The seventeenth President of the United States, Andrew Johnson, is perhaps an unlikely figure which proponents of free markets would be inclined to consider. Upon assuming the role of Chief Executive ...

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Don Wesely, a longtime state lawmaker from Lincoln who also served a term as ... dead in his home on Wednesday morning. The cause of death was not immediately known. "The timing was just horrible ...

The southern widow's Maryland house was a crucial stop on the escape route for assassin John Wilkes Booth the night he shot the president. Read more about Abraham ...

Lincoln’s successor, Andrew Johnson, fervently wanted to declare victory and move on and he prevailed in that strategy, reducing the occupying Union Army force until it was ineffectual.

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This cover image released by Knopf shows "Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War" by Michael Vorenberg. (Knopf via AP) ...

Andrew Stanton is a Newsweek weekend reporter based in Maine. His role is reporting on U.S. politics and social issues. Andrew joined Newsweek in 2021 from The Boston Globe. He is a graduate of ...