Andrew Johnson - Mistress

[JMadonna]

(11-17-2017 10:13 AM)L Verge Wrote:  Just a thought from me regarding why Johnson was not out celebrating on the night of the assassination: Wasn't the VP sort of a pariah after his "performance" at the Second Inaugural? Who were his friends in DC that he might party with? Wasn't Stanton at home and unoccupied with partying that night also?

Johnson may have been a man who craved sexual attention at times, but for some reason I just don't see it happening in a public hotel once he became VP. I am more inclined to see him staying home and brooding over drinks after being rebuffed by so many colleagues after his inauguration.

1. Johnson was in deed a political albatross but he had many drinking friends. John W. Forney was probably the most prominent. (or was that a test question from you?)

2, Remember there was no official residence for the VP at that time which is why he was in the hotel. Where else was he going to it? They didn't have Air Force 1 or even sleazy motels either.

3. He was not rebuffed in private ( there but for the grace of God...) Stringfellow stayed in the room near him to listen about what was said from his visitors.

I'm sorry that you don't believe Washington wasn't a cesspool in the 1860s. It hasn't changed much