FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Next up is “The Loyalist” also known as “The Veto President” - Andrew Johnson. Before ...

His father’s death when the boy was three left the family in poverty. From age fourteen to age seventeen, young Johnson was apprenticed to a tailor. He then moved with his mother and stepfather ...

Andrew Johnson grew up poor in ... Abraham Lincoln persuaded Republican delegates to make Johnson, a Democrat, his running mate. Johnson became president on April 15, 1865—three hours after ...

Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include: -- Scientist Charles Macintosh in 1766 -- ...

The following article from Walkes' Spirit of the Times, lifts the mystery from the singular conduct of Vice-President JOHNSON ... THE POISONING OF ANDREW JOHNSON. -- There can be but little ...

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 ...

Chervinsky When the 17th president was accused of high crimes and misdemeanors in 1868, the wild trial nearly reignited the Civil War Lorraine Boissoneault The biggest show in Washington 150 years ...

A Southern supporter of the Union who balanced the ticket in Abraham Lincoln's 1864 reelection, Johnson led the Southern Reconstruction effort following the president's assassination. Conflicts ...

For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president, Democrat Andrew Johnson. Now, Johnson faced trial before the U. S. Senate. If convicted ...