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(Saturday, January 15, 1876) — Former U.S. First Lady Eliza McCardle Johnson, who served with her husband, President Andrew Johnson, from 1865 to 1869, died today in Greeneville, Tennessee, from complications due to tuberculosis at age 65, having survived her husband by only five and a half months.
(Monday, November 22, 1875, 7:20 a.m. local time) — Henry Wilson, the 18th Vice President of the United States (1873-1875, under Ulysses S. Grant), suffered a fatal stroke today while working in the United States Capitol Building. Continue reading U.S. Vice President Henry Wilson dies 140 years ago this hour (Nov 22 1875)
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(Wednesday, August 25, 1875, 11:00 a.m. local time) — Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel today, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.
(Tuesday, August 3, 1875) — Former U.S. President Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) was buried today in what later became the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery in Greeneville, Tennessee, with his body wrapped in an American flag and a copy of the U.S. Constitution placed under his head, according to his wishes.
Johnson, 66, died from a stroke on July 31, 1875, at Carter’s Station, near Elizabethton, Tennessee. He had been elected to the Senate earlier in the year, becoming the only former president to serve in the Senate.
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(Tuesday, July 31, 1875, 2:00 a.m. local time) — Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States (1865-1869), died today at Carter’s Station, near Elizabethton, Tennessee, of a stroke. Johnson, who was a U.S. Senator at the time of his death, was 66.
