johnson, andrew

A biography of the seventeenth president of the United States, from his humble beginnings as a tailor in North Carolina through his controversial term as the first post-Civil War president and beyond.

A critical study of his administration assessing his Reconstruction program, and economic, foreign relations, and Indian policies.

Presents a short biography of the seventeenth President of the United States, Andrew Johnson, and chronicles his impoverished childhood, early career in politics, election to the Vice Presidency in 1864, and ascension to the office following the assassination of Lincoln.

Follows the life and career of the statesman who became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Surveys the political career and private life of the only president ever to be impeached.

Follows the life and career of the statesman who became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.