Andrew Johnson
E19284
Governor of Tennessee
President of the United States
United States senator
Vice President of the United States
human
mayor
member of the United States House of Representatives
tailor
Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, who assumed office after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and oversaw the early years of Reconstruction.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Andrew Johnson canonical | 85 |
| President Andrew Johnson | 8 |
| Andrew Johnson Jr. | 5 |
| Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States | 1 |
| U.S. Vice President Andrew Johnson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13393 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andrew Johnson Context triple: [Abraham Lincoln, vicePresident, Andrew Johnson]
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A.
James Buchanan
James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States, whose ineffective leadership in the years just before the Civil War is widely criticized by historians.
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B.
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States and a former Union Civil War general whose administration marked the early years of the Gilded Age.
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C.
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th president of the United States, known for overseeing the end of Reconstruction and the controversial 1876 election that marked a key moment in the Gilded Age.
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D.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, best known for leading the country through the Civil War and issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that began the process of ending slavery.
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E.
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War and a leading political figure of the Southern secessionist cause.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andrew Johnson Target entity description: Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, who assumed office after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and oversaw the early years of Reconstruction.
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A.
James Buchanan
James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States, whose ineffective leadership in the years just before the Civil War is widely criticized by historians.
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B.
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States and a former Union Civil War general whose administration marked the early years of the Gilded Age.
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C.
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th president of the United States, known for overseeing the end of Reconstruction and the controversial 1876 election that marked a key moment in the Gilded Age.
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D.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, best known for leading the country through the Civil War and issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that began the process of ending slavery.
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E.
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War and a leading political figure of the Southern secessionist cause.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Governor of Tennessee
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President of the United States ⓘ United States senator ⓘ Vice President of the United States ⓘ human ⓘ mayor ⓘ member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ tailor ⓘ |
| background | born into poverty ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1808-12-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1875-07-31 ⓘ |
| education | informal apprenticeship as tailor ⓘ |
| familyName | Johnson ⓘ |
| givenName | Andrew ⓘ |
| ideology | Unionism ⓘ |
| impeachedBy | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| impeachmentOutcome | acquitted by United States Senate ⓘ |
| impeachmentYear | 1868 ⓘ |
| leftOfficeAsPresident | 1869-03-04 ⓘ |
| leftOfficeAsVicePresident | 1865-04-15 ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Brigadier General (Union, honorary as Military Governor) ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
assumed presidency after assassination of Abraham Lincoln
ⓘ
oversaw early years of Reconstruction after American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first U.S. president to be impeached
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lenient Reconstruction policies toward former Confederate states ⓘ opposition to Radical Reconstruction policies ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 5 ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Radical Republicans in Congress
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linked to:
Radical Republicanism
|
| ordinalInOffice | 17th President of the United States ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Raleigh, North Carolina
ⓘ
linked to:
Raleigh
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| placeOfBurial | Andrew Johnson National Cemetery ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Elizabethton, Tennessee ⓘ |
| politicalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
National Union Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Tennessee
ⓘ
Mayor of Greeneville, Tennessee ⓘ Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee ⓘ Military Governor of Tennessee ⓘ President of the United States ⓘ United States Senator from Tennessee ⓘ Vice President of the United States ⓘ |
| presidentialPredecessor | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| presidentialSuccessor | Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| presidentOf | United States of America ⓘ |
| profession |
politician
ⓘ
tailor ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist (commonly associated) ⓘ |
| senateAcquittalMargin | one vote short of required two-thirds ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Eliza McCardle Johnson ⓘ |
| stateRepresentedInHouse | Tennessee ⓘ |
| stateRepresentedInSenate | Tennessee ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Southern Unionists ⓘ |
| tookOfficeAsPresident | 1865-04-15 ⓘ |
| tookOfficeAsVicePresident | 1865-03-04 ⓘ |
| vicePresidentialPredecessor | Hannibal Hamlin ⓘ |
| vicePresidentialSuccessor | Schuyler Colfax ⓘ |
| vicePresidentOf | United States of America ⓘ |
| wasImpeached | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Andrew Johnson Description of subject: Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, who assumed office after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and oversaw the early years of Reconstruction.
Referenced by (100)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Andrew Johnson National Cemetery
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primaryBurial
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Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States
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subject linked to:
Dr. Samuel Mudd