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Who was Lincoln's Vice President that took over as President after his assassination, and how did he get along with the Radical Republicans? Why do you think Lincoln chose a Southern Democrat as his Vice President?

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With the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson became the 17th President of the United States (1865-1869), an old-fashioned southern Jacksonian Democrat of pronounced states’ rights views.

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