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Defender of the Constitution Andrew Johnson
Defender of the Constitution Andrew Johnson Author:Green, Margaret Defender of the Constitution Andrew Johnson Born: December 29, 1808 Died July 31, 1875 Of all the men who have served as President of the United States, Andrew Johnson was the only one ever to undergo the ever trial of impeachment. He was branded a traitor because he upheld Lincoln's plan to return the eleven states of the defeated Confederacy... more » to the Union. At the time of his impeachment trial, he was acquitted by a narrow margin, and history has proved that he actually preserved the Union when lesser men might have destroyed her. Against overwhelming odds, Andrew Johnson stood against Congress, his own political party and the American press in defense of his own principals.« less