Much on Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial...
Item # 726950
April 21, 1868
NEW YORK TIMES, April 21, 1868
* President Andrew Johnson
* Reconstruction era impeachment trial
The entire front page is taken up with reports on the Johnson impeachment trial, with first column heads: "IMPEACHMENT" "Further Testimony Offered by the Prosecution" "All the Evidence Submitted and the Case Closed" "Arguments to be Commenced on Wednesday" "The Impeachment Trial".
Page 4 has an editorial on the impeachment trial, as well as: "The Issue In Impeachment".
Eight pages, minor light foxing, nice condition.
Background: In 1868, President Andrew Johnson became the first U.S. president to be impeached. He was charged primarily for violating the Tenure of Office Act by removing Secretary of War Edwin Stanton without Senate approval. The House of Representatives impeached him, but the Senate acquitted Johnson by just one vote short of the two-thirds needed to convict. The trial reflected deep political conflict over Reconstruction and presidential powers, and Johnson remained in office until his term ended in 1869.
* President Andrew Johnson
* Reconstruction era impeachment trial
The entire front page is taken up with reports on the Johnson impeachment trial, with first column heads: "IMPEACHMENT" "Further Testimony Offered by the Prosecution" "All the Evidence Submitted and the Case Closed" "Arguments to be Commenced on Wednesday" "The Impeachment Trial".
Page 4 has an editorial on the impeachment trial, as well as: "The Issue In Impeachment".
Eight pages, minor light foxing, nice condition.
Background: In 1868, President Andrew Johnson became the first U.S. president to be impeached. He was charged primarily for violating the Tenure of Office Act by removing Secretary of War Edwin Stanton without Senate approval. The House of Representatives impeached him, but the Senate acquitted Johnson by just one vote short of the two-thirds needed to convict. The trial reflected deep political conflict over Reconstruction and presidential powers, and Johnson remained in office until his term ended in 1869.
Category: Post-Civil War
