Countdown to 47: Andrew Johnson, the Seventeenth President
On March 4, 1865, at the second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson made a speech in the Senate chambers before ...
On This Day: Nelson Rockefeller sworn in as vice president
In 1974, Nelson Rockefeller was sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford. In 1984, the ...
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Knowing the Presidents: Andrew Johnson
Legacy: Andrew Johnson’s racism and antipathy towards African-American civil rights were a harbinger for similar attitudes to come during Reconstruction. The first president to be impeached—but not ...