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JOHNSON ANDREW: (1808-1875)
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JOHNSON ANDREW: (1808-1875)
‘I hope there is no danger of your defeat’
JOHNSON ANDREW: (1808-1875) President of the United States 1865-69. L.S., Andrew Johnson, two pages (separate leaves, each with a small blind embossed vignette of a government building to the upper left corner), 4to, Nashville, Tennessee, 14th September 1864, to Schuyler Colfax, on the printed stationery of the State of Tennessee. Johnson apologises for the late reply to his correspondent’s letter and explains that he has ‘substantially promised’ to be at Logansport on the 4th October, adding ‘If I can attend the meeting at Logansport, I will make an effort to be at other points in your District. I hope there is no danger of your defeat; Anything that I can do to save your election will be most cheerfully performed’ and further remarking ‘The introduction of strangers from other States should be well considered as to the effect it will have upon the public mind. It would be exceedingly painful to me, to visit your District, for the purpose of aiding in your election, and for it to be turned against us, and construed into an interference by strangers, which would operate against you’. A letter of interesting political content and good association. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885) American journalist, businessman and politician who served as Vice President of the United States 1869-73. At the time of the present letter Colfax was seeking re-election as the candidate for Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana’s 9th District. A position he had held since 1855, Colfax was re-elected and continue to serve in the position until 1869.
Johnson’s letter is written in the run-up to the 1864 United States Presidential election, held on 8th November 1864, towards the end of the American Civil War. Johnson, a War Democrat, had been chosen as Abraham Lincoln’s running mate. Lincoln’s successful re-election ensured that he would preside over the positive conclusion of the war, however he was assassinated less than two months into his second term, when he was succeeded by his Vice President, Andrew Johnson.
