Tennessee Johnson

Tennessee Johnson
  • 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.
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