They knew that their program for reconstruction of the South could not succeed with Andrew Johnson in office. The final blow came after the passage of the Tenure of Office Act in 1867. This law ...

Legacy: Andrew Johnson’s racism and antipathy towards African-American civil rights were a harbinger for similar attitudes to come during Reconstruction. The first president to be impeached—but not ...

Andrew Johnson grew up poor in Raleigh ... In a standoff, Congress passed over Johnson’s veto the Tenure of Office Act, which said that the president was prohibited from dismissing certain ...