Andrew Johnson, President of the United States

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Excerpt from Andrew Johnson, President of the United States: Reminiscences of His Private Life and CharacterDuring the administration of Mn. Ln. Nun. Mv immediate predecessor as secretary of the president to sign land patents. Was removed from the Interior Department to the room occupied bv the privatc secretaries of the president. In the Executc.\ Iansion - thc of popular parlance. Tln mv appointment by Mn. Jollon, and confirmation bv the senate, I found myself assigned to duty in the room adjoining the president's reception room. Ln. Romzn'r the president's eldest son, and otlicially his private secretary. T'oi Itontzn'r Mommw. T'ol ken. Loxo. And (fol Winon'r Rivas. Assistants. Having desks in the same room. And t'ol.. Monart. The confidential secretarv of his excellencv and the bearer of messages to congress. In the librarv, on the opposite side of the reception room, the three rooms connected with facing doors, and the president's desk and table betwulnvg¿ on particular to note the relationship of these rooms. For in so doing I indicate the relationship I stood to the president, and the point of view from which I made the observations upon which I base the following remarks about the private life and character of mr. Johnson during the last two and a half years of his term of o¿iee.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.