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9. Andrew Johnson, 1,419 Days
In Office: April 15, 1865—March 4, 1869
在位： 1865年4月15日——1869年3月4日
Served the remainder of Lincoln's term. Sought the Democratic nomination in 1868, but was unsuccessful. Johnson had an ambiguousparty status. He attempted to build up a party of loyalists under the National Union label, but he did not identify with either of the two main parties while President—though he did try for the Democratic nomination in 1868. Asked in 1868 why he did not become a Democrat, he said “It is true I am asked why don't I join the Democratic party. Why don't they join me…if I have administered the office of president so well?”
Johnson繼Lincoln接任美國總統。在1868年尋求民主黨提名，但是未能成功。Johnson的黨派一直模棱兩可。他曾嘗試打著民族聯盟的旗號建立一個反對獨立的黨派，但是在他在位期間，他并未明確自己從屬兩個主要黨派中的哪個--盡管他在1868年嘗試讓民主黨提名他繼任。當別人問他為什么1868年他沒有成為民主黨人，他說：“問我為什么不加入民主黨是對的。如果我將美國管理的很出色，為什么他們不和我統一戰線？”
