Andrew Johnson | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/andrew-johnson/RSS feed for Andrew JohnsonenWed, 03 Sep 2025 16:44:44 +0000When Historians Rediscovered These Frederick Douglass Letters, They Were Surprised by His Candid Opinions About Abraham Lincolnhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/historians-rediscovered-frederick-douglass-letters-surprised-candid-opinions-abraham-lincoln-180987175/In correspondence with a passionate abolitionist in London, the great American orator didn't hold back when talking about the 16th president, or his successor, the much-maligned Andrew JohnsonWed, 03 Sep 2025 16:44:44 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/historians-rediscovered-frederick-douglass-letters-surprised-candid-opinions-abraham-lincoln-180987175/The Real History Behind Apple TV+'s 'Manhunt' and the Search for Abraham Lincoln's Killerhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-history-behind-apple-tvs-manhunt-and-the-search-for-abraham-lincolns-killer-180983943/A new series dramatizes Edwin Stanton's hunt for John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators in the aftermath of the president’s 1865 assassinationThu, 14 Mar 2024 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-history-behind-apple-tvs-manhunt-and-the-search-for-abraham-lincolns-killer-180983943/The Outsized Role of the President in Race Relations https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/outsized-role-president-race-relations-180976022/A new podcast series explores how the presidency has shaped the nation's approach to pursuing racial justiceThu, 08 Oct 2020 17:19:03 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/outsized-role-president-race-relations-180976022/The Political Circus and Constitutional Crisis of Andrew Johnson’s Impeachmenthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/political-circus-and-constitutional-crisis-andrew-johnsons-impeachment-180968265/When the 17th president was accused of high crimes and misdemeanors in 1868, the wild trial nearly reignited the Civil WarTue, 27 Feb 2018 13:16:59 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/political-circus-and-constitutional-crisis-andrew-johnsons-impeachment-180968265/The Fight Over Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Was a Fight for the Future of the United Stateshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fight-andrew-johnson-impeachment-fight-future-united-states-180967502/The biggest show in Washington 150 years ago was the trial against the President of the United StatesTue, 02 Jan 2018 16:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fight-andrew-johnson-impeachment-fight-future-united-states-180967502/President Lincoln’s Last Christmashttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/president-lincolns-last-christmas-180967617/The character of American Christmas changed as a result of the Civil WarThu, 21 Dec 2017 18:02:32 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/president-lincolns-last-christmas-180967617/The Trial of the Century That Wasn'thttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/trial-century-jefferson-davis-treason-180962776/The case against Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, would have been a legal showdown of the agesWed, 19 Apr 2017 15:12:19 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/trial-century-jefferson-davis-treason-180962776/