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.

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.

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 ...