Tennessee Johnson

Van Heflin

— Andrew Johnson

Lionel Barrymore

— Thaddeus Stevens

Ruth Hussey

— Eliza McCardle Johnson

Marjorie Main

— Mrs. Maude Fisher

Regis Toomey

— Blackstone McDaniel

J. Edward Bromberg

— Coke

Grant Withers

— Mordecai Milligan

Alec Craig

— Sam Andrews

Charles Dingle

— Senator Jim Waters

Carl Benton Reid

— Congressman Hargrove

Russell Hicks

— Lincoln's Emissary

Noah Beery

— Sheriff Cass (as Noah Beery Sr.)

Robert Warwick

— Major Crooks

Montagu Love

— Chief Justice Chase

Lloyd Corrigan

— Mr. Secretary

William Farnum

— Senator Huyler

Charles Trowbridge

— Lansbury

Lynne Carver

— Martha Lincoln

Russell Simpson

— Kirby

Morris Ankrum

— Jefferson Davis

Dane Clark

— Wirts (uncredited)

Jeff Corey

— Captain (uncredited)

Jim Davis

— Reporter (uncredited)

Will Wright

— Alderman (uncredited)