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'''Andrew Johnson''' (1808-1875) became the 17th president of the [[United States of America]] (1865–69) with the assassination of [[Abraham Lincoln]] in April 1865.  He fiercely opposed the [[Radical Republican]] policy of a harsh [[Reconstruction]] policy toward the defeated ex-Confederate states. After the Radicals swept the 1866 elections, Johnson barely escaped removal form office, but was largely powerless. Supporters of the white South, and advocates of a strong presidency, made Johnson a hero in the 1930s and 1940s. By the 1960s, historians depicted him as a poor politician and a failure.

'''Andrew Johnson''' (1808-1875) became the 17th president of the [[United States of America]] (1865–69) with the assassination of [[Abraham Lincoln]] in April 1865.  Johnson, a Democrat, had been elected [[vice president]] in 1864 running on a national unity ticket with Republican Abraham Lincoln in the midst of the [[American Civil War[]].

The [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of [[Bill Clinton]], and the failure by the [[U.S. Senate]] to remove him, caused renewed interest in Johnson and some implicit support of him by [[liberal]]s defending Clinton against removal.

He fiercely opposed the [[Radical Republican]] policy of [[Reconstruction]] and equal rights for [[Black]]s in the defeated ex-Confederate states. After the Radicals swept the 1866 elections, Johnson barely escaped removal from office, but was largely powerless. Racist Democrats of the white South, and advocates of a strong presidency, made Johnson a hero in the 1930s and 1940s [[New Deal]] era.  The [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of [[Bill Clinton]], and the failure by the [[U.S. Senate]] to remove him, caused renewed interest in Johnson and some implicit support of him by [[liberal]]s defending Clinton against removal.

Andrew Johnson is described as one of the worst Presidents due to him being an incompetent Democrat.  The [[Ku Klux Klan]] was organized during his presidency as Johnson handed out pardons and amnesties for Democrat leaders.

Andrew Johnson is described as one of the worst Presidents due to him being an incompetent Democrat.  The [[Ku Klux Klan]] was organized during his presidency as Johnson handed out pardons and amnesties for Democrat leaders.