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He was to have assassinated the Vice President at the same time but lost his nerve and nevered carried out the attempt.
Andrew Johnson was his Vice President and became president when Lincoln was shot.
No. Lincoln was never vice president and he was from a different party than was Buchanan, who preceded him as President. (John C. Breckinridge, who was one of the candidates who ran against Lincoln, was Buchanan's vice president.)
During Abraham Lincoln's first term as President his Vice-President was Hannibal Hamlin and during his second term his Vice-President was Andrew Johnson.
He was the first vice president of Abraham Lincoln.
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Andrew Johnson. Abraham Lincoln's vice president.
Abraham Lincoln was a Northern Republican, while his Vice President, Andrew Johnson, was a Southern Democrat. John Adams had Thomas Jefferson, a political opponent, as his vice-president. Andrew Jackson "inherited" John C. Calhoun who had been VP for John Quincy Adams, as his vice-president. Although Calhoun helped Jackson carry the South he was not really in Jackson's Party.
In 1860 The Republican Party, a minor party, took over for the Whig party, and Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States. In 1864 the Republican Party had become a major party. It nominated Fremont as president. A minor party, The National Union Party, a minor party, nominated a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, for President, and a Democrat, Andrew Johnson, for Vice President. Abraham Lincoln won. A minor party won in both 1860 and in 1864 in the United States. None of the politicians wanted Lincoln, only the people.
The Vice President, Andrew Johnson.
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The Vice President, Andrew Johnson.