Party: National Union
Fact One: The first president to be impeached by Congress. He was acquitted, but there were rumors (and an investigation) as to whether or not Senators were bribed into voting to acquit.
Fact Two: Purchased Alaska from the Russians for the low price of $7.2 million.
Fact Three: Decided to pardon the elite whites of the South after the Civil War, which led them to retaking positions of power.
Fact Four: Once the Confederacy was dealt with, this president sent 50,000 troops to the Texas-Mexican border to force the French to pull support from their puppet regime.
Fact Five: After his presidential term, he became the only former president to serve in the Senate.
Quotes:
“If I am shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet.”
“The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.”
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