Johnson, Andrew

1. A political leader of the nineteenth century. Johnson was elected vice president in 1864 and became president when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865. Johnson is one of two presidents to have been impeached ( see impeachment ); the House of Representatives charged him with illegally dismissing a government official. The Senate tried him, and Johnson was acquitted by only one vote.

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Only Millard Fillmore, Warren Harding, William Henry Harrison, Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson, and James Buchanan rank lower.

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Even at the time, no one expected John Tyler, James Buchanan, or Andrew Johnson to renew their leases on the White House.

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This group contains the name of the only President (Andrew Johnson) who was ever sought to be impeached.

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But Andrew Johnson was not the only interested personage who read the explicit declaration of Mr. Pierrepont.

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I next returned to America my natal home the second year of Andrew Johnson's term.

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Andrew Johnson has dealt the most cruel of all blows to the respectability of the faction which rejoices in his name.

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Few persons at the present time believe that there was any substantial ground for the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.

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