WI: Andrew Johnson Impeached in 1866

..still a fair chance Johnson received a lot of opposition in '65, especially if he was perceived as departing from Lincoln's policies.

At the time of the assassination, Johnson was "perceived as departing from Lincoln's policies" - being much more vindictive toward the Confederate leadership than Lincoln. Johnson had been a "poor white", who on one occasion denounced the plantation elite as a "swaggering, bastard, scrub aristocracy". The Radicals thought he was completely sound.

It was not till months later that Johnson's support of "Conservative Reconstruction" and white supremacy put him at odds with the Radicals. And it was rather too late by then to question his legitimacy as President.
 
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