The two have much in common. Like Trump, Johnson followed an unconventional path to the presidency. A Tennessean and lifelong Democrat, Johnson was a defender of slavery and white supremacy but also an uncompromising Unionist. He was the only U.S. senator from the South who opposed his state’s move ...
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