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Lincoln's Almost-Assassin (1869)

Published: March 7, 2023, 2:42 p.m.

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It\\u2019s March 7th. IN 1869, President Andrew Johnson pardoned a man by the name of Samuel Arnold \\u2014 who had been imprisoned for five years for plotting to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss why Johnson is choosing to pardon many Confederate sympathizers, as well as the many ways in which people tried to kill Lincoln before he was finally assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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