Tennessee Johnson

    Tennessee Johnson
    1942

    Synopsis

    The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's boyhood and covers his early life. During the Civil War, Johnson stays a staunch Unionist and upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President. After Lincoln's assassination, Johnson becomes the President and became the first U.S. president ever to be impeached.

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    Cast

    • Van HeflinAndrew Johnson
    • Lionel BarrymoreThaddeus Stevens
    • Ruth HusseyEliza McCardle Johnson
    • Marjorie MainMrs. Maude Fisher
    • Regis ToomeyBlackstone McDaniel
    • J. Edward BrombergCoke
    • Grant WithersMordecai Milligan
    • Alec CraigSam Andrews
    • Charles DingleSenator Jim Waters
    • Carl Benton ReidCongressman Hargrove

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