Andrew Johnson was Lincoln's Vice-President. When Lincoln was assassinated, Johnson became President. He only served the uncompleted term of Lincoln, 1865-1869.
Andrew Johnson was the Vice President under President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Andrew Johnson took office when President Lincoln was assassinated.
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He was elected in 1860, sworn into office in Spring of 1861. He was re-elected in 1864, sworn in to office in March of 1865. The Civil War ended the following month on April 9, 1865, Lincoln was shot on the evening of April 14, 1865.
Abraham Lincoln
Because President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Both, the same year President Lincoln was put in office.
The 16th President of the United States was Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861, until April 15, 1865 when he was assassinated.
Because if the President elect is shot or killed before sworn in the vice President will be able to take the place as President.
John F Kennedy got shot and Lyndon B Johnson was sworn in.
Lincoln was shot at in the Ford Theatre.
After President Lincoln was shot, he was moved across the street.
Two US Presidents Shot in their First YearThere were two US Presidents that were shot in their first year in office.The 20th President of the United States James A. Garfield was in office from March 4, 1881 until September 19, 1881 when he was assassinated. President Garfield was shot July 2, 1881 and died two months later on September 19, 1881. The 40th President of the United States was Ronald Reagan. President Reagan was in office from January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989. On March 30, 1981, two months into his first term as President, there was an assassination attempt. Reagan and his press secretary James Brady were shot by John Hinkley Jr. Reagan was the first US President to survive being shot in an assassination attempt.
Lincoln was shot in the head at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC. The date was 14 April 1865. President William McKinley was shot in the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition held in Buffalo NY. He died on September 14, 1901, and his VP, Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as US President.
Lincoln was shot five days after the surrender of Lee at Appomattox, which is taken as the effective end of the war. Joseph E. Johnston, with his small army in North Carolina, did not surrender to Sherman till after Lincoln's death, when Vice-President Andrew Johnson had been sworn in as President.
President Abraham Lincoln. He was shot April 14, 1865, and died April 15, 1865.