President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford Theater on April 14, 1865, and dies the next day. Andrew Johnson is administered the oath of office at the Kirkwood Hotel by Salmon P. Chase, chief justice of the United States.
President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford Theater on April 14, 1865, and dies the next day. Andrew Johnson is administered the oath of office at the Kirkwood Hotel by Salmon P. Chase, chief justice of the United States.