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 ...

Apple rejected Sexton’s request, concluding the actor playing Johnson had to be vaccinated to keep the workplace safe. Apple ...

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 ...

Andrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office.

On April 15, 1865, the Civil War had just ended, the 16th U.S. president had been killed. How would Americans respond?