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.

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One person has died from injuries sustained in a crash Sunday on East Andrew Johnson Highway in Greeneville. According to the Greeneville Police Department (GPD), a crash involving a Dodge Caravan and ...

A Unionist Democrat from Tennessee, Andrew Johnson was put on the ticket by Lincoln in 1864 in an effort to reach union sympathizers in the Border States. Challenges: Andrew Johnson had to navigate ...