The tumultuous presidency of 19th-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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Van Heflin as Andrew Johnson
Lionel Barrymore as Thaddeus Stevens
Ruth Hussey as Eliza McCardle Johnson
Marjorie Main as Mrs. Maude Fisher
Regis Toomey as Blackstone McDaniel
J. Edward Bromberg as Coke
Grant Withers as Mordecai Milligan
Alec Craig as Sam Andrews
Charles Dingle as Senator Jim Waters
Carl Benton Reid as Congressman Hargrove
Russell Hicks as Lincoln's Emissary
Noah Beery as Sheriff Cass (as Noah Beery Sr.)
Robert Warwick as Major Crooks
Montagu Love as Chief Justice Chase
Lloyd Corrigan as Mr. Secretary
William Farnum as Senator Huyler
Charles Trowbridge as Lansbury
Lynne Carver as Martha Lincoln
Russell Simpson as Kirby
Morris Ankrum as Jefferson Davis
Dane Clark as Wirts (uncredited)
Jeff Corey as Captain (uncredited)
Jim Davis as Reporter (uncredited)
Will Wright as Alderman (uncredited)
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