enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Andrew Johnson - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson

    Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869.He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, as he was vice president at that time.

  3. Presidency of Andrew Johnson - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Andrew_Johnson

    The presidency of Andrew Johnson began on April 15, 1865, when Andrew Johnson became President of the United States upon the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and ended on March 4, 1869. He had been Vice President of the United States for only six weeks when he succeeded to the presidency.

  4. List of United States presidential assassination attempts and ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States...

    President James A. Garfield with James G. Blaine after being shot by Charles J. Guiteau. The assassination of James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, began at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:20 AM on Saturday, July 2, 1881, less than four months after he took office.

  5. 13 presidents of the United States who survived assassination ...

    www.aol.com/2017-05-12-13-presidents-of-the...

    Four out of 45 US presidents have been assassinated over the course of American history. But many more chief executives escaped assassination attempts thanks to heroic bystanders, diligent guards ...

  6. A look at the history of presidential assassination attempts ...

    www.aol.com/news/four-us-presidents-were...

    ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the 16th president. Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated, shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, as he and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, attended a special ...

  7. List of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the...

    The incumbent president is Joe Biden, who assumed office on January 20, 2021. [13] The president-elect is Donald Trump, who will assume office on January 20, 2025. [14] [15] Trump will be the second president after Cleveland to serve two non-consecutive terms, as the 45th and 47th president. [16]

  8. George Atzerodt - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Atzerodt

    George Andrew Atzerodt (June 12, 1835 – July 7, 1865) [1] [2] was a German American repairman, Confederate sympathizer, and conspirator in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. He was assigned to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson, but lost his nerve and made no attempt. [3]

  9. Two presidents, Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, were assassinated in office after narrowly escaping previous attempts on their lives. Former President Andrew Jackson survived an assassination ...