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 ...

For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president, Democrat Andrew Johnson. Now, Johnson faced trial before the U. S. Senate. If convicted ...

Andrew Johnson supported slavery and states' rights ... Garfield's running mate and became the 21st President of the United States, assuming office after the assassination of President James ...

the wild trial nearly reignited the Civil War Lorraine Boissoneault The biggest show in Washington 150 years ago was the trial against the President of the United States Annette Gordon-Reed The ...