August 20

On the 20th in 1866, President Andrew Johnson formally declared that the Civil War was finally over. Johnson was illiterate at the time of his marriage to his wife, Eliza McCardle, and it was she who taught him how to read and write. Johnson is the only president to hold every non-judicial post in the United States’ political system. He was a city councilman, mayor, state representative, state senator, governor, representative, senator, vice-president, and president. Johnson has been quoted saying that "It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word."