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Eliza Johnson

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The Resume

    (October 4, 1810-January 15, 1876)
    Birth name is Eliza McCardle
    Married President Andrew Johnson (May 17, 1827)
    First Lady (April 15, 1865-March 4, 1869)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was sixteen when she married President Andrew Johnson
    She was quite accepting that a womans place was behind her man.
    She was shy and rarely spoke up.
    She feared that President Andrew Johnson would be assassinated because he was unpopular.
    She did not arrive at the White House until four months after Andrew Johnson was serving as President (August 6, 1865).
    She spent most of her day in her bedroom.
    She only made two official appearances, a visit Queen Emma of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) and at President Andrew Johnson's birthday.
    She avoided the public eye because she witnessed how they tore apart her predecessor Mary Todd Lincoln.
    She was the wife of the first president to be impeached.
    She neglected her duties as First Lady so her daughter Martha served as White House Hostess.
    Her sons Charles and Robert became alcoholics.
    Her son Robert committed suicide (1869).
    She did not attend President Andrew Johnson's funeral, claiming she was ill.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Hamond's Presidents says she taught President Andrew Johnson to read and write. Firstlady.org refutes it as urban legend.
    Mary Todd Lincoln had left the White House in such a disarray, congress gave her $30,000 to repair the damages.
    She was an only child.
    She was a sandals maker.
    She enjoyed knitted.
    She attended Rhea Academy in Greeneville.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 48 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 46 Votes: 32.61% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 97 Votes: 45.36% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 91 Votes: 45.05% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 52 Votes: 36.54% Annoying