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Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson
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Title
The Veto Galop
Artist
Bennett, Donaldson & Elmes Lithography Company, 1865 - 1872
Sitter
Andrew Johnson, 29 Dec 1808 - 31 Jul 1875
Date
c. 1866
Type
Print
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Dimensions
Image: 32.3 x 20.4cm (12 11/16 x 8 1/16")
Sheet: 35.6 x 26.6cm (14 x 10 1/2")
Mat: 55.8 × 40.8 cm (21 15/16 × 16 1/16")
Topic
Nature & Environment\Animal\Horse
Andrew Johnson: Male
Andrew Johnson: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US
Andrew Johnson: Politics and Government\Governor\Tennessee
Andrew Johnson: Politics and Government\US Senator\Tennessee
Andrew Johnson: Politics and Government\President of US
Andrew Johnson: Politics and Government\State Senator\Tennessee
Andrew Johnson: Politics and Government\Public official\Mayor
Andrew Johnson: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Tennessee
Andrew Johnson: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Tennessee
Andrew Johnson: Crafts and Trades\Textile worker\Tailor
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.82.45
Exhibition Label
In April 1865, Andrew Johnson (1808–1875) was thrust into a critical position of power; after a tumultuous four years of war in which Abraham Lincoln had historically expanded the powers of the presidency, Johnson, as president, became the victim of a Congress inclined to curtail his executive authority. A staunch believer in states’ rights, Johnson quickly antagonized Radical Republicans in Congress who felt his policies favored the civil rights of former Confederates at the expense of freed slaves. His vetoes of Reconstruction legislation that supported the rights of southern blacks, as caricatured in this print, and his violation of the Tenure of Office Act (later declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court) in removing Secretary of War Edwin Stanton from office, led to his impeachment in 1868. He was acquitted by a single vote.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view