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4 myths the Trump team promoted about Andrew Johnson

  • Written by Paul Harvey, Professor of American History, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
The U.S. House of Representatives brought 11 articles of impeachment against Andrew Johnson.Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images

The claims: Andrew Johnson then, like Donald Trump now, was unjustly impeached by a group of radicals in the House of Representatives.

Fortunately – so the claim continues – enough honest...

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