[Andrew Johnson, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, with table and chair]
Summary
Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress).
LC-BH834-40 (cracked).
No print in P&P.
Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States (1865-1869). Johnson became president as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. A Democrat who ran with Lincoln on the National Union ticket, Johnson came to office as the Civil War concluded. The new president favored quick restoration of the seceded states to the Union. His plans did not give protection to the former slaves, and he came into conflict with the Republican-dominated Congress, culminating in his impeachment by the House of Representatives. "There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws."
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Date
01/01/1860
Contributors
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896, photographer
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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