#8849, aired 2023-04-13 | FISH OUT OF WATER $1000: As Chief Justice, he presided over the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson (Salmon P.) Chase |
#8798, aired 2023-02-01 | PARDON ME $800: In 1868 he granted Confederate veterans a "full pardon and amnesty for... treason against the United States" Andrew Johnson |
#8780, aired 2023-01-06 | THE PRESIDENT IMMEDIATELY BEFORE... $400: Andrew Johnson Abraham Lincoln |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | "P.J."s $1600: In 1979 this architect famous for his "Glass House" in Connecticut was the first recipient of the Pritzker Prize Philip Johnson |
#8633, aired 2022-05-04 | IT'S YOUR TOP 40 PRESIDENTIAL COUNTDOWN $1600: At No. 17, this Tennessee man has really got those "Reconstruction Blues" Andrew Johnson |
#8602, aired 2022-03-22 | 1860s AMERICA $2,000 (Daily Double): In the House in 1868, radical Republican Thaddeus Stevens began the closing argument against this man Andrew Johnson |
#8335, aired 2021-02-12 | AFTER THE SUPREME COURT $1600: Benjamin Curtis quit the court over the Dred Scott decision & later defended this president in his impeachment trial Andrew Johnson |
#8094, aired 2019-11-14 | BRITISH HISTORY $200: Only 2 British PMs have been born outside the British Isles: Andrew Bonar Law (Canada) & this 2019 arrival (NYC) Boris Johnson |
#8076, aired 2019-10-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: In 1868 the House of Representatives voted 126 to 47 to impeach this man (Andrew) Johnson |
#8020, aired 2019-06-21 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: Andrew Johnson worked as one of these in his youth & even as president may have made his own suits a tailor |
#7958, aired 2019-03-27 | HE WAS SENATOR & PRESIDENT $400: Though the Senate failed by one vote to de-president him, his later return to the body was met with flowers & applause (Andrew) Johnson |
#7925, aired 2019-02-08 | BYE AGAIN, GEORGE! $1200: In 1862 this Tenn. senator & future president called for a reading "in view of the perilous condition of the country" Andrew Johnson |
#7874, aired 2018-11-29 | IT'S A DATE $2000: May 26, 1868:
A Senate vote goes in this man's favor, barely Andrew Johnson |
#7765, aired 2018-05-18 | PUTTING THE VICE IN VICE PRESIDENT $200: He was noticeably drunk at Lincoln's second inauguration; a little over a month later, he was president Andrew Johnson |
#7741, aired 2018-04-16 | DISNEY CHANNEL MOVIES FLASHBACK $1000: In this St. Patrick's Day favorite written by our own Andrew Price, Kyle Johnson discovers he's half-leprechaun Luck of the Irish |
#7731, aired 2018-04-02 | OUR HISTORICAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT $1200: It's April 1865, and the nation turns to this new leader, spared by the failed nerve of Booth accomplice George Atzerodt Andrew Johnson |
#7690, aired 2018-02-02 | IMPEACHED, REMOVED OR JUST QUIT $400: After impeachment, this pres. "won" in the Senate when only 35 senators--not the 36 needed to convict--voted guilty (Andrew) Johnson |
#7561, aired 2017-06-26 | 1867 $400: Congress overrode the veto of this president to make Nebraska a state that year Andrew Johnson |
#7543, aired 2017-05-31 | PRESIDENTIAL BIOGRAPHIES $3,000 (Daily Double): Lawyer David O. Stewart wrote a book subtitled "The Trial of" this president Andrew Johnson |
#7445, aired 2017-01-13 | UP ON MT. LUSHMORE $400: Drunk for his 1865 inaugural as VP, he said, "I kiss this book in the face of my nation of the United States" & smooched a Bible (Andrew) Johnson |
#7442, aired 2017-01-10 | FORT-ITUDE $2000: In July 1864, while he was V.P., he served on active duty as a private at Fort McClary in Maine where he became camp cook (Hannibal) Hamlin |
#7389, aired 2016-10-27 | 1866 $800: Putting him at odds with Congress, this U.S. president vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 (Andrew) Johnson |
#7364, aired 2016-09-22 | ACQUISITIVE PRESIDENTS $1600: Alaska Andrew Johnson |
#7351, aired 2016-07-25 | VICE PRESIDENTS $500 (Daily Double): He was the first vice president to assume the presidency upon the assassination of a president Andrew Johnson |
