

Tennessee Johnson
Visit website6.1/10 • 8
1942-12-01 • 1h 43m
From poverty to a president. A great American story!
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.
- Directors
- William Dieterle
- Editors
- Robert Kern

Tennessee Johnson
Visit website1942-12-01 • 1h 43m
6.1/10 • 8
From poverty to a president. A great American story!
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.
- Directors
- William Dieterle
- Editors
- Robert Kern
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsVan Heflin
Andrew Johnson
Lionel Barrymore
Thaddeus Stevens
Ruth Hussey
Eliza McCardle Johnson
Marjorie Main
Mrs. Maude Fisher
Regis Toomey
Blackstone McDaniel
J. Edward Bromberg
Coke
Grant Withers
Mordecai Milligan
Alec Craig
Sam Andrews
Charles Dingle
Senator Jim Waters
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $1,042,000.00
- Revenue
- --
- Keywords
- washington dc, usapresidenttennessee