Category: Impeachment
The Assault on Civil Rights and Andy Johnson’s Vetoes: Background to the Johnson Impeachment
High school history class in my youth portrayed the Johnson Impeachment as stemming from petulant Congressional Radicals enraged at the president because he removed Secretary…
Andrew Johnson’s Trial: The Constitution on Impeachment-Primary Sources & Discussion
This is the third installment of my new series on the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. I want to use this post for primary sources related…
The Johnson Impeachment Was Huge: An Interview With Brenda Wineapple
The New Yorker recently published an interview with the author of a new book on the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Brenda Wineapple in The Impeachers:…
Impeaching Johnson: Why Impeach a President Who Won’t Be Removed? New Series from The Reconstruction Blog
Andrew Johnson, one of our worst presidents, has rarely gotten as much press as he is receiving right now. With an impeachment inquiry under way…
Historian Greg Downs Says that Impeachment by House Can Be Effective Even if President Is Not Removed
Historian Greg Downs discusses the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868 as a precedent for the current impeachment controversy. His article in the Washington Post…
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