Andrew Johnson 1808- 1875
17th US President 1865-1869
Republican
First Lady Eliza McCardle
Vice President none
Andrew Johnson became president when Lincoln was assassinated in 1865. Johnson disagreed with the North and Congress so much that he was impeached. He was from North Carolina and sympathetic towards the south and wanted to reconstruct the Union without the harsh penalties that congress wanted.
Andrew Johnson quotes:
If I am shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet.
Andrew Johnson
If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country.
Andrew Johnson
It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.
Andrew Johnson
Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.
Andrew Johnson
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