What is Eliza McCardle Johnson?
{{Infobox Officeholder | name = Eliza McCardle Johnson | image = Mrs-E-Johnson.jpg | imagesize = | birth_name=Eliza McCardle | birth_date = {{birth date|1810|10|4}} | birth_place = [[Telford, Tennessee]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age |1876|1|15|1810|10|4}} | death_place = [[Greeneville, Tennessee]], U.S. | order = [[First Lady of the United States]] | term_start = April 15, 1865 | term_end = March 4, 1869 | term_label = In role | president = [[Andrew Johnson]] | predecessor = [[Mary Todd Lincoln]] | successor = [[Julia Grant]] | order2 = [[Second Lady of the United States]] | term_start2 =March 4, 1865 | term_end2 = April 15, 1865 | term_label2 = In role | predecessor2 = Ellen Vesta Emery Hamlin | successor2 = Ellen Maria Colfax | religion = | spouse = [[Andrew Johnson]] | children = | relations = | signature = Eliza Johnson Signature.svg }} '''Eliza McCardle Johnson''' (October 4, 1810 &ndash; January 15, 1876) was the [[First Lady of the United States|first lady]] of the [[United States]] and the wife of [[Andrew Johnson]], the 17th [[president of the United States]] from 1865 to 1869. She previously served as [[Second Lady of the United States|Second Lady]] from March to April 1865. ==Early life== She was born in Telford, Tennessee. She was the only child of John McCardle, a shoemaker, and Sarah Phillips-McCardle. Eliza lost her father when she was still a small child. She was raised by her widowed mother in [[Greeneville, Tennessee]]. One day in September 1826, Eliza was chatting with classmates from Rhea Academy when she spotted Andrew Johnson and his family pull into town with all their belongings. ==Marriage== Andrew Johnson, aged 18, married Eliza McCardle, aged 16, on May 17, 1827, at the home of the bride's mother in Greeneville. Mordecai Lincoln, a distant relative of [[Abraham Lincoln]], presided over the nuptials. ==Children== The Johnsons had three sons and two daughters, all born in Greeneville: *Martha Johnson (1828–1901) *Charles Johnson (1830–1863) *Mary Johnso