Question

Why didn't George Atzerodt kill Vice President Johnson?
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Answer 1

Atzerodt said that Booth really wanted David Herold to assassinate Vice President Johnson because he thought that Herold had "more pluck" than Atzerodt did. Atzerodt said Booth wanted him to "back up" Herold and "give him more courage."

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Answer 2

The short answer is that George Atzerodt failed because he was a coward and a drunkard. And because his heart was never in it in the first place.

Explanation: Keep in mind that John WIlkes Booth planned to kidnap President Lincoln, and transport him to the South, and then ransom him for imprisoned Confederate soldiers in the North, thereby allowing the Confederacy to continue to fight the Civil War.