#7282, aired 2016-04-19 | AMERICA THE HISTORICAL $1000: On May 31, 1889 a dam collapse led to this Pennsylvania city's flood, killing 2,200 people Johnstown |
#7182, aired 2015-12-01 | COLLECTORS $1200: (Hi, I'm Mo Rocca.) My collection of presidential memorabilia includes a framed ticket to his 1868 impeachment trial Andrew Johnson |
#7146, aired 2015-10-12 | THINK OF A NUMBER BETWEEN... $1200: 15 & 20:
Andrew Johnson's, as U.S. president 17 |
#7143, aired 2015-10-07 | THE PRESIDENT WHO... $200: was the first president impeached Andrew Johnson |
#7076, aired 2015-05-25 | PRESIDENTS & SECRETARIES OF STATE $1200: The second president under whom William Seward held the post Andrew Johnson |
#7019, aired 2015-03-05 | NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $800: The Greeneville, Tennessee site honoring this president preseves 2 homes & his tailor shop Andrew Johnson |
#6894, aired 2014-07-31 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT $2000: He served as Tennessee's first U.S. representative Andrew Jackson |
#6828, aired 2014-04-30 | BETWEEN $400: He was the U.S. president between Andrew Johnson & Rutherford B. Hayes Grant |
#6792, aired 2014-03-11 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1200: He had too much whiskey on the day he was inaugurated veep, embarrassing his colleagues; 6 weeks later he was president Andrew Johnson |
#6765, aired 2014-01-31 | AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE $1000: After leaving office, this 19th century prez was elected a U.S. senator from Tennessee (Andrew) Johnson |
#6749, aired 2014-01-09 | PRESIDENTS & VICE PRESIDENTS $1000: This VP under Lincoln was born in Paris--Paris, Maine Hannibal Hamlin |
#6710, aired 2013-11-15 | ON HIS PRESIDENCY'S SECRET SERVICE $200: Counterfeiting was its target when the Secret Service was created July 5, 1865, early in this new president's term Andrew Johnson |
#6671, aired 2013-09-23 | PARDON ME $1000: He pardoned Dr. Samuel Mudd shortly before leaving office (Andrew) Johnson |
#6654, aired 2013-07-18 | CROSSING THE PARTY LINE $400: Democrat Edwin Stanton served as Secretary of War under these 2 men, & his removal caused an impeachment Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Johnson |
#6626, aired 2013-06-10 | BETTER FOLLOW ME $400: This Northern general & war hero followed Southerner Andrew Johnson as U.S. president Grant |
#6608, aired 2013-05-15 | POLITICAL QUOTES $800: In 1868 he remarked, "Let them impeach and be damned" Andrew Johnson |
#6594, aired 2013-04-25 | THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA $2000: After some federal control was established in 1862, Lincoln made Andrew Johnson the military gov. of this state Tennessee |
#6543, aired 2013-02-13 | PRESIDENTIAL ACQUISITIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): The Alaska Purchase Andrew Johnson |
#6521, aired 2013-01-14 | IMPEACHED! $1200: Andrew Johnson won his Senate impeachment trial by a single vote; out of 54 cast, this many said "guilty" 35 |
#6365, aired 2012-04-27 | PRESIDENT OF THE YEAR $400: 1868 Andrew Johnson |
#6312, aired 2012-02-14 | A FEW THINGS HAPPENED IN 1865 $200: He was inaugurated as vice president on March 4 & as president just 42 days later Andrew Johnson |
#6207, aired 2011-09-20 | THE WHITE HOUSE $400: With the 1866 remodeling of offices, Andrew Johnson installed a room for this communications device a telegraph |
#5981, aired 2010-09-20 | LAST NAME'S THE SAME $1600: "Tennessee Tailor" Andrew & poet/NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson |
#5825, aired 2010-01-01 | THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN $2000: Attempts on the lives of VP Andrew Johnson & this Secretary of State were also part of the plot Seward |
#5739, aired 2009-07-16 | PRESIDENT & ACCOUNTED FOR $800: After his tragic assassination, he was succeeded by Andrew Johnson Lincoln |
#5733, aired 2009-07-08 | THIS AMERICAN LIFE $1600: Born Dec. 29, 1808, becomes 17th president, gets ultimate impeachment July 31, 1875 Andrew Johnson |
#5667, aired 2009-04-07 | PRESIDENTIAL POTENT POTABLES $1000: This future president disgraced himself as Lincoln's VP with a drunken speech on inauguration day (Andrew) Johnson |
#5664, aired 2009-04-02 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT... $2000: He served several years as mayor of Greenville, Tennessee Andrew Johnson |
#5582, aired 2008-12-09 | THE PRESIDENT AS KING $400: Andrew II
(aka Andrew the first to be impeached) Andrew Johnson |
#5542, aired 2008-10-14 | PRESIDENTIAL BIOGRAPHIES $1200: This president "and Reconstruction" & "The Impeachment and Trial of" him Andrew Johnson |
#5484, aired 2008-06-12 | I WAS HIS VEEP $800: Andrew Johnson Lincoln |
#5450, aired 2008-04-25 | THE ANDYS $800: Born in Raleigh, N.C. in 1808, this president was impeached in 1868 Andrew Johnson |
#5409, aired 2008-02-28 | COURT-LY $200: In 1867 Congress temporarily reduced the number of justices to 7 so this pres. couldn't appoint new ones Andrew Johnson |
#5385, aired 2008-01-25 | PRESIDENTIAL FACTS $1600: (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Clinton Library in Little Rock, AR.) This exhibit, "The Fight for Power", covers the events of this process done to Clinton & only Andrew Johnson before him impeachment |
#5359, aired 2007-12-20 | IT HAPPENED ON CHRISTMAS DAY $1,000 (Daily Double): 1868:
This man grants an unconditional pardon to all who rebelled during the Civil War Andrew Johnson |
#5348, aired 2007-12-05 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $800: "Tennessee Tailor" Andrew Johnson |
#5179, aired 2007-03-01 | RECONSTRUCTION $400: In April 1866 this president vetoed a bill granting citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.; Congress overrode his veto Andrew Johnson |
#5133, aired 2006-12-27 | TOURING AMERICA $600: Sew up your trip to Tennessee by visiting this President's home & tailor shop in Greeneville Andrew Johnson |
#5039, aired 2006-07-06 | STATE OF THE UNION $1600: Andrew & Eliza Johnson,
on May 17, 1827 Tennessee |
#5023, aired 2006-06-14 | WHAT THE "H" $1600: To celebrate the bicentennial of Andrew Jackson's birth, Lyndon Johnson visited this mansion in March 1967 the Hermitage |
#5017, aired 2006-06-06 | CITY OF THE DAY: RALEIGH $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads.) This U.S. president was born in Raleigh in 1808; he never went to school but was apprenticed to a tailor at about 13 Andrew Johnson |
#5010, aired 2006-05-26 | PRESIDENTIAL FINAL RESTING PLACES $400: Stonewall, Texas Lyndon Johnson |
#4967, aired 2006-03-28 | REMEMBER THE 1800s? $1000: Sounds "fishy": he administered the presidential oath of office to Andrew Johnson & presided over his impeachment trial Salmon Chase |
#4962, aired 2006-03-21 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT $1600: He was mayor of Greeneville, Tennessee Andrew Johnson |
#4919, aired 2006-01-19 | TOP 10 BABY BOY NAMES OF 2004 $1000: 2 presidents, Nos. 7 & 17, have had this first name that's No. 6 on the list Andrew |
#4889, aired 2005-12-08 | "J" WALKING THROUGH HISTORY $800: This beleaguered politician died July 31, 1875 in Carter County, Tennessee Andrew Johnson |
#4872, aired 2005-11-15 | ALL THE RAVE $800: Harvest is a faith-bass'd rave off the Andrew Johnson Highway in this state Tennessee |
#4863, aired 2005-11-02 | NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $1,000 (Daily Double): The Greenville, Tennessee historic site honoring this president preserves his 2 homes, tailor shop & gravesite Andrew Johnson |
#4844, aired 2005-10-06 | MR. JOHNSON $800: An attempt on this man's life was part of the Lincoln assassination plot Andrew Johnson |
#4742, aired 2005-03-29 | THE PRESIDENT WHO SAID... $400: In his first address to Congress: "All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today" Lyndon Johnson |
#4730, aired 2005-03-11 | TIME TO GET A HEAD $400: A president, 1861-1865 Jefferson Davis |
#4674, aired 2004-12-23 | PRESIDENTIAL PUZZLES $200: Next in line:
J.B., A.L.,
... A.J. |
#4638, aired 2004-11-04 | 5-LETTER WORDS $7,800 (Daily Double): It means in a particular area; put a hyphen in the middle & it helps you lose weight local |
