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Much on Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial...
Much on Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial...
Item # 692705
April 14, 1868
NEW YORK TIMES, April 14, 1868
* President Andrew Johnson
* Reconstruction era impeachment trial
The entire front page and close to half of the back page are taken up with reports on Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial, much of it verbatim testimony. The column heads include: "IMPEACHMENT" "Debate Relative to the Closing Arguments" 'Further Objections to Gen. Sherman's Testimony" "The Senate Finally Decides to Admit It" "The Court Of Impeachment" and more.
Eight pages, 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.
Category: Post-Civil War
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