Robert Johnson (Tennessee)

Robert Johnson
Undated photo (U.S. National Park Service)
Private Secretary to the President
In office November 14, 1865 – September 19, 1868
President	Andrew Johnson
Preceded by	William A. Browning
Succeeded by	Edmund Cooper
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
In office 1859–1861
Personal details
Born	(1834-02-22)February 22, 1834 Greeneville, Tennessee, United States
Died	April 22, 1869(1869-04-22) (aged 35) Greeneville, Tennessee, United States
Occupation	Lawyer, military officer, political staffer

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Robert Johnson (February 22, 1834 – April 22, 1869) was the fourth-born child of Andrew Johnson and Eliza McCardle, a lawyer by profession, one-term Tennessee state legislator, Union Army cavalry officer during the American Civil War, and Secretary to the President of the United States. Johnson suffered from severe and chronic alcohol dependence. He died by overdose of alcohol and laudanum in the family home in Greeneville, Tennessee, six weeks after the end of President Johnson's term in office.