Andrew Johnson
Title | Andrew Johnson PDF eBook |
Author | Annette Gordon-Reed |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2011-01-18 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1429924616 |
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from office Andrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office. Johnson faced a nearly impossible task—to succeed America's greatest chief executive, to bind the nation's wounds after the Civil War, and to work with a Congress controlled by the so-called Radical Republicans. Annette Gordon-Reed, one of America's leading historians of slavery, shows how ill-suited Johnson was for this daunting task. His vision of reconciliation abandoned the millions of former slaves (for whom he felt undisguised contempt) and antagonized congressional leaders, who tried to limit his powers and eventually impeached him. The climax of Johnson's presidency was his trial in the Senate and his acquittal by a single vote, which Gordon-Reed recounts with drama and palpable tension. Despite his victory, Johnson's term in office was a crucial missed opportunity; he failed the country at a pivotal moment, leaving America with problems that we are still trying to solve.
Life of Andrew Johnson
Title | Life of Andrew Johnson PDF eBook |
Author | James Sawyer Jones |
Publisher | |
Pages | 504 |
Release | 1901 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Andrew Johnson
Title | Andrew Johnson PDF eBook |
Author | Zachary Kent |
Publisher | Children's Press(CT) |
Pages | 106 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780516013633 |
Follows the life and career of the statesman who became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
The Birthplace of Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United States
Title | The Birthplace of Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 8 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Historic sites |
ISBN |
Life and Times of Andrew Johnson
Title | Life and Times of Andrew Johnson PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Rayner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 1866 |
Genre | Presidents |
ISBN |
The Presidency of Andrew Johnson
Title | The Presidency of Andrew Johnson PDF eBook |
Author | Albert E. Castel |
Publisher | University Press of Kansas |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
A critical study of his administration assessing his Reconstruction program, and economic, foreign relations, and Indian policies.
Andrew Johnson
Title | Andrew Johnson PDF eBook |
Author | Judith E. Harper |
Publisher | |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 2001-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781567668544 |
Discusses the early life, family, political career, and contributions of the seventeenth president of the United States.