#4504, aired 2004-03-18 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES $600: The 13th & 14th Amendments were ratified during his term (Andrew) Johnson |
#4493, aired 2004-03-03 | THE TRUTH $1200: As a senator, Andrew Johnson suggested the abolition of this body in choosing the president the Electoral College |
#4470, aired 2004-01-30 | BIBLICAL NAME'S THE SAME $600: Jackson,
Johnson,
Carnegie Andrew |
#4397, aired 2003-10-21 | VICE PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE $1000: 1861-1865 Hannibal Hamlin |
#4359, aired 2003-07-10 | MR. JOHNSON $1200: As a senator in March 1861, this future vice president branded the secessionists traitors Andrew Johnson |
#4326, aired 2003-05-26 | BROTHERS IN BUSINESS $400: Ahem, we'd tell you they were William & Andrew, not Trade & Mark, but that would be name cough dropping Smith Brothers |
#4315, aired 2003-05-09 | RECONSTRUCTION $800: Andrew Johnson's impeachment was a result of his attempt to fire this Secretary of War Stanton |
#4249, aired 2003-02-06 | ANDREW JOHNSON $200: Andrew Johnson succeeded this man as president, having served as his vice president for only 6 weeks Abraham Lincoln |
#4249, aired 2003-02-06 | ANDREW JOHNSON $400: Johnson was the first president to whom the House of Representatives did this; the Senate acquitted him in May 1868 impeached |
#4249, aired 2003-02-06 | ANDREW JOHNSON $600: With no formal education, Andrew didn't learn these 3 often-linked basic skills until he was a teenager reading, writing & arithmetic |
#4249, aired 2003-02-06 | ANDREW JOHNSON $800: A senator from this state, Andrew Johnson was the only Southern senator who refused to secede with his state Tennessee |
#4249, aired 2003-02-06 | ANDREW JOHNSON $1000: Johnson's secretary of state, he negotiated the purchase of Alaska for a cool $7.2 million William Seward |
#4190, aired 2002-11-15 | THE PREZ SAYS $600: In 1868 he yelled, "Let them impeach and be damned!" Andrew Johnson |
#4142, aired 2002-09-10 | INAUGURAL ADDRESSES $600: He said, "The country having just emerged from a great rebellion, many questions will come before it for settlement" Ulysses S. Grant |
#4133, aired 2002-07-17 | FORMER APPRENTICES $1600: As a young boy, Andrew Johnson began his apprenticeship as one of these & later even opened his own shop a tailor |
#3988, aired 2001-12-26 | SAME LAST NAME $2000: Andrew was the first President to be impeached & Michael is an Olympic gold medal track & field runner Johnson |
#3970, aired 2001-11-30 | PICTURE THE PREZ $400: Representative Thaddeus Stevens led the attempt to impeach this president Andrew Johnson |
#3944, aired 2001-10-25 | FIRST LADIES $500: Largely an invalid, Eliza, wife of this "Tennessee Tailor", made only 2 public appearances as first lady Andrew Johnson |
#3936, aired 2001-10-15 | SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN $600: Favoring moderate terms for reconstruction, he vetoed the Wade-Davis Plan in 1864 Abraham Lincoln |
#3860, aired 2001-05-18 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: James Buchanan was the president before him; Andrew Johnson, after him Abraham Lincoln |
#3815, aired 2001-03-16 | PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET $1,000 (Daily Double): He wasn't a Secretary of State, he was Andrew Johnson's Secretary of War in 1867 & 1868 Ulysses S. Grant |
#3765, aired 2001-01-05 | THE "EVIL" WITHIN $1000: "Colorful" Tennessee town that's home to President Andrew Johnson's tailor shop Greeneville |
#3598, aired 2000-04-05 | RECONSTRUCTION $1000: Andrew Johnson provoked his own impeachment when he fired Edwin Stanton from this post Secretary of War |
#3595, aired 2000-03-31 | LYING IN STATE $400: President Andrew Johnson Tennessee |
#3532, aired 2000-01-04 | LINCOLN'S CABINET $600: Edwin M. Stanton refused to be dismissed as secretary of this by Andrew Johnson War |
#3526, aired 1999-12-27 | PRESIDENTIAL FACTS $300: The last president born in North Carolina, he served until 1869 Andrew Johnson |
