Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson
17th President of the United States
Term of office April 15, 1865 - March 4, 1869
Political party	Unaffiliated during Presidency
Vice President	None
Preceded by	Abraham Lincoln
Succeeded by	Ulysses S. Grant
16th Vice-President of the United States
Term of office March 4, 1865 - April 15, 1865
Political party	National Union Party
President	Abraham Lincoln
Preceded by	Hannibal Hamlin
Succeeded by	Schuyler Colfax

Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States of America. He was the first President to be impeached, but he was acquitted by one vote. The reason for impeachment, ostensibly his violation of the Tenure of Office Act, was only a smoke screen. The real reason for his impeachment was because he had angered the Radical Republicans who controlled Congress. Johnson did technically violate the Tenure of Office Act, which denied him the power to dismiss presidential appointees without the Senate's permission. This act was designed to protect Edwin M. Stanton, the Secretary of war under president Lincoln who had been held over in Johnson's cabinet.

Accession to Presidency

He became President in April 1865 after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.

Impeachment

He was summoned to trial for "high crimes and misdemeanors." He avoided removal by only one vote.

Views on race

• "This is a country for white men, and by God, as long as I am President, it shall be a government for white men. Everyone would, and must, admit that the white race is superior to the black." [1]