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24th February 1868: US President Andrew Johnson impeached for defying the Tenure of Office Act
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:39
Publish Date: 2018-02-23 21:05:47
Description: Having previously served as a senator and later military governor for the state of Tennessee, Andrew Johnson was chosen by Abraham Lincoln to be his running mate in the election of 1864. Having been the only senator from a seceding state to remain loyal to the Union at the outbreak of the Civil War, he secured the support of “Union Democrats” and consequently became Vice President. Johnson’s inauguration took place on 4 March 1865, but exactly six weeks later he became President of the United States after Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. This coincided with the end of ...
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