Because he wanted the same things that they wanted. and the were VERY happy that this happened. they knew it would benefit them.
The person who became President after Lincoln was shot was the Vice President, Andrew Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who became the 17th President,was the 16th vice president.
Andrew Johnson was the US President after Abraham Lincoln.Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States from April 15, 1865 to March 4, 1869. The vice president for Lincoln's second term, Andrew Johnson replaced Hannibal Hamlin as Vice President and became president after Lincoln was assassinated, sworn in three hours after Lincoln died in 1865. Andrew Johnson was the governor of Tennessee and one of the few Southern Senators to stay loyal to the Union during the Civil War. Johnson was elected to be Lincoln's running-mate for the 1864 election.
Andrew Johnson had been a Democrat until the Civil War broke out. He had no clout in the Republican Party and was never thought of as a presidential candidate. The only reason that he was vice-president is that Lincoln wanted him on the ticket. He was from Tennessee and thought of as a Southerner. He was far down the list of people that most Republicans wanted as President.
Johnson was vice-president under Lincoln. After Lincoln was killed, Johnson became president.
Andrew Johnson
Answer: Andrew Johnson.
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Andrew Johnson of Tennessee was Vice President. He became President when Lincoln was killed.
Andrew Johnson became the president when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
No. Andrew Johnson was a Democrat who had run for election as President Lincoln's Vice-President on the National Union ticket. The Radical Republicans wanted drastic changes in the South during Reconstruction; Johnson was more sympathetic to the South, and wanted to reunite them with the Union immediately and unconditionally.
Andrew Johnson was the 17th President. He was the vice-president under Lincoln and became President after Lincoln was killed.