President of the United States from 1865 to 1869
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The only president impeached for trying to undo Reconstruction. Andrew Johnson inherited Lincoln's office in 1865 and spent four years pardoning Confederates, blocking rights for freed slaves, and warring with Congress until the House charged him — he survived removal by a single Senate vote.
Born into poverty in 1808, never saw the inside of a school, apprenticed as a tailor. Worked his way from alderman in Greeneville, Tennessee, through the state legislature to Congress in 1843, then governor, then U.S. senator by 1857. When Tennessee seceded in 1861 he alone among Southern senators refused to resign his seat, a defiant Unionist. Lincoln made him military governor of occupied Tennessee in 1862 and chose him as running mate in 1864 to signal reconciliation. Four months into the vice presidency Lincoln was shot and Johnson stepped into the wreckage. He moved fast to restore the So…
Sourced, dated quotes from Andrew Johnson
I am a-goin' for to tell you here to-day; yes, I'm a-goin for to tell you all, that I'm a plebian! I glory in it; I am a plebian!
This is your country as well as anybody else's country. This country is founded upon the principle of equality.
I have lived among Negroes, all my life, and I am for this Government with slavery under the Constitution as it is.
There are some who lack confidence in the integrity and capacity of the people to govern themselves.
There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws.
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