George Andreas Atzerodt (June 12 1835 – July 7 1865) was a conspirator with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Assigned to assassinate Vice-President Andrew Johnson he lost his nerve and did not make an attempt. He was executed along with three other conspirators by hanging.
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