President Andrew Johnson, who is best known for being the first president to be impeached, vetoed protectionist legislation ...

They knew that their program for reconstruction of the South could not succeed with Andrew Johnson in office. The final blow came after the passage of the Tenure of Office Act in 1867. This law ...

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A Unionist Democrat from Tennessee, Andrew Johnson was put on the ticket by Lincoln in 1864 in an effort to reach union sympathizers in the Border States. Challenges: Andrew Johnson had to navigate ...

Pardoned by President Andrew Johnson in 1869, Spangler moved to Maryland ... Tried by a civilian court in 1867-1868, Surratt was not convicted. He would survive until 1916.

Minnesota is one of the states where public schools operate largely on local funds, but that does not mean they don't stand to lose something.

A Southern supporter of the Union who balanced the ticket in Abraham Lincoln's 1864 reelection, Johnson led the Southern Reconstruction effort following the president's assassination. Conflicts ...