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Tennessee Johnson

Tennessee Johnson

Original title
Tennessee Johnson
Year
1942
Gender
Biography , Drama
Director
William Dieterle
Country
United States of America
Details
103 minutes / black & white / sound

The tumultuous presidency of 17th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's boyhood and covers his early life. During the Civil War, Johnson stays a staunch Unionist and upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President. After Lincoln's assassination, Johnson becomes the President and became the first U.S. president ever to be impeached.

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