#3495, aired 1999-11-12 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Although a Democrat, he was nominated for vice president by Republicans at the 1864 National Union Convention Andrew Johnson |
#3393, aired 1999-05-12 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $800 (Daily Double): It was the last name of the 17th & 36th presidents Johnson (Andrew & Lyndon) |
#3383, aired 1999-04-28 | U.S. HISTORY $100: Radical Republicans impeached & tried to remove this president in 1868 Andrew Johnson |
#3360, aired 1999-03-26 | AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE $100: Returning to the Senate in 1875, he served with senators who had voted "Guilty" at his impeachment trial Andrew Johnson |
#3306, aired 1999-01-11 | DICKENSIANA $300: Dickens met this U.S. president a few weeks before the impeachment proceedings Andrew Johnson |
#3212, aired 1998-07-14 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES $200: He was a tailor in Tennessee in the 1820s when his wife taught him how to write Andrew Johnson |
#3180, aired 1998-05-29 | PRESIDENTIAL BURIAL PLACES $500: Greeneville, Tennessee Andrew Johnson |
#3083, aired 1998-01-14 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $1000: As chief justice from 1864 to 1873, he presided at the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson Salmon P. Chase |
#2995, aired 1997-09-12 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1000: He was the only vice president between Millard Fillmore & Chester Arthur to become president Andrew Johnson |
#2964, aired 1997-06-19 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): William H. Seward negotiated the Alaska Purchase during this president's administration Andrew Johnson |
#2914, aired 1997-04-10 | THE WHITE HOUSE $600: The Treaty Room, which Andrew Johnson used as his cabinet room, is next to this famous bedroom Lincoln Bedroom |
#2818, aired 1996-11-27 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: On May 29, 1865, he issued a general amnesty for most rebels; the rich and those with high ranks weren't included Andrew Johnson |
#2801, aired 1996-11-04 | QUOTATIONS $300: Andrew Johnson said, "Honest conviction is my courage;" this document "is my guide" the Constitution |
#2800, aired 1996-11-01 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT $300: He was vice president for just 6 weeks before Lincoln's death Andrew Johnson |
#2769, aired 1996-09-19 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $400: "The Tennessee Tailor" was a nickname of this president who was a tailor in Tennessee Andrew Johnson |
#2740, aired 1996-06-28 | SECRETARIES OF THE INTERIOR $200: Sec'y 1875-77, Zachariah Chandler had played an important role in this president's impeachment Andrew Johnson |
#2693, aired 1996-04-24 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $200: The main charge against this impeached president was violation of the Tenure of Office Act Andrew Johnson |
#2594, aired 1995-12-07 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: He never appeared at his 1868 impeachment trial (Andrew) Johnson |
#2561, aired 1995-10-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: Sen. Edmund Ross never won office again after casting the deciding vote to acquit this president Andrew Johnson |
#2557, aired 1995-10-17 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Before his impeachment trial in 1868, 2 previous attempts at impeachment had been rejected Andrew Johnson |
#2549, aired 1995-10-05 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1867 Congress declared Nebraska the 37th state, overriding this president's veto Andrew Johnson |
#2546, aired 1995-10-02 | THE CIVIL WAR $1000: With little to do as Lincoln's VP, this man enlisted in the Maine Coast Guard while in office Hannibal Hamlin |
#2509, aired 1995-06-29 | KINGLY NICKNAMES $500: Among this president's nicknames were Sir Veto & King Andy Andrew Johnson |
#2476, aired 1995-05-15 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $200: Congress overrode 15 of this post-Civil War president's vetoes, a record number Andrew Johnson |
