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Pres. Johnson Answered the Articles of Impeachment on March 23, 1868-Deny It All!

After being served with notice that he would be tried by the Senate on the Articles of Impeachment voted by the House, President Johnson sent…

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Tourism Up at Andy Johnson Home in Response to Current Impeachment Crisis

The current impeachment crisis has been good for tourism to the home of the first president ever impeached, Andrew Johnson. You can listen to NPR’s…

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March 4, 1868 the House of Representatives Serves the Johnson Articles of Impeachment on the Senate

Illustration Above: Members of the House of Representatives walking as a group to the Senate for the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson March 4, 1868 after…

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Andrew Johnson Issues “Christmas Amnesty” Pardoning Former Confederates for Treason on Dec. 25, 1868

On December 25, 1868, Andrew Johnson issued his final amnesty proclamation pardoning former Confederates for treason against the United States. Although the vast majority of…

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After the House Voted to Impeach Johnson, It Drew Up the Articles of Impeachment

The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson on February 24, 1868. Next it created a committee to draw up the Articles of…

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President Johnson Explains Why He Suspended Sec. of War Stanton Setting Off Constitutional Crisis Dec. 1867

On August 12, 1867, President Andrew Johnson suspended Sec. of War Edwin Stanton. This began a chain of events that would culminate in Johnson’s impeachment….

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NPR’s “On the Media” Interviews Historian Brenda Wineapple About the Andrew Johnson Impeachment

National Public Radio’s popular show On the Media focuses on the Andrew Johnson Impeachment this week. It is timely for obvious reasons. Historian Brenda Wineapple…

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New Republic on the Johnson Impeachment and the Modern Sitch

The New Republic magazine has the latest entry in the slew of articles comparing the modern impeachment inquiry to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. This…

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Historian James Oakes Writes on Recent Works by Eric Foner and Henry Louis Gates

Historian James Oakes writes about recent books, and a PBS documentry from Henry Louis Gates and Eric Foner in this week’s New York Review of…

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Video Lecture: The Andrew Johnson Impeachment in Popular Culture

C-SPAN has an interesting lecture by Brook Thomas of UC Irvine on the depictions of the Johnson Impeachment during the first 60 years of the…

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