Andrew Johnson

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The goal to strive for is a poor

government but a rich people

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Andrew Johns on got to become pres ident .when Abe Lincoln was As s as s inated

- He was a Democrat Unionis t

Johnson was drunk at his inauguration for Vice President.(His doctor had prescribed him some alcoholic medicine.)

He was the first president to be visited by a queen. Queen Emma of the Sandwich Islands came to America on August 14, 1866.