#2399, aired 1995-01-26 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $200: Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase presided over this president's impeachment trial in 1868 (Andrew) Johnson |
#2372, aired 1994-12-20 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $300: Salmon P. Chase administered the presidential oath of office to him in a hotel suite, April 15, 1865 Andrew Johnson |
#2320, aired 1994-10-07 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $100: Thaddeus Stevens, who led the fight for this pres.'s impeachment, was so frail he had to be carried to the trial Andrew Johnson |
#2290, aired 1994-07-15 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1,000 (Daily Double): Early in their careers, Harry Truman was a haberdasher & this Tennessean was a tailor Andrew Johnson |
#2271, aired 1994-06-20 | BENJAMIN FRANKLINS $200: Benjamin Franklin Wade would have been president if this man had been impeached & convicted Andrew Johnson |
#2261, aired 1994-06-06 | FAMOUS JOHNSONS $400: When he took office in 1865, the flag was 1 star behind; it had 35 stars & there were 36 states Andrew Johnson |
#2233, aired 1994-04-27 | CONFEDERATES $400: The night Booth shot Lincoln, George Atzerodt failed to kill this vice president; he was hanged anyway Andrew Johnson |
#2213, aired 1994-03-30 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $800: He was dubbed "Sir Veto" because he vetoed so many bills during Reconstruction Andrew Johnson |
#2188, aired 1994-02-23 | THE CIVIL WAR $300: This man who succeeded Lincoln was the only senator from a state that seceded to keep his seat Andrew Johnson |
#2106, aired 1993-11-01 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $400: Andrew Johnson's home, tailor shop & grave can be found at a historic site in Greeneville in this state Tennessee |
#2049, aired 1993-07-01 | WORLD ALMANAC 1868 $1,000 (Daily Double): This U.S. president earns a big $25,000 a year Andrew Johnson |
#2039, aired 1993-06-17 | CABINET MEMBERS $400: He served as Secretary of State under both Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Johnson (William) Seward |
#1979, aired 1993-03-25 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $800: From 1830 to 1833, he served as mayor of Greeneville, Tennessee (Andrew) Johnson |
#1973, aired 1993-03-17 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: In 1864 this Southern Democrat was nominated to run with Lincoln on the Union Party ticket (Andrew) Johnson |
#1937, aired 1993-01-26 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: In March 1862 he was appointed military governor of Tennessee Andrew Johnson |
#1859, aired 1992-10-08 | PRESIDENTS $100: Political cartoonists of the day called him "King Andrew" Andrew Jackson |
#1713, aired 1992-01-29 | THE CABINET $800: Andrew Johnson was impeached after he tried to remove Edwin Stanton from this cabinet post Secretary of War |
#1696, aired 1992-01-06 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Casting the deciding vote at his impeachment trial ruined Kansas Sen. Edmund Ross' career Andrew Johnson |
#1682, aired 1991-12-17 | RECONSTRUCTION $200: At this man's impeachment trial, Senator Ben Wade came within 1 vote of becoming president Andrew Johnson |
#1670, aired 1991-11-29 | TENNESSEE $1000: In 1862 Abraham Lincoln appointed this man military governor of Tennessee Andrew Johnson |
#1569, aired 1991-05-30 | PRESIDENTS $600: As vice president he was spared April 14, 1865 when his would-be assassin had a change of heart Andrew Johnson |
#1477, aired 1991-01-22 | HISTORIC SITES $1000: A historic site in Greeneville, Tennessee includes the restored homes & tailor shop of this president Andrew Johnson |
#1378, aired 1990-09-05 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $400: At the time of his death, Andrew Johnson was serving as a senator from this state Tennessee |
#7, aired 1990-07-28 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $200: He was impeached in 1868 but was acquitted by a margin of 1 vote (Andrew) Johnson |
