Synopsis
The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's boyhood and covers his early life. During the Civil War, Johnson stays a staunch Unionist and upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President. After Lincoln's assassination, Johnson becomes the President and became the first U.S. president ever to be impeached.
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Cast
- Van HeflinAndrew Johnson
- Lionel BarrymoreThaddeus Stevens
- Ruth HusseyEliza McCardle Johnson
- Marjorie MainMrs. Maude Fisher
- Regis ToomeyBlackstone McDaniel
- J. Edward BrombergCoke
- Grant WithersMordecai Milligan
- Alec CraigSam Andrews
- Charles DingleSenator Jim Waters
- Carl Benton ReidCongressman Hargrove
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