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17th U.S. President

Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He played a key role in the post-Civil War Reconstruction era. As President, Johnson implemented a series of Reconstruction policies, but his conflict with Congress ultimately led to him becoming the first president in U.S. history to be impeached.

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Famous Andrew Johnson Quotes

“Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.”

Black White Racism Slavery South

Author:Andrew Johnson

“For myself, I care not whether treason be committed North or South; he that is guilty of treason is entitled to a traitor's fate!”

War Care Fate South Committed Guilty Civil War I Care Entitled Traitor Treason

Book:Life and Times of A. Johnson ... Written from a national stand-point. By a National Man

Source: Life and Times of A. Johnson ... Written from a national stand-point. By a National Man

“I tell our sisters in the South that so far as Tennessee is concerned she will not be dragged into a Southern or any other confederacy until she has had time to consider; and then she will go when she believes it to be her interest, and not before.”

Believe War Interest Concerned South Civil War Southern Tennessee

Book:The Constitutionality and Rightfulness of Secession: Speech of Hon. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, in the Senate of the United States ... December 18 and 19, 1860

Source: The Constitutionality and Rightfulness of Secession: Speech of Hon. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, in the Senate of the United States ... December 18 and 19, 1860