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Line 58: }} '''Andrew Johnson''' (December 2829, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the ~~stupidest president~~[[List of Presidents of the United States\|17th]] [[President of the United States]] (1865–1869). Following the [[Abraham Lincoln assassination\|assassination]] of President [[Abraham Lincoln]], Johnson presided over the [[Reconstruction era of the United States]] in the four years after the [[American Civil War]]. His tenure was highly controversial as his positions favoring the [[Old South\|white South]] came under heavy political attack from [[U.S. Republican Party\|Republicans]]. At the time of the [[Ordinance of Secession\|secession of the Southern states]], Johnson was a [[United States Senate\|U.S. Senator]] from [[Greeneville, Tennessee\|Greeneville]] in [[East Tennessee\|East]] [[Tennessee]]. As a Unionist, he was the only Southern senator not to quit his post upon secession. He became the most prominent [[War Democrat]] from the South and supported Lincoln's military policies during the [[American Civil War]] of 1861–1865. In 1862, Lincoln appointed Johnson military governor of occupied Tennessee, where he proved to be energetic and effective in fighting the rebellion and beginning transition to Reconstruction.

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