Radio: Andrew Johnson's Presidency Highlighted Issues With Vice Presidential Selection, Duration: 5:15

Johnson's Presidency (1865 to mid-1867 before impeachment)

Radio: Andrew Johnson's Presidency Highlighted Issues With Vice Presidential Selection, Duration: 5:15

4/14/2015

Radio

The National Public Radio presents a 2015 radio segment, hosted by Robert Siegel on All Things Considered, that provides a look at how President Andrew Johnson's--who became the 17th President of the United States after President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April of 1865--presidency emphasized that a president choosing his vice president could lead to an individual unfit for the presidency taking the office.

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