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 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.