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“King Andy I”

Topic:
Reconstruction Era
Source:
Harper’s Weekly
Date:
November 3, 1866, p. 696
 
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Thomas Nast and Horace Greeley remained political allies during the administration of President Andrew Johnson (1865-1868), the Democratic successor to the slain Abraham Lincoln.  The Harper’s Weekly cartoonist and New York Tribune editor both objected to Johnson’s lenient Reconstruction policies and supported the effort to impeach [link to HW site] and remove the president from office.

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