Why America’s first Department of Education didn’t last
The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...
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The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
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 ...
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Knowing the Presidents: Andrew Johnson
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 ...
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The Co-Conspirators
Pardoned by President Andrew Johnson in 1869, Spangler moved to Maryland ... Tried by a civilian court in 1867-1868, Surratt was not convicted. He would survive until 1916.