

Tennessee Johnson
From poverty to a president. A great American story!
6.611 votes on TMDB1942Movie1h 43m
Follows the tumultuous presidency of the 19th President of the United States, Andrew Johnson, whose story begins with his boyhood and early life. During the Civil War, Johnson remains a staunch Unionist and, upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President. After Lincoln is assassinated, Johnson becomes the first U.S. President ever to be impeached.
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Van Heflin
Andrew Johnson

Lionel Barrymore
Thaddeus Stevens

Ruth Hussey
Eliza McCardle Johnson

Marjorie Main
Mrs. Maude Fisher

Regis Toomey
Blackstone McDaniel

J. Edward Bromberg
Coke

Grant Withers
Mordecai Milligan

Alec Craig
Sam Andrews

Charles Dingle
Senator Jim Waters

Carl Benton Reid
Congressman Hargrove

Russell Hicks
Lincoln's Emissary

Noah Beery
Sheriff Cass (as Noah Beery Sr.)
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