Which president was in office during Booth’s death?
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Answer
Andrew Johnson was the president of the United States at the time John Wilkes Booth was captured and executed. Johnson had been sworn in as president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865. Booth was captured on April 26, 1865, and was executed by hanging on July 7, 1865.
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