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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 ...

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Andrew Johnson grew up poor in Raleigh ... his running mate. Johnson became president on April 15, 1865—three hours after Lincoln’s death. Johnson’s Reconstruction policies for the South ...

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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 ...