Among the books in the library of the late Andrew Johnson, says the Nashville Union, is a small volume entitled "The American Speaker. A selection of popular, parliamentary, and forensic eloquence ...

ANDREW JOHNSON, Vice-President of the United States ... the Chief Justice administered the following oath to Mr. JOHNSON: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of ...

Before Abraham Lincoln took to the stage for his second inauguration in March 1865, there was the formality of swearing in Vice President-elect Andrew Johnson. Johnson, unfortunately, had arrived ...