by John Adler,
Publisher
After Andrew
Johnson’s acquittal on May 16, 1868, he served as President until General Ulysses S.
Grant was inaugurated on March 4, 1869. Grant was nominated in a few days after the
acquittal, and beat Horatio Seymour in the November election.After his acquittal, Johnson no longer interfered with the military
implementation of Reconstruction. The Southern States adopted acceptable plans of
Reconstruction and all but three had rejoined the Union by the time Johnson’s term
ended. In addition, the Fourteenth Amendment became part of the Constitution on July 20,
1868.
Johnson ran for Senator from Tennessee in November 1869 but was
beaten. He ran again in 1874 and was elected. He reappeared in the Senate briefly in March
1875, greeted by a Thomas Nast cartoon. However, he died less than five months later on
July 31, 1875.
This section contains nine cartoons about Johnson, five of them by
Thomas Nast. "The Political Death of the Bogus Caesar" shows Johnson as if he
had been convicted at trial, as Nast believed he would be when he drew it.
Articles Related to the Remainder of Johnson's Term and Life:
The Democratic
Convention (Give me another Horse) (cartoon)
July 25, 1868, page 480
All Quiet on the Potomac (cartoon)
October 31, 1868, page 695
Andrew Johnson
March 13, 1869, page 162
The Political Death of the Bogus Caesar (cartoon)
March 13, 1869, page 164
A. J. Returns to his First Love (cartoon)
March 6, 1869, page 160
"Farewell, A Long Farewell, To All My
Greatness!" (cartoon)
March 13, 1869, page 176
Preparing To Go Out (cartoon)
March 13, 1869, page 171
Home At Last (cartoon)
April 24, 1869, page 267
Notes
November 6, 1869, page 707
"Poor Andy" (cartoon)
November 20, 1869, page 752
Mr. Seward
March 20, 1869, page 178
The Whirligig Of Time (cartoon)
February 20, 1875, page 164
Death of Andrew Johnson
August 14, 1875, page 655
The Late Andrew Johnson (illus)
August 14, 1875, page 665
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