Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the United States (1865–69), who took office upon the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. A Democrat, he became Lincoln’s second vice president because of his rejection of Southern secession. His lenient Reconstruction policies led to his impeachment, though he was acquitted.
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Andrew Johnson, (born December 29, 1808, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. died July 31, 1875, near Carter Station, Tennessee), 17th president of the United States (1865–69), who took office upon the assassination of Pres. Abraham Lincoln during the closing months of the American Civil War (1861–65). His lenient Reconstruction policies toward the South embittered the Radical Republicans in Congress and led to his political downfall and to his impeachment, though he was acquitted. Johnson was the younger of two sons of Jacob and Mary McDonough Johnson. Jacob Johnson, who served as a porter in a local inn, as a sexton in the