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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

In April 1865, assassination vaulted Johnson into ... Johnson told the governor of Missouri. On Aug. 27, 1866, President Johnson embarked on an unprecedented 18-day speaking tour in an attempt ...