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Article: Andrew Johnson, unreconstructed: President Andrew Johnson steadfastly upheld the Constitution and the rule of law as he opposed those who sought to rule the defeated Confederate states with an iron fist.(HISTORY--STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM)
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- The New American
- Article date:
- December 11, 2006
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Win or lose, successful in worldly terms or not, American heroes have stood for constitutional principles advocated by our Founding Fathers in every social and political battle since our nation's birth. But if such men and women still appear in "mainstream" modern histories, they are typically presented as reactionaries, fools, or villains. Few people provide a better example than America's 17th president, Andrew Johnson.
If your recollection proves hazy of this president--not to be confused with the earlier Andrew Jackson or the much-later Lyndon Johnson--you are not alone.
If Andrew Johnson is recalled in modern history books, it is typically to point ...