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1 day ago · Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was an American politician who served as the 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln , as he was vice president at that time.
Jun 18, 2024 · Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the United States (1865–69), who took office upon the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. A Democrat, he became Lincoln’s second vice president because of his rejection of Southern secession.
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- Andrew Johnson became the 17th president of the United States in 1865. He took office after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
- Andrew Johnson vetoed the Reconstruction Acts that provided suffrage for male freedmen and military administration of the Southern states. He maint...
- Andrew Johnson dismissed from office Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton to provide a court test of the Tenure of Office Act’s constitutionality. For...
- Eliza McCardle was Andrew Johnson's wife. They married in 1827.
Jun 18, 2024 · Andrew Johnson - Reconstruction, Impeachment, Legacy: 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. His first appearance on the national stage was a fiasco.
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Jun 28, 2024 · Johnson had been a U.S. senator who supported the U.S. government during the war, and his selection was seen as a message of national unity. On the evening of April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by a Confederate sympathizer and the next morning, Johnson was sworn in as president.
Jun 20, 2024 · Explore the life and legacy President Andrew Johnson at noon July 10 at Mentor Public Library’s Main Branch, 8215 Mentor Ave. Ranger Alan Gephardt from the James A. Garfield National Historic...
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6 days ago · According to Congress.gov, a 1867 Supreme Court decision in Mississippi v. Johnson, established that the president is largely beyond the judiciary's reach by, "holding that it could not direct...
2 days ago · Vice President Andrew Johnson had taken a hard line and spoke of hanging Confederates, but when he succeeded Lincoln as president, Johnson took a much softer position, pardoning many Confederate leaders and other former Confederates.
