With the death of Abraham Lincoln on April 15, 1865, Andrew Johnson was plunged into a national political morass. Johnson, a Southern Democrat and advocate of states' rights, had been chosen as Lincoln's second-term running mate. Now as Lincoln's successor

With the death of Abraham Lincoln on April 15, 1865, Andrew Johnson was plunged into a national political morass. As Lincoln's successor, he faced a most difficult trial - a divisiveness that threatened to undo the fabric of a nation desperately trying to