Seventeenth President of the United States, Andrew Johnson assumed office after Abraham Lincoln's assassination. His lenient Reconstruction policies toward the former Confederacy clashed with Radical Republicans, leading to his 1868 impeachment. Historians, educators, and political science students study his presidency to understand post-Civil War governance, executive power limits, and the enduring struggle over federal versus states' rights.
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