The person who became President after Lincoln was shot was the Vice President, Andrew Johnson.
Lincoln's vice president, Andrew Johnson, replaced Abraham Lincoln.
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Andrew Johnson, who was Abe Lincoln's Vice-President, succeeded Lincoln in office after the President's assassination.
Assuming you need to know who became president after Lincoln was assassinated, Andrew Johnson was Lincoln's Vice President. When Lincoln was killed, Johnson took over.
Abraham Lincoln succeeded Buchanan.
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Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson succeeded Abraham Lincoln, after Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.
No, she did not. Lincoln was succeeded by Vice-President Andrew Johnson.
Johnson was the vice president when Lincoln died and so succeeded to the presidency in accordance with the US Constitution.
Andrew Johnson succeeded President Abraham Lincoln on April 15, 1865, following Lincoln's assassination by John Wilkes Booth.
Abraham Lincoln succeeded Buchanan.
John Wilkes Boothe planned on, and succeeded in, killing Union president Abraham Lincoln.
Andrew Johnson succeeded Abraham Lincoln after Lincoln was killed in 1865. At the next election in 1868, Ulysses S. Grant was elected president.