Andrew Johnson: A Resource Guide

George T. Brown, sergeant-at-arms, serving the summons on President Johnson / sketched by T.R. Davis. 1 print: wood engraving. 1868. Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-106849

Selected Bibliography

Finding Books by and about Andrew Johnson

The Library of Congress online catalog contains more than thirty subject headings for books related to Andrew Johnson. To find works on any of these topics, select Basic Search, and enter the words Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 into the search box; then choose the Subject Browse option. You will get the list of Johnson-related subject headings. Click on any heading to see a list of titles that have that subject heading; and click on any of the titles to access the book's bibliographic record.

From among the hundreds of Johnson-related titles in the Library of Congress collections, the bibliography below highlights the most significant editions of works by Johnson and a limited selection of biographies and other works particularly useful to general and younger readers.

Selected Works by Andrew Johnson

Graf, LeRoy P., and Ralph W. Haskins, eds. The Papers of Andrew Johnson. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1967-.
LC Call Number: E415.6 .J65 1967 [Catalog Record]

Selected Biographies and other Studies of Johnson

Benedict, Michael Les. The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson. New York: Norton, 1973.
LC Call Number: E666 .B46 1973 [Catalog Record]

Castel, Albert E. The Presidency of Andrew Johnson. Lawrence: Regents Press of Kansas, 1979.
LC Call Number: E666 .C23 [Catalog Record]

Hearn, Chester G. The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2000.
LC Call Number: E666 .H44 2000 [Catalog Record]

McKitrick, Eric L., ed. Andrew Johnson: A Profile. New York: Hill and Wang, 1969.
LC Call Number: E667 .M3 [Catalog Record]

-----. Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction. 1960; rpt. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
LC Call Number: E668 .M156 1988 [Catalog Record]

Sefton, James E. Andrew Johnson and the Uses of Constitutional Power. Boston: Little, Brown, 1980.
LC Call Number: E667 .S43 [Catalog Record]

Simpson, Brooks D. The Reconstruction Presidents. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1998.
LC Call Number: E668 .S58 1998 [Catalog Record]

Trefousse, Hans L. Andrew Johnson: A Biography. New York: Norton, 1989.
LC Call Number: E667 .T74 1989 [Catalog Record]

Bibliographies

McCaslin, Richard B. Andrew Johnson: A Bibliography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1992.
LC Call Number: Z8455.567 .M33 1992 [Catalog Record]

Sayler, James, comp. Presidents of the United States--Their Written Measure: A Bibliography. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1996.
LC Call Number: Z1249.P7 S29 1996 [Catalog Record]

Younger Readers

Burgan, Michael. Andrew Johnson. Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2003.
LC Call Number: E667 .B87 2003 [Catalog Record]

Dubowski, Cathy East. Andrew Johnson: Rebuilding the Union. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Silver Burdett Press, 1991.
LC Call Number: E667 .D88 1991 [Catalog Record]

Harper, Judith E. Andrew Johnson: Our Seventeenth President. Chanhassen, Minn.: Child’s World, 2002.
LC Call Number: E667 .H37 2002 [Catalog Record]

Hughes, Christopher. Andrew Johnson. Woodbridge, Conn.: Blackbirch Press, 2001.
LC Call Number: E667 .H84 2001 [Catalog Record]

Malone, Mary. Andrew Johnson. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1999.
LC Call Number: E667 .M25 1999 [Catalog Record]

Nardo, Don. Andrew Johnson: America's 17th President. New York: Children’s Press, 2004.
LC Call Number: E667 .N37 2004 [Catalog Record]