ANDREW JOHNSON, Vice-President of the United States ... to say that I have been almost overwhelmed by the announcement of the sad event which has so recently occurred. I feel incompetent to ...

Andrew Johnson grew up poor in Raleigh, North Carolina. At 14, he was indentured to a tailor but ran away, ending up in Greeneville, Tennessee, where he caught the eye of Eliza McCardle.

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 ...