This fascinating volume brings together documentation leading up to what some observers have called the most dramatic event in American political history.
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 - July 31, 1875) was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869.
Little is now known to the general public of the history of the attempt to remove President Andrew Johnson in 1868, on his impeachment by the House of Representatives and trial by the Senate for alleged high crimes and misdemeanors in ...
History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States
This is a contemporary history that looks at the Reconstruction Era and the political tensions that led to Lincoln's successor, Andrew Johnson, being impeached by the Republicans and barely being acquitted.