From poverty to a president. A great American story!
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.
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
Russell HicksLincoln's Emissary
Noah BeerySheriff Cass (as Noah Beery Sr.)
Robert WarwickMajor Crooks
Montagu LoveChief Justice Chase
Lloyd CorriganMr. Secretary
