Johnson's Impeachment
07/20/1866 Governor Crawford of Kansas appoints Edmund Ross to succeed James H. Lane in the U.S. Senate.
09/13/1866 The Massachusetts Republican Convention meets and has harsh words for President Johnson.
09/18/1866 In Galesburg, Illinois, the annual general meeting of Universalists condemns President Johnson.
09/29/1866 In a Cleveland, Ohio speech, Benjamin Butler threatens President Johnson with impeachment.
12/03/1866 Senator George Williams of Oregon introduces the "Tenure of Office Act" in the U.S. Senate.
12/18/1866 The U.S. Senate passes the initial version of the "Tenure of Office Act" on a vote of twenty-nine for and nine against.
01/07/1867 The House of Representatives requests its Judiciary Committee to investigate impeachment of President Johnson
01/28/1867 In Washington D.C., President Johnson vetoes the Colorado Statehood Bill
02/18/1867 The compromise "Tenure of Office Act" passes the U.S. Senate by a vote of twenty-two to ten.
02/19/1867 The compromise "Tenure of Office Act" passes the House of Representatives by a vote of 112 to 41.
03/01/1867 The U.S. Senate fails to override President Johnson's veto of the Colorado Statehood Bill.
03/02/1867 President Johnson rejects the "Tenure of Office Bill" and the Congress over-rides his veto before the day is out.
03/07/1867 The Fortieth Congress orders its Judiciary Committee to continue impeachment investigations on President Johnson
12/04/1867 In Washington, the House Judiciary Committee reports and recommends the impeachment of President Johnson.
12/07/1867 The Fortieth Congress strongly rejects its Judiciary Committee's recommendation to President Johnson.
Ashley, Delos Rodeyn
Boutwell, George Sewall
Butler, Benjamin Franklin
Covode, John
Doolittle, James Rood
Edmunds, George Franklin
Grimes, James Wilson
Lynch, John
Mallory, Rufus
Norris, Benjamin White
Norton, Daniel Sheldon Norton
Patterson, David Trotter
Poland, Luke Potter
Roots, Logan Holt
Ross, Edmund Gibson
Sitgreaves, Charles
Stewart, William Morris
Stockton, John Potter
Tipton, Thomas Weston
Van Winkle, Peter Godwin
Vickers, George
Ward, Hamilton
Williams, Thomas
Wilson, James Falconer
United States Capitol, Washington DC
11/11/1865 Lafayette Curry Baker to Andrew Johnson, November 11, 1865, Washington, D.C.
02/22/1866 Andrew Johnson, Speech before Washington's Birthday Meeting, Washington, D.C., February 22, 1866
03/27/1866 Andrew Johnson, Civil Rights Bill Veto Message, March 27, 1866
03/28/1866 "President Johnson and His Enemies," Daily Union and American (Nashville, TN), March 28, 1866
01/07/1867 James M. Ashley, Motion to Impeach the President of the United States, floor of the House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., January 7, 1867.
03/02/1867 United States Congress, "An Act regulating the Tenure of certain Civil Offices," March 2, 1867
"Samson Agonistes at Washington," cartoon, Harper's Weekly Magazine, August 24, 1867
"The Hurt Can Not Be Much," cartoon, Harper's Weekly Magazine, February 1, 1868, zoomable image.
"The Baby That Won't Talk At Present," cartoon, Harper's Weekly Magazine, February 15, 1868.
"Ides Febrvarii MDCCCLXVIII," cartoon, Harper's Weekly Magazine, February 22, 1868, zoomable image.
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