Jared Cohen: How a drunk vice president foreshadowed segregation
Jared Cohen explains the extraordinary scene that occurred when Andrew Johnson – sick with typhoid and three brandy glasses deep – was sworn into office as vice president on Inauguration Day, March 4, 1865. This was a day that foreshadowed segregation in a post-Civil War America.
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