Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the sixteenth Vice President (1865) and the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He is regarded to be one of the worst presidents.

References

• Newspaper clippings, 1865–1869: http://www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com/
• Series of Harper's Weekly articles covering the impeachment controversy and trial: http://www.andrewjohnson.com/09ImpeachmentAndAcquittal/ImpeachmentAndAcquittal.htm
• Johnson's obituary, from the New York Times: http://starship.python.net/crew/manus/Presidents/aj2/aj2obit.html