#1353, aired 1990-06-20 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $400: Our 12th president was Zachary Taylor & our 17th was this "Tennessee Tailor" Andrew Johnson |
#1289, aired 1990-03-22 | DECEMBER 25th $400 (Daily Double): On Dec. 25, 1868 this president pardoned "all who... participated in the late rebellion" Andrew Johnson |
#1261, aired 1990-02-12 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $400: Though not elected to the job, he was sworn in as U.S. President April 15, 1865 Andrew Johnson |
#1068, aired 1989-04-05 | GEORGE WASHINGTONS $400: In 1867 George Washington Julian helped prepare the articles of impeachment against him Andrew Johnson |
#1000, aired 1988-12-30 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: In 1874 this ex-president was elected to the Senate which had put him on trial 6 years earlier (Andrew) Johnson |
#884, aired 1988-06-09 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $500: Tyler, Fillmore, Andrew Johnson & Arthur were all called this, after the way they became president "His Accidency" |
#847, aired 1988-04-19 | U.S. HISTORY $200: On Christmas Day, 1868, Andrew Johnson offered amnesty to all who had taken part in this Civil War |
#771, aired 1988-01-04 | PRESIDENTS $600: The "Tennessee Tailor", he followed "The Great Emancipator" Andrew Johnson |
#757, aired 1987-12-15 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1000: In 1874, 5 years after leaving office, he was elected to the Senate, becoming the only former pres. to do so Andrew Johnson |
#750, aired 1987-12-04 | PRESIDENTS' RELIGIONS $800 (Daily Double): Only Jefferson, Andrew Johnson & Lincoln shared this distinction regarding religious affiliation they had none |
#710, aired 1987-10-09 | U.S. HISTORY $300: After the Civil War, Andrew Johnson offered $100,000 in gold for the capture of this ex-president Jefferson Davis |
#668, aired 1987-07-01 | THE CIVIL WAR $600: This vice president was intoxicated when he gave his inaugural speech in 1865 Andrew Johnson |
#635, aired 1987-05-15 | SECRETARIES OF STATE $1,000 (Daily Double): 2 Presidents under whom William Seward, who arranged the Alaska Purchase, served Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Johnson |
#581, aired 1987-03-02 | PRESIDENTS $800: In view of his 1-time occupation, you could say he was a "tailor made president" from 1865-1869 Andrew Johnson |
#543, aired 1987-01-07 | DEMOCRATS $200: In 1864 Lincoln dumped VP Hannibal Hamlin as his running mate, in favor of this Democrat Andrew Johnson |
#535, aired 1986-12-26 | PRESIDENTS $400: It was the vote of Kansas Rep. Edmund G. Ross that kept him from being removed from office Andrew Johnson |
#426, aired 1986-04-28 | PRESIDENTS $600: 2 presidents associated with Tennessee both had the same last initial & this 1st name Andrew |
#410, aired 1986-04-04 | POLITICS $800: After a controversial presidency, he once again became a Tennessee senator in 1875 Andrew Johnson |
#356, aired 1986-01-20 | PRESIDENTS $400: Impeachment conviction of Andrew Johnson failed by this many votes in the Senate 1 |
#303, aired 1985-11-06 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: Later president, he was only senator from a Confederate state who stayed loyal to the Union Andrew Johnson |
#290, aired 1985-10-18 | PRESIDENTS $800 (Daily Double): 1 of 4 presidents who weren't members of any church (1 of) Jefferson, Lincoln, Andrew Johnson or Rutherford Hayes |
#286, aired 1985-10-14 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1,500 (Daily Double): Only 2 presidents to bear the same surname & not be related (Andrew & Lyndon) Johnson |
#162, aired 1985-04-23 | PRESIDENTS $400: Only president to be impeached Andrew Johnson |
#96, aired 1985-01-21 | PRESIDENTS $600: He took on the thankless job as Reconstruction president after Lincoln's death Andrew Johnson |
#43, aired 1984-11-07 | DEMOCRATS $800: In 1864, Lincoln chose this Democrat to be his running mate Andrew Johnson |
#35, aired 1984-10-26 | PRESIDENTS $1000: Only impeached President, he kept his office by 1 vote Andrew Johnson |