Andrew Johnson: The impeached president A question on this Presidents' Day weekend: Which of our former Chief Executives was the worst ever?

To ANDREW JOHNSON, Vice-President of the United States. Mr. JOHNSON requested that the ceremony take place at his rooms at the Kirkwood House, in this city, at 10 o'clock in the morning.

Today marks the birthday of perhaps the most-maligned president in American history. But was Andrew Johnson really that bad, or just the target of some second-guessing historians?

Harvard University professor Annette Gordon-Reed talked about the legacy of Andrew Johnson, the nation's 17th president who took office following Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865. Professor ...

In 1864, as a symbol of unity during the war, Abraham Lincoln persuaded Republican delegates to make Johnson, a Democrat, his running mate. Johnson became president on April 15, 1865—three hours ...

Second Inaugural; Political History and AntecedentsANDREW JOHNSON has been in continuous public life for thirty years. He entered the General Assembly of Tennessee ae a member of the House of ...

When Andrew Johnson became president in 1865, the United States was in the midst of one of its most volatile chapters. The country was divided after fighting a bloody civil war and had just ...

No president has ever been impeached, convicted and removed. And chances are, you remember what Bill Clinton did to get impeached, so we won’t talk about that in front of the children.

The reconstruction policy of President JOHNSON, and all his plans of administration, had taken a distinct shape long before the assembling of the Democratic Convention which passed that resolution.

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 ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annette Gordon-Reed presents a biography of the 17th president of the United States, Andrew Johnson (1865-1869). A Southern Democrat who remained aligned with the ...