President Andrew Johnson, who is best known for being the first president to be impeached, vetoed protectionist legislation ...
The following carefully compiled list gives in full the official record of the exercise of the veto power by ANDREW JOHNSON during ... all the vetoes of all the Presidents that preceded him ...
Johnson Here’s a pro tip, political science majors: don’t use a racist slur when talking about people you’re asking to vote ...
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 ...
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 ...
As historians of the period after the Civil War, we know that for Johnson and Grant, that’s not what happened. President Andrew Johnson pardoning Rebels at the White House. Credit: Stanley Fox/ Harper ...
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 ...
A new series dramatizes Edwin Stanton's hunt for John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators in the aftermath of the president’s 1865 assassination Vanessa Armstrong A new podcast series explores ...