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How did Johnson differ from his Southern colleagues in the Senate?

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Johnson was the only sitting Southern senator who did not resign his seat in the U.S. Senate when the Southern states seceded and formed the Confederacy. Johnson was a Unionist and he worked to support and preserve and defend the Union.

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