Confederate "Heritage" Month 2022, April 26: The recalcitrant Southern establishment in 1865
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Abraham Lincoln's successor as President was "Union Democrat" Andrew Johnson, who had been Lincoln's running mate in 1864. Johnson became the first President to be impeached, though not convicted and removed for office in the Senate trial. He pursued a conciliatory policy toward the Southern planter class who had caused the Civil War. Johnson's weak Reconstruction policy was the real political basis for his impeachment.
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2022, April 26: The recalcitrant Southern establishment in 1865
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2022, April 26…
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2022, April 26: The recalcitrant Southern establishment in 1865
Abraham Lincoln's successor as President was "Union Democrat" Andrew Johnson, who had been Lincoln's running mate in 1864. Johnson became the first President to be impeached, though not convicted and removed for office in the Senate trial. He pursued a conciliatory policy toward the Southern planter class who had caused the Civil War. Johnson's weak Reconstruction policy was the real political basis for his impeachment.