President Andrew Johnson Banquet

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Creator

Neil House

Title

President Andrew Johnson Banquet

Coverage

Columbus, Ohio

Date

September 12, 1866

Description

In an attempt to bolster his mild Reconstruction policies and support his preferred candidates in the North, President Andrew Johnson took his cabinet on an eighteen-day speaking campaign during the congressional elections of 1866. Dubbed the “Swing around the Circle,” the political trip turned into a fiasco by the time the President reached Columbus, two days before he returned to the White House with less support than when he embarked on the tour.