A Profile in Courage
- Episode aired May 16, 1956
- 1h
Thaddeus Stevens, the powerful leader of the Radical Republicans in the House of Representatives, wishes to punish the South following the American Civil War. First it was President Abraham ... Read allThaddeus Stevens, the powerful leader of the Radical Republicans in the House of Representatives, wishes to punish the South following the American Civil War. First it was President Abraham Lincoln and now his successor Andrew Johnson who opposes Stevens' plans of retribution. An... Read allThaddeus Stevens, the powerful leader of the Radical Republicans in the House of Representatives, wishes to punish the South following the American Civil War. First it was President Abraham Lincoln and now his successor Andrew Johnson who opposes Stevens' plans of retribution. An angered Stevens begins the process of impeaching Johnson in 1868.