Johnson, Andrew

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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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Johnson, Andrew

Johnson, Andrew; portrait; President; his reconstruction policy;   impeached.

From A Short History of the United States by Edward Channing

Johnson, Andrew, as he used to be, as he is: see Arnold, Benedict.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell

Johnson, Andrew, candidate for the Vice-Presidency, 4; becomes President upon death of Lincoln, 32; opposition of Congress to, 33, 34; impeached by House, 35; acquitted, 36; vetoes arbitrary acts of Congress, 48.

From The New Nation by William E. Dodd

Johnson, Andrew, impeachment of, 293, 305. removal of officers, 304.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by James Wilford Garner

Monroe Doctrine, 206, 231 Jews, migration of, 11 Johnson, Andrew, 365, 368, 371.

From History of the United States by Charles A. (Charles Austin) Beard