Just look at this cartoon by the renowned illustrator Thomas ... Following Lincoln’s death, vice president Andrew Johnson ascended to the presidency in the spring of 1865. With Congress out ...

On February 24, 1868, the House of Representatives voted along party lines, 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson for having committed “high crimes and misdemeanors.” Days later ...

Polk and Andrew Johnson collections that are housed at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. He showed items such as letters, photographs, and cartoons related to two of three presidents that ...