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Oct 29, 2009 · Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), the 17th U.S. president, assumed office after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). Johnson, who served from 1865 to 1869, was the first American...
The presidency of Andrew Johnson began on April 15, 1865, when Andrew Johnson became President of the United States upon the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and ended on March 4, 1869. He had been Vice President of the United States for only six weeks when he succeeded to the presidency.
With the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson became the 17th President of the United States (1865-1869), an old-fashioned southern Jacksonian Democrat of pronounced...
U.S. Presidents. Andrew Johnson: Life in Brief. By Elizabeth R. Varon. Andrew Johnson gives truth to the saying that in America, anyone can grow up to become President.
Andrew Johnson gives truth to the saying that in America, anyone can grow up to become President. Born in a log cabin in North Carolina to nearly illiterate parents, Andrew Johnson did not master the basics of reading, grammar, or math until he met his wife at the age of seventeen.
Andrew Johnson: Impact and Legacy. By Elizabeth R. Varon. For the most part, historians view Andrew Johnson as the worst possible person to have served as President at the end of the American Civil War.
The presidency of Andrew Johnson. Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Campaign banner for Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, 1864. Andrew Johnson, photograph by Mathew Brady. To broaden the base of the Republican Party to include loyal “war” Democrats, Johnson was selected to run for vice president on Lincoln’s reelection ticket of 1864.
