His second inaugural address would later be regarded as one of the great speeches of his career, but not before his soon-to-be vice president made a drunken fool of himself. He then turned to publicly shame each member of Lincoln’s cabinet: “I will say to you, Mr. Secretary Seward, and to you, Mr. Secretary Stanton, and to you, Mr. Secretary . Following the vice presidential oath, it had been tradition for the new vice president to swear in the new senators. The president, with his inebriated vice president by his side, looked for any opportunity to ease the discomfort he had just witnessed. “No stronger contrast could well be present between two men than between President Lincoln and vice-president Johnson on this day,” he observed.

Source: Fox News May 18, 2019 09:56 UTC