Compare. Tell us about Andrew Johnson and why you think President Trump follows in his footsteps. MANISHA SINHA: Well, Andrew Johnson was a lot like Trump. He was known to rile up racial divisions.

REP. CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY): I don’t see how anyone that follows history -- first of all, the strongest opposition to President Johnson came from Dixiecrats. He had the support of Republicans.

Andrew Johnson, the so-called accidental president, is often cited among America's worst leaders. Annette Gordon-Reed is inclined to agree. In her book Andrew Johnson, she calls attention to the ...

The rise of the Dixiecrat Party, like that of the Tea Party ... Federal intervention in the Little Rock desegregation crisis and Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society initiatives hardened the ...

Today marks the anniversary of the passing of Andrew Johnson, perhaps the most-criticized president in American history. Johnson died from a stroke on July 31, 1875 while visiting his daughter in ...

The year was 1869, and the president was Andrew Johnson, who detested incoming President Ulysses S. Grant. The feeling was mutual. Grant refused to ride in the same carriage with Johnson to the ...

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 ...

The recent impeachment of President Trump has resulted in a spike in visitors to the Tennessee home of the first president to be impeached: Andrew Johnson. The impeachment of President Trump has ...

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 ...