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Dr. Lesley Gordon Featured in Podcast on Presidency of Andrew Johnson

Dr. Lesley Gordon, the Charles G. Summersell Chair of Southern History, appeared recently in episode two of the SMU Center for Presidential History’s The Past, The Promise, The Presidency, Season One: Race and the American Legacy! podcast, along with presidential historian Jon Meacham. Andrew Johnson was the lone southern senator to remain loyal to the Union at the outbreak of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln rewarded his loyalty by first appointing him military governor of Tennessee, then  making Johnson his […]

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