12. Andrew Johnson
This President was only made the 17th President of the United States because he was the Vice President when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Andrew Johnson was also the very first president to be impeached after which he was acquitted by the Senate. He was a Southern Unionist and was the only serving Senator from a Confederate state that didn’t secede from his seat.
This made him an obvious running mate for Lincoln in the election for the 16th President. Although he didn’t secede with the Confederates, Johnson was against most Amendments and laws that gave rights to African Americans and former slaves. Many rank him among the very worst Presidents that have served office. With this information about how racist Johnson is we gather that if gay humans were allowed to be out in this time period that Andrew Johnson would surely fight their ability to have equal rights.
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