ANDREW JOHNSON, Vice-President of the United States ... WASHINGTON CITY, April 15, 1865. SIR: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, was shot by an assassin last evening at Ford's ...

On March 4, 1865, at the second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson made a speech in the Senate chambers before being sworn in as the 16th Vice-President of the United States.

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The people of this State are asked to elect the Democratic ticket, because the Democratic party will support President JOHNSON. They are referred to the resolutions passed at Albany for the proof.

According to the rules of presidential succession in 1865, only Vice President Johnson, and not Seward or Grant, was in line to replace Lincoln if he died. If Johnson had died, an acting president ...

On April 14, 1865, Booth, 26, an actor ... Booth changed the plan to a simultaneous assassination of Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson, and Secretary of State William Seward," the site ...