The Worst President? Meet Andrew Johnson

Podcast: History As It Happens · Martin Di Caro

Opublikowano: 2026-10-20

Subscribe now to skip ads! Keep the narrative flow going with ad-free listening. When John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln in April 1865, the United States would have its third accidental president. The Southern unionist and Democrat Andrew Johnson of Tennessee at first seemed to be an ally of Republicans in the monumental task of Reconstruction, for he agreed that the Southern states could not come back unless they ratified the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery. But Johnson's presidency quickly spiraled as he bitterly fought Congress over Reconstruction's control and sought to obstruct all efforts at achieving...