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If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrat at the other, all would be well with the country.

Andrew Johnson

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Andrew Johnson
Age: 66 †
Born: 1808
Born: December 29
Died: 1875
Died: July 31
17Th U.S. President
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Raleigh
North Carolina
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