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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.  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[]].   

'''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]].   

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.

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.