Robert Johnson (Tennessee)
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| 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 | |
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| Born | February 22, 1834 Greeneville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | April 22, 1869 (aged 35) Greeneville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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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. Despite having played little to no role in commanding his company during the war, Johnson was breveted brigadier general by his father. 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.