Tennessee Johnson

From poverty to a president. A great American story!

12/1/19421h 43min6.6/10(11 TMDB votes)

HistoryDrama

Directed by William Dieterle

Plot

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.