This coming fall students will begin planning a new exhibit that examines Andrew Johnson’s career before he was elected vice president in 1864. The exhibit will explore the experiences in Johnson’s life that shaped his political views and examine why those views resonated with an increasingly large electorate in Greeneville, East Tennessee, and the state. The exhibit will also consider the changes in Johnson’s material world as he evolved from a private citizen into a public figure. Students will begin exhibit construction in January and the exhibit will open in the early spring.