Impeached! The Rise and Fall of Andrew Johnson (Lecture)

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8 жыл бұрын

Andrew Johnson rose from a humble Tennessee tailor to assume the mantle of the Presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. His handling of the first years of Reconstruction nearly resulted in his impeachment. Join Supervisory Ranger Angie Atkinson for a look at the rise and fall of this controversial figure.

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@johnwagner7617 5 жыл бұрын

The only reason Johnson was put on the ballot in 1864 was because he was a Southern Democrat and the only senator from a seceded state to not give up his seat. Lincoln wanted to broaden the ticket's appeal so at the time, Johnson fit the bill nicely. Had anyone known what would happen to Lincoln in the coming months, no one would've put Johnson anywhere near that kind of power.

@1SadBoxer 4 жыл бұрын

johnson was enacting lincolns plan. the radical republicans hated lincoln

@thomaspainerules3114 3 жыл бұрын

John kind of reminds me why Kennedy put his distant relative LB Johnson on the ticket almost 100 years later. Although each were of the same party in this case , JFK needed Johnson for the appeal of the Southern vote . .

@JeanValjean875 Жыл бұрын

@1Boxer No, he wasn't enacting Lincoln's plans. Lincoln was a moderate Republican. Your statement that the Radical faction of his party disliked him is probably correct. But Johnson was a pro-Southern extremist.

@sprsmoke 26 күн бұрын

Thank goodness Johnson became President. He ameliorated the vindictive reconstruction policies of Stevens who hated white Southerners. Stevens' policies were rejected by Americans ashamed of the treatment of the South and reconstruction was ended.

@sprsmoke 24 күн бұрын

@@JeanValjean875 There is no reason to say Johnson was a pro-Southern extremist. He would simply not have turned the carpetbaggers loose one the widow and orphans of the South. What was done by the radical Republicans was truly extreme. Stevens and the radicals could be more responsible for the formation of the KKK and the creation of Jim Crow laws than anything else.

@lronbutters5688 3 жыл бұрын

Great presentation! Super informative happy I found it even if I’m 5 years late Thank you

@EsquireSunnyJimOO7 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation! Thank you.

@PeggyJame 4 жыл бұрын

Crimes and misdemeanors are what the framers feared

@typatterson4286 4 жыл бұрын

I too think of Tommy Lee Jones when I hear the name Thaddeus Stevens. Edit: thank you for the wonderful video.

@davidrodgersNJ 4 жыл бұрын

A question: Why didn't the Senate simply say "If you want to fire Stanton, fine. However, to replace him you need our advice and consent. Until then the office is vacant. Period.

@JeanValjean875 11 ай бұрын

Because of the Tenure of Office Act

@davidrodgersNJ 11 ай бұрын

@@JeanValjean875 Thanks. Has the act been repealed since then?

@JeanValjean875 Ай бұрын

@@davidrodgersNJI'm not sure, but the Supreme Court later found it unconstitutional, so it was effectively repealed.

@troidva 4 жыл бұрын

This presentation overlooks the most bizarre incident concerning the impeachment. The night before the May 16 1868 vote in Andrew Johnson's Senate trial, a twenty-year-old girl named Lavinia “Vinnie” Ream--the celebrated artist and coquettish society sensation who at the age of 18 was awarded the Congressional commission to sculpt the statue of Lincoln now standing in the Capitol rotunda--used her talents to foil the purpose of a midnight caller to her father’s Capitol Hill residence: to secure the deciding vote for conviction from Republican Senator Edmund Ross, a resident in that house. The visitor was Daniel Sickles--litigious Manhattanite real estate speculator, notorious lady's man, ex-Congressman, acquitted killer of his wife's lover, former Civil War general, recently-sacked military governor of the Carolinas, future lover of the Spanish Queen, and as of 1868 the most notorious and formidable political hatchet man in 19th-Century Washington. Acting under the assumption that Ross was "hopelessly infatuated" with pro-Johnson Vinnie and willing to do her bidding to acquit Johnson, Sickles showed up at midnight determined to overcome Vinnie's opposition by using all the tools at his disposal: bribery, intimidation, or seduction. See here the details of how young Vinnie successfully thwarted Sickles--thereby saving President Andrew Johnson from impeachment in a video entitleld "The Devil vs. the Hummingbird": www.c-span.org/video/?456987-1/sculptor-vinnie-ream-daniel-sickles-andrew-johnsons-impeachment

@indio1320021 5 жыл бұрын

great presentation

@fprtclvs 3 жыл бұрын

I think it’s hilarious congress passed a bill saying you can’t do that. Even though he was in full power to do it. Citing separation of powers. Then they impeach em for a bill they passed that he had the power to do. Did I get that right?

@lronbutters5688 3 жыл бұрын

Listening for second time!

@liedenier 8 жыл бұрын

Very Good. I never minded a lecturer to walk around and be more human and say a few off the cuff gaffs? "...Hanging forth during some dry political rhetoric...". We are all human. Human=imperfect. Who needs a theme. Entertain us.

@Tsnore 5 жыл бұрын

And now on to Trump!

@bonzaibopfest9361 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome presentation.

@psilocybemusashi Жыл бұрын

the crime is unconstitutional. the constitution gives the president all the power of the executive branch. they have to amend the constitution for congress to have the authority to interfere with the president and that would undermine the full point of the constitution which was the division of powers and three branches of government. they never did that officially but they did unofficially. the best country in the history of the world died in 1864 and it is nothing to be proud of.

@RobbyHouseIV 8 жыл бұрын

To be sure, Andrew Johnson was one of Washington’s most tone-deaf moron politicians ever to hold high office. That said I find it very surprising that (as far as I know) the Tenure of Office Act wasn’t challenged on its Constitutionality during this crisis. I would think anyone with a Political Science 101 class in their background could agree the law is in serious violation of the separation of powers principles laid out in the Constitution, more specifically in Articles I & II.

@johnmassoud930 7 жыл бұрын

Robby House No one ever called Johnson a rocket scientist.

@sambradley2975 5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Johnson was the victim of a congressional witch-hunt. The Office of Tenure Act was created as a trap for Johnson. Ironically, the Office of Tenure Act only applied to cabinet members of the current administration, not inherited ones like Johnson's.

@544CampStreet 3 жыл бұрын

This comment section is a dumpster fire. Just crazies writing in all caps. Thank you for the KZfaq archives, GettysburgNPS.

@andrewjackson7758 4 жыл бұрын

"Hissar to Andrew Johnson." BOO. HISS. BOO. HISS.

@andrewjackson7758 4 жыл бұрын

He was a daftardly ruffian!

@immasoxfanbaby Жыл бұрын

Good American history class 😂😂😂😂 thanks for sharing this experience

@dougfranco9995 4 жыл бұрын

, Johnson, as a War Democrat and Southern Unionist,

@psilocybemusashi Жыл бұрын

unfortunately for sherman he was saying no to his commander in chief. you make it sound like a good thing that he wouldn't take an appointment that grant held as general of the army but it is the commander in chief's decision who the general of the army is NOT the general's decision. it was essentially insubordination and he should have resigned not said no.

@delray 7 жыл бұрын

Any relation to Matt?

@rfenton345 5 жыл бұрын

Delmar Meyer His wife

@williamcasey8791 4 жыл бұрын

YES, BROTHER

@williamcasey8791 Ай бұрын

he could have supported johnson, but he didn't.... he supported himself for president ... and kind of betrayed johnson.... look into it

@sambradley2975 5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Johnson, a tailor who tried to sew up a torn country. God bless Andrew Johnson!

@barrontrump3943 4 жыл бұрын

Amen. The republicans of then were liberal scum

@vonSoest 5 жыл бұрын

Reid, Pelosi, Schumer, Hillary must’ve been around back then.

@williamcasey8791 Ай бұрын

but he did, research the history.....don't rewrite it

@JRS-iq9pz 4 жыл бұрын

I fell asleep twice listening to her. LOL

@donnabrockable 4 жыл бұрын

She said she has done this repeatedly. Why does she sound so confused most of the time. Plus she has about 1/3 of it all wrong. She say's "Ummm" too much. That always instills confidence in me. sigh

@proudamerican7662 4 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding. This is better than sleeping pills. I have to watch over a few days. 10 minutes and I'm in lala land, away away away down and sleeping. Away away...

@ftffighter Жыл бұрын

She is an amazing speaker and I can either stay up or fall asleep easy listening to this. Being able to do both is a sign of a good speaker.

@williamcaseylaw 4 жыл бұрын

HEY LITTLE GIRL GRANT HAD THE MOST TO GAIN... HE PLAYED THEM... AND BECAME PRSIDENT..

@JeanValjean875 Ай бұрын

lol he became President because he was a war hero. He didn't need to "play" anyone.

@tommygunz341 Жыл бұрын

I think he had something to do with the assassination.

@fknstr 6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Johnson was a hero!

@pdhwolf1816 3 жыл бұрын

Like if your related to Andrew johnson

@rationalconservative386 5 жыл бұрын

This was as bad a presentation as the plaintiffs arguments for impeachment.

@TheKyleMarisa 4 жыл бұрын

rational conservative stupid

@williamcasey8791 4 жыл бұрын

YES

@williamcaseylaw 4 жыл бұрын

JOHNSON SAVED THE UNION

@williamcaseylaw 4 жыл бұрын

hey hey little girl lincoln created the union parrty in 1864 . he wanted to divide the democrat party.... and he did it. grant wanted to be president ..... so he left johnson and became president.