Andrew Johnson's Drunken Vice-Presidential Inaugural Address
The story behind America's most controversial vice-presidential inaugural address
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Show Notes
On March 4, 1865, Vice-President-Elect Andrew Johnson gave the most memorable - and controversial - vice-presidential inauguration speech in American history. And that is because Johnson, according to most observers, was resoundingly drunk - and had been on and off for the previous week. Johnson would mumble, slur, and insult his way through his speech, which would color him - and his subsequent presidency - for the rest of his life. This is the story of Andrew Johnson's drunken vice-presidential inaugural address.
Sources
https://www.npca.org/articles/1720-the-drunken-veep
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson%27s_drunk_vice-presidential_inaugural_address
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson
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