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{{POTUS|[[Abraham Lincoln]]|[[Ulysses S. Grant]]}}
[[Andrew Johnson]] was the first US President to be impeached. He is generally considered to be one of the worst Presidents, though one could easily argue it's not ''entirely'' his fault. He was the only senator from a seceding state to remain pro-Union, so he was chosen as Lincoln's running mate to broaden the ticket's appeal and garner votes from Southern sympathizers. He was never intended to be anything other than a grab for votes. Then Lincoln got shot. Oops.
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For a [[Brevity Is Wit|one-minute summary]] of his life check out [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuLOR4NJzao this video.]
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* [[The Alcoholic]]: Was smeared as such at one point, but Lincoln stood up for him. <ref>The incident involved a time he showed up before Congress looking and acting incredibly drunk, not realizing he had taken an alcohol-based remedy for an ailment and he was still getting over it at the time.</ref>
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: The Radical Republicans wanted a President who would harshly punish the South, and they thought Lincoln was too soft, so when Johnson succeeded him, they were encouraged by his proclamations of doing just that. However [[Exact Words|Johnson never mentioned doing so on terms they agreed with]], and in truth, he was happy to be even more forgiving than Lincoln, he just wanted the initial pleasure of making ex-Confederates grovel for mercy first.
* [[Book Dumb]]: Admitted he was until his wife taught him to read.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Most of his clothes he made himself.
* [[Ignored Epiphany]]: He came close at one point in his life shortly before the Civil War arguing so hard against disunion he even argued for the abolitionist cause as preferable to slavery tearing the union apart, saying slavery should be destroyed if all it was going to do was rip the nation apart. He even stayed loyal to the Union cause throughout the war itself. His prejudices proved stronger than said principles though, as even though slavery was destroyed, he remained a racist.
* [[Rags to Riches]]: Started as a simple country tailor.
* [[Revenge]]: His impeachment was a political exercise in this, which is why he barely avoided it.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: At best, he was this to Lincoln, as he was a Southern sympathizer but a firm Unionist. Carried over to the Radical Republicans and Grant, until both realized the former meant much more to him than the latter.
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