Tennessee Johnson (1942)

Tennessee Johnson 1942 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 Eliza convinces him to enter a local election, and, from there, Johnson rises swiftly However, after inheriting the presidency in the wake of Abraham Lincolns assassination, he finds himself on unsteady political ground