He is a native of Greenville, Tenn. Andrew Johnson, who later was President, was a poor tailor at that place. He made for Mr. Wilson his first suit of clothes, which was presented to Mr. Wilson by ...

Before becoming the 17th president - Johnson owned a tailor shop in Greeneville ... of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson made a speech in the Senate chambers before being sworn in as the 16th ...

Andrew Johnson's history in Greenville TN goes back to his childhood. He was born in Raleigh North Carolina in 1808 and apprenticed to a tailor there while still very young.

Andrew Johnson grew up poor in Raleigh, North Carolina. At 14, he was indentured to a tailor but ran away, ending up in Greeneville, Tennessee, where he caught the eye of Eliza McCardle.

(WJHL)- It’s hard to go through Greeneville and not notice the national history tied to Andrew Johnson ... the Presidential Museum and Johnson’s original tailor shop can be found.