Read the veto messages of President Andrew Johnson, who tried to block Reconstruction after taking over for the assassinated Abraham Lincoln, and you might mistake them for words written 150 years ...

It didn’t help that President Andrew Johnson, a former slave owner, was a Southern sympathizer. Tragically, an era so full of promise ended with few lasting accomplishments.

Historian Brenda Wineapple discusses the impact of President Johnson's impeachment on the Reconstruction era. In this program, Ms. Wineapple talks about her book, <i>The Impeachers: The Trial of ...

University of Kentucky history professor Mark Summers talked about the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. ... A panel of historians took questions on the 14th Amendment and Reconstruction era.

Four Myths the Trump Team Promoted About Andrew Johnson ... As a historian who for 30 years has researched and taught the history of the Civil War and Reconstruction Era and Southern history ...

Robert S. Levine’s “The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson” opens with an extraordinary scene not often recorded in history books. On ...

When Andrew Johnson—“King Andy” to his detractors—assumed the presidency in early 1865, many Republican politicians considered him the best possible person to oversee Reconstruction.

Under the administration of President Andrew Johnson in 1865 and 1866, ... The Reconstruction Era: History and Public Memory Symposium.

The bitter divide continued into the Reconstruction era, the first clipping comes from the Walla Walla Statesman of December 14, 1866, when Republicans initially began talk of impeaching Johnson ...

Andrew Johnson Was Impeached for ... And how that was manifested was his systematic attempt to undermine reconstruction. ... Much of the time we have founding era materials and several ...

As a historian of Reconstruction, I’ve always believed that it was Andrew Johnson. However, considering his astonishing first year in office, I’d contend President Donald Trump may soon own ...

History of Reconstruction Era National Historical Park. ... Andrew Johnson was appointed President and it would be a political battle trying to establish the road to bringing the Union together.