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Andrew Johnson succeeded President Lincoln after he was assassinated.
Andrew Johnson became president after Lincoln death. He was the vice president and took over when Lincoln died
Andrew Johnson became the US president. He was a politician from the state of Tennessee.
Vice President Andrew Johnson became President, after President Lincoln was assassinated.
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson became the 17th US President.
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∙ 6y agoAndrew Johnson became the president, and had no vice president. At that time, the 25th amendment had not yet been passed, so there was no legal method for appointing a new vice president outside of an election.
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∙ 11y agoDemocrat Andrew Johnson was Vice President at the time of the assassination. Lincoln and Johnson were elected on the National Union ticket, a loose alliance between Republicans and Pro-War Democrats which explains why the Republican Lincoln chose the Democrat Johnson as a running mate.
The US Constitution was vague concerning Presidential succession. As originally written, the only reference to Presidential succession in the Constitution stated that, "In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President". There was a serious debate in the early nation as to whether or not The Vice-President would actually become President and finish out the term of his predecessor or would merely become Acting President exercising the "Powers and Duties of the said Office" acting as a "regent" and/or holding the place until a permanent successor could be chosen.
This was little more than an academic debate until 1841 when William Henry Harrison became the first President to die in office. There was uncertainty concerning the new status of Harrison's Vice President, John Tyler. Powerful Congressional and Cabinet leaders insisted that he was merely Acting President however Tyler insisted that he was President of the United States in every capacity even going as far as taking the extra-legal steps of being sworn in and giving an inaugural address. The showdown threatened to create a Constitutional crisis and Tyler's opponents eventually backed down rather than risk political chaos. Twenty-four years later when Lincoln was assassinated, The accession of the Vice-President to the Presidency was accepted as a de facto truth despite the fact that it had never been formalized into law and would not be until the 25th Amendment was adopted in 1967.
Booth's conspiracy included not only the assassination of Lincoln but also Vice President Andrew Johnson, Secretary of State William Seward, and according to some evidence, General Ulysses S. Grant.
Had the Booth plot been fully successful both the President and Vice President would have been killed. Under the rules of Presidential succession in place at the time the Presidency would have fallen to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. The President Pro Tempore at the time was Lafayette S. Foster, a little known and now largely forgotten two term senator from Connecticut.
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∙ 14y agoWhen Lincoln died, his Vice-President, Andrew Johnson became President.
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∙ 9y agoThe US Vice President from the 4th of March 1865 until the 15th of April 1865 was Andrew Johnson (NU-TN).
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Who became President when Abraham Lincoln died in office?
Andrew Johnson
Who did the assassination of Abraham Lincoln bring to presidency?
Vice-President Andrew Johnson became President when Lincoln died.
Who was the president from 1865 to 1870?
President Abraham Lincoln died in office on April 15,1865. He was succeeded by Andrew Johnson, who finished out the term. He was replaced by Ulysses S. Grant on March 4, 1869. Grant served until March 4,1877.
What man became preside t when Abraham Lincoln died in office?
Vice-President Andrew Johnson
Who took over as president of the United states when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
When Lincoln died, his Vice-President, Andrew Johnson became President.
Where was president Lincoln when he died?
Abraham Lincoln was the president when he died.
What was an important event in Abraham Lincoln's life?
lincoln's son william died just about a year or so after lincoln became president and it devastated his whole family.
Was Abraham Lincoln still president when he died?
He was.
How did Abraham Lincoln children die?
President Abraham Lincoln had multiple children who died. Willie died of a fever and Thomas died of a heart failure.
Where did president Lincoln died?
Abraham Lincoln died in Washington D.C on 15 April 1865
How many years after Abraham Lincoln died did the new president get elected?
Vice President Andrew Johnson became president the same day Lincoln died and completed the term. The next electedpresident was Ulysses S. Grant, elected in 1868, three years after the Lincoln assassination.
Who was elected after Abraham Lincoln?
The next president elected after Abraham Lincoln was Ulysses S Grant in 1868. Lincoln was reelected in 1864, and was assassinated in April 1865, just a few weeks after his second inauguration. After Lincoln died, Andrew Johnson became president and finished that term for him, but was not elected in 1868.
