Vice President Johnson had assumed office after John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln, on April 15 ... of the South could not succeed with Andrew Johnson in office.

Reconstruction Portrait of Andrew Johnson, 16th US. Vice President, sworn in as 17th US President when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated April 15, 1865. Johnson was born December 29, 1808, in North ...

The largest mass execution in American history occurred under Abraham Lincoln’s watch ... Lincoln was killed five days later, at age 56. Vice President Andrew Johnson completed his term. All of our ...

They said, 'Sir if Abraham Lincoln and George Washington ... scoring just an average of 10.92. The former president falls below James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and Franklin Pierce.

Four years later, Jefferson defeated Adams, and Aaron Burr would be his vice president ... Republican Abraham Lincoln picked ...

On the night of April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the back ... by Booth's co-conspirators against Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William H.

The first was John Tyler, who became president after William ... never elected to a full term. Abraham Lincoln was fatally shot at Ford's Theater in 1865 near the end of the Civil War, making Johnson ...

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 ...