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impeachment of andrew johnson

            The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson by Michael Les Benedict is a non fiction .
             novel about the impeachment of the United States 7th president Andrew Johnson in 1868. He .
             goes into detail about how he came into power and the occurrences that led to his impeachment. .
             Johnson being a Democrat had numerous conflicting views with those of the Republicans. It was .
             his consistent vetoes to grant ex-slaves, or freedmen, egual rights and opportunities as white men .
             that brought it all about. In February 24, 1868 the House of Representatives voted to impeach .
             President Johnson. Congress wanted Johnson impeached because he refused to cooperate or .
             compromise over black rights and the reconstruction of Southern State governments. But under .
             the Constitution Congress had to charge him with "high crimes and misdemeanors". After this .
             trial the Senate failed by one vote to convict Johnson and remove him from presidency. .
             In this book Michael Les Benedict argues that the impeachment of Andrew Johnson was .
             justified. "It was not a radical attempt to remove the president out of spite or vindictiveness or .
             even simply as a political foe. Rather it was a step taken reluctantly only when an otherwise .
             divided party of radicals, as well as non radical Republicans agreed that the presidents activities .
             threatened to overturn congressional reconstruction legislation." and in this essay I am going to .
             evaluate the merits and shortcomings of the book. .
             The author goes into an extensive reasoning, arguing why he thinks the impeachment was .
             justified. In my opinion his purpose was achieved. "In contrast to their role in the 18666 radicals .
             were taking an active part in the campaign. By endorsing black suffrage in the reconstruction act, .
             Republicans had already opened themselves to the democratic charges of radicalism they had so .
             successfully blunted themselves to the previous years. One group of issues revolved around the .


Essays Related to impeachment of andrew johnson

1. Andrew Johnson

Many obstacles were imposed upon Andrew Johnson, his poverty, lack of education, and impeachment , yet he never overlooked his beliefs for a single moment. ... But Andrew Johnson had only begun. ... On February 24, 1868, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson. ... Disregarding all the obstacles overlaid upon Andrew Johnson, his poverty, lack of education, and impeachment , he never overlooked his beliefs. ... President Andrew Johnson, the only President to ever go through the impeachment process, was truly a hero....

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  • Grade Level: High School

2. The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

It was the task of the Vice-President to take that duty, Andrew Johnson, but as Donald says, "he did not meet the challenge". ... With this charge Johnson's career as President was over, but on his behalf, by one vote he was not impeached, but as Donald sees it, President Andrew Johnson must have been impeached for a greater charge- that through political ineptitude he threw away a magnificent opportunity. ... Kennedy views the impeachment of Andrew Johnson as one in which government had to be strict and follow every law do in the constitution. Kennedy in the impeachment of A...

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  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

3. Andrew Johnson - Presidency and Impeachment

The impeachment process of President