USA HISTORY

How many days had Andrew Johnson been in office when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

(A) 1047

(B) 463

(C) 264

(D) ** 42

Concept note-1: -The presidency of Andrew Johnson began on April 15, 1865, when Andrew Johnson became President of the United States upon the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and ended on March 4, 1869.

Concept note-2: -Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, as he was vice president at that time.

Concept note-3: -Abraham Lincoln’s career as America’s 16th president spanned about four years, from March 4, 1861 to his murder on April 15, 1865, by a Confederate sympathizer.

Concept note-4: -The biography for President Johnson and past presidents is courtesy of the White House Historical Association. With the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson became the 17th President of the United States (1865-1869), an old-fashioned southern Jacksonian Democrat of pronounced states’ rights views.