Arthur or Millard Fillmore) would be complete without our 17th president, Andrew Johnson ... Abraham Lincoln is prominently placed -- casting a shadow on his much-less-popular successor.

The peeved president decided to skip his successor’s inauguration ... Republican President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, and Vice President Johnson, a Tennessee Democrat ...

After making history by being impeached, President Andrew ... President Abraham Lincoln to appoint him military governor of Tennessee after Union soldiers retook the state in 1862. Johnson flip ...

The son of John Adams refused to attend the inauguration of successor ... era. Johnson, a Democrat from Tennessee, had ascended to the presidency after Republican President Abraham Lincoln was ...

But like so much else in American history, the Civil War changed all that. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the so-called Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. The order offered a ...

Andrew Johnson faced overwhelming opposition in the House and the Senate, and he stood in the way of a Reconstruction that would have done more to help former slaves. But he was still able, just ...

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Andrew Slap of East Tennessee State University taught a class on Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and the Constitution. He compared how… read more Andrew Slap of East Tennessee State University ...

The presidency of Andrew Johnson arrived as the result of a tragedy that shook the nation. Johnson—who was born on this day 210 years ago—took office after Abraham Lincoln was shot by assassin ...

Andrew Johnson faced overwhelming opposition in the House and the Senate, and he stood in the way of a Reconstruction that would have done more to help former slaves. But he was still able, just ...