Tennessee Johnson
- IMDb link: 0036419
- IMDb rating: 6.5 (734 votes)
- Genres: Drama, Biography
- Director: Lionel Barrymore, William Dieterle
- Cast: Van Heflin, Marjorie Main, Ruth Hussey and others
- Release date: 1 Dec 1942
- Release year: 1942
- Runtime: 103 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: state name in title, character name as title, andrew johnson character, nickname as title, jefferson davis character, capitol building, congress, president, the white house washington d.c., 1830s
Plot:
This biopic focuses on Andrew Johnson, the first American president to be impeached. Initially an uneducated drifter who stumbles upon a job as a tailor in a Tennessee town, Johnson is taught to read by librarian and future wife Eliza, who convinces him to enter a local election; from there he rises swiftly. However, after inheriting the presidency in the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, he finds himself on unsteady political ground.