For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president, Democrat Andrew Johnson. Now, Johnson faced trial before the U. S. Senate. If convicted ...

Legacy: Andrew Johnson’s racism and antipathy towards African-American civil rights were a harbinger for similar attitudes to come during Reconstruction. The first president to be impeached—but not ...

In my strolls around town with some of my friends I had some difficulty in finding the home pointed out by tradition as being the birthplace and home of the boyhood of President Andrew Johnson.

and he wanted to take photos and do a big endorsement on that day," Johnson told the station in a story published on Tuesday. "I called him yesterday and said, 'Mr. President, let's go ahead and ...

A Southern supporter of the Union who balanced the ticket in Abraham Lincoln's 1864 reelection, Johnson led the Southern Reconstruction effort following the president's assassination. Conflicts ...