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Andrew Johnson was the 17 th President of the United States. He was Abraham Lincoln’s vice president, but became president after Lincoln was assassinated (1865-1869). The Democrat came to office as the Civil War ended. Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights Act and the Freedmen’s Bureau. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 tried to stop discrimination against freed slaves and black codes. The Freedmen’s Bureau fed, clothed, and sheltered the newly freed slaves. Congress tried to impeach, trail held in senate to charge a president with misconduct in office and ask him to be released, Johnson but was found not guilty. He was later then impeached and was the first president to be impeached. "Andrew Johnson." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 25 Sept. 2015. Danzer, Gerald A. //The Americans//. Orlando, Fla.: Holt McDougal ;, 2012. Print.