Tennessee Johnson

Directed by William Dieterle

With Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Hussey, Marjorie Main and Regis Toomey

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.