At the same time that the Johnson Impeachment was going on, Republicans were assembling in Chicago for their National Convention. On May 19, 1868 General John Logan demanded that the seven Republican Senators who voted against convicting Andrew Johnson in his Impeachment Trial be expelled from the party. Logan was one of the House Managers prosecuting Andrew Johnson and he helped found the Union veterans’ organization The Grand Army of the Republic. How powerful was the group? Both Grand Army Plazas in Brooklyn and Manhattan are named after the organization.
This is from May 20 New York Times:
