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Much coverage of Johnson's impeachment trial...
Much coverage of Johnson's impeachment trial...
Item # 692703
April 12, 1868
NEW YORK TIMES, April, 12, 1868
* President Andrew Johnson
* Reconstruction era impeachment trial
The entire front page and much of the back page are taken up with reports on Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial with column heads: "IMPEACHMENT" "The Re-Examination of Gen. Thomas" "Several Remarkable Corrections to His Former Testimony" "Examination of Gen. Sherman" "Sharp Debate Between Stanbery and Butler" "A Part of Gen. Sherman's Testimony Ruled Out by the Senate" "The Impeachment Trial". Much of the coverage is verbatim testimony.
Eight pages (no supplement), nice condition.
AI notes: 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.
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