Major Acts: During Andrew Johnson’s tenure, foreign policy was largely handled by the Secretary of State William H ... for similar attitudes to come during Reconstruction. The first president to be ...

For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president, Democrat Andrew ... Johnson defied the act. The president had long wanted to dismiss the ...

President Andrew Johnson, who is best known for being the first president to be impeached, vetoed protectionist legislation ...

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