The Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson – History Of The First Attempt to Impeach the President of The United States & The Trial that Followed

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Little is now known to the general public of the history of the attempt to remove President Andrew Johnson in 1868, on his impeachment by the House of Representatives and trial by the Senate for alleged high crimes and misdemeanors in office, or of the causes that led to it. Yet it was one of the most important and critical events, involving possibly the gravest consequences, in the entire history of the country. The constitutional power to impeach and remove the President had lain dormant since the organization of the Government, and apparently had never been thought of as a means for the satisfaction of political enmities or for the punishment of alleged executive misdemeanors, even in the many heated controversies between the President and Congress that had theretofore arisen. Nor would any attempt at impeachment have been made at that time but for the great numerical disparity then existing between the respective representatives in Congress of the two political parties of the country. Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. Johnson became president as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The new president favored quick restoration of the seceded states to the Union. His plans did not give protection to the former slaves, and he came into conflict with the Republican-dominated Congress, culminating in his impeachment by the House of Representatives. He was the first American president to be impeached, in the Senate by one vote.

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GenreHistory, Biography and Memoir

Length10 hrs 8 mins

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Publish dateApr 21, 2017

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1The Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson – History Of The First Attempt to Impeach the President of The United States &amp; The Trial that Followed

2PREFACE

3CHAPTER I — THE PROBLEM OF RECONSTRUCTION

4CHAPTER II — THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION

5CHAPTER III — MR. JOHNSON&#x27;S ACCESSION TO THE PRESIDENCY

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6CHAPTER IV — FIRST ATTEMPT TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT

7CHAPTER V — THE TENURE-OF-OFFICE ACT

8CHAPTER VI — IMPEACHMENT AGREED TO BY THE HOUSE

9CHAPTER VII — IMPEACHMENT REPORTED TO THE SENATE

10CHAPTER VIII — ORGANIZATION OF THE COURT ARGUMENT OF COUNSEL

11CHAPTER IX — EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES AND THEIR TESTIMONY

12CHAPTER X — A CONFERENCE HELD AND THE FIRST VOTE TAKEN