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  2. Andrew Johnson - Wikipedia

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    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

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    Contemporary woodcut of Johnson being sworn in by Chief Justice Chase as Cabinet members look on, April 15, 1865. President Abraham Lincoln had won the 1860 presidential election as a member of the Republican Party, but, in hopes of winning the support of War Democrats, he ran under the banner of the National Union Party in the 1864 presidential election. [1]

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

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    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 ...

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    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. George Atzerodt - Wikipedia

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    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]

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

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    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 ...

  8. List of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. List of United States presidential firsts - Wikipedia

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    First president born after the death of his father. [u] [84] First president elected as a Democrat to the presidency. [85] First president to marry a divorced woman. [86] First president to kill someone [v] in a duel. [88] First president to survive an assassination attempt while in office. [w] [89] [90] First president born in the Carolinas. [91]