Andrew Johnson: The impeached president

“Fillmore’s lips were on that tea cup.” That is the funniest thing I’ll hear all day.

Is it me or does every picture of Andrew Johnson depict him as looking particularly miserable

I'm not an American, I'm not black but whenever I see Abe Lincoln's portrait or picture, I feel the urge to hug him and say thank you. He did not deserve the kind of end he got. I don't think anyone else can leave a legacy like he did 🙏

I always find the elderly and extremely knowledgable guides for these reviled figures so adorable.

The ghost of Johnson walks by at 2:59

Johnson: I got impeached. Clinton: I got impeached. Trump: Hold my Adderall.

"Filmore's lips were on that teacup" the historian is crazy lol

Andrew Johnson, in all those pictures, looked like he was gonna snap someone's neck in a second.

This reporter sounds like he’s Shaggy’s brother from Scooby Doo.

Johnson: I was impeached Clinton: same thing with me Trump: I was the first president to be impeached twice

"He never forgot the sound of someone criticizing him."

1:37 Not "Andrew JohnsInn." Missed opportunity!

“ I don’t know who could’ve been more successful at that time. I don’t think it would’ve been any more smooth sailing for Lincoln”...Well, let’s see here. If Andrew Johnson had not vetoed half of the bills sent by Congress that would’ve helped the newly freed slaves, perhaps he would’ve had a much easier time and more successful presidency 🤷‍♂️

I visited the Johnson Historic Site in Greenville, TN. I had studied him in high school and always felt for the man. As they said at the end of this video, he had been put into a very difficult situation and it would have been difficult for anyone to have been able to do the job well. Even JFK spoke of his admiration for Johnson in the book, "President Kennedy Selects Six Brave Presidents."

I didn't realise actor Tommy Lee Jones was President? :P

Ironically, it was Andrew Johnson who said "Treason is a crime that must be made odious". 🤔

Twenty years ago Tommy Lee Jones would have been the perfect choice for his portrayal in a movie, he just looks like him !

Time to update the list

The choice of Andrew Johnson as Vice President- Lincoln's WORST decision.

1:10 the idea that a "Union-supporting Southern Democrat was not supposed to exist" would come as quite a surprise to the Texas Hill Country, Searcy County Arkansas, Winston County Alabama, the Free State of Jones in Mississippi, the hills of northwest Georgia and Johnson's own back yard which tried to secede from Tennessee the way West Virginia did (Scott County Tennessee was only readmitted to the state in 1986), ALL of which were bastions of Union support which considered the CSA secession to be illegal. All this does is propagate the myth that "the South" -- rather than aristocratic élite elements IN the South --- started the Civil War, as if "the South" was somehow "unified" in the quest. It's true that "Democrats" effectively didn't exist since the Confederacy had no political parties but the rest of the description was in no way unusual ESPECIALLY in east Tennessee. The aforementioned Scott County voted 95% against secession in its referendum and then proceeded to secede from the state. So Union-supporting Southerners, Democrats or not, certainly did exist and made considerable noise.