Following Lincoln’s death, vice president Andrew Johnson ascended ... voters to elect Republicans. In his political cartoons, he repeatedly framed Johnson as a danger to the country and to ...

After making history by being impeached, President Andrew Johnson lambasted his political opponents, painted himself as a persecuted hero and skipped his successor's inauguration as he finished ...

This story is part of The Confederate Reckoning, a collaborative project of USA TODAY Network newsrooms across the South to critically examine the legacy of the Confederacy and its influence on ...