eliza Johnson
Eliza McCardle Johnson (born October 4, 1810 in Greeneville , Tennessee , † January 15, 1876 in Greene County ) was the wife of the seventeenth US President Andrew Johnson and the First Lady of the United States from 1865 to 1869.
She and Johnson married on May 5, 1827. In the course of their marriage they had a total of five children: the two daughters Martha and Mary and the three sons Charles, Andrew and Robert.
literature
- Pamela K. Sanfilippo: Eliza McCardle Johnson and Julia Dent Grant. In Katherine AS Sibley (Ed.): A Companion to First Ladies. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester 2016, ISBN 978-1-118-73222-9 , pp. 230-246.
- Annette Gordon-Reed : Andrew Johnson . The American Presidents Series: The 17th President. In: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. , Sean Wilentz (Eds.): The American Presidents . 1st edition. Times Books, New York City 2011, ISBN 978-0-8050-6948-8 .
Web links
Commons : Eliza McCardle Johnson - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
- Biography on the White House website
- Eliza Johnson in the Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)
- Eliza Johnson in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Johnson, Eliza |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McCardle, Eliza (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American first lady |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greeneville , Tennessee |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1876 |
| Place of death | Greene County |