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Tennessee Johnson

Tennessee Johnson1942

★6.7103 minHistoryDrama

The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's boyhood and covers his early life. During the Civil War, Johnson stays a staunch Unionist and upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President. After Lincoln's assassination, Johnson becomes the President and became the first U.S. president ever to be impeached.

Director

William Dieterle

Writer

John L. Balderston Wells Root

Score

Herbert Stothart

Stars

Van Heflin Lionel Barrymore Ruth Hussey

Cast24

Van Heflin
as Andrew Johnson
Lionel Barrymore
as Thaddeus Stevens
Ruth Hussey
as Eliza McCardle Johnson
Marjorie Main
as Mrs. Maude Fisher
Regis Toomey
as Blackstone McDaniel
J. Edward Bromberg
as Coke
Grant Withers
as Mordecai Milligan
Alec Craig
as Sam Andrews
Charles Dingle
as Senator Jim Waters
Carl Benton Reid
as Congressman Hargrove
Russell Hicks
as Lincoln's Emissary
Noah Beery
as Sheriff Cass (as Noah Beery Sr.)
Robert Warwick
as Major Crooks
Montagu Love
as Chief Justice Chase
Lloyd Corrigan
as Mr. Secretary
William Farnum
as Senator Huyler
Charles Trowbridge
as Lansbury
Lynne Carver
as Martha Lincoln
Russell Simpson
as Kirby
Morris Ankrum
as Jefferson Davis
Dane Clark
as Wirts (uncredited)
Jeff Corey
as Captain (uncredited)
Jim Davis
as Reporter (uncredited)
Will Wright
as Alderman (uncredited)

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