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Article: Tennessee Relents, Erects a Statue Of Andrew Johnson
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 22, 1995
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. Hard feelings over President Andrew Johnson's
role in the Civil War were partly laid to rest last week when a
statue in his honor was unveiled at Tennessee's state Capitol.
Supporters of the 17th U.S. president have pressed for years to
have him recognized in bronze at the Capitol like Andrew Jackson and
James K. Polk, the other Tennesseans who became president.
Polk is buried at the Capitol, where a statue of Jackson has
stood since 1880.
But opponents of Johnson's legacy regard him as an enemy of
Southerners. They have fought attempts to honor him outside of
eastern Tennessee, where he was born. Nashville is in the state's
middle section.
Johnson, who survived two ...