Who was the President of the United States in 1857?

Answer 1

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United States: Andrew Johnson.

Following Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 15, 1865, Vice President Andrew Johnson (born December 29, 1808 in Raleigh, North Carolina; died July 31, 1875 in Elizabethton, Tennessee) became the seventeenth President of the United States, serving from 1865 April 15 to 1869 March 4.

Answer 2

Andrew Johnson was the President of the United States in 1867. Andrew Johnson (born December 29, 1808 in Raleigh, North Carolina; died July 31, 1875 in Elizabethton, Tennessee) succeeded Abraham Lincoln as the seventeenth President of the United States, serving between April 15, 1865 and March 4, 1869, including the whole of the year 1867. Vice President Johnson's succession to presidency was caused by the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

Answer 3

Franklin Pierce was the President of the United States at the start of 1857, replaced by James Buchanan on March 4.

Franklin Pierce (born November 23, 1804 in Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died October 8, 1869 in Concord, New Hampshire) succeeded Millard Fillmore as the fourteenth President of the United States, serving between March 4, 1853 and March 4, 1857.

Following Franklin Pearce's defeat in the United States Presidential Election of 1856, James Buchanan (born April 23, 1791 in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania; died June 1, 1868 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) became the fifteenth President of the United States, serving between March 4, 1857 and March 4, 1861.

Answer 4

The president at the time was Andrew Johnson.

Answer 5

Andrew Johnson was the president all of 1867.