(1868) First US presidential impeachment trial opensPresident Andrew Johnson’s lax attitude towards Reconstruction has raised the ire of Republicans who feel he should be tougher on the South. The trial in the Senate considers whether Johnson has violated the Tenure of Office Act. Johnson will avoid being thrown out of office by a single vote.The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson occurred in 1868, when the United States House of Representatives resolved to impeach President Andrew Johnson, adopting eleven articles of impeachment detailing his “high crimes and misdemeanors,” in accordance with Article Two of the United States Constitution. The House’s primary charge against Johnson was violation of the Tenure of Office Act, passed by Congress the previous year. Specifically, he had removed from office Edwin McMasters Stanton, the Secretary of War—whom the Tenure of Office Act was largely designed to protect—and attempted to replace him with Brevet Major General Lorenzo Thomas. Contrary to popular belief, Johnson was not impeached for temporarily replacing Stanton with General Ulysses Grant earlier while Congress was not in session. The impeachment resolution signed by the House of Representatives. wiki/Impeachment_of_Andrew_Johnson4.8.d17
(1868) First US presidential impeachment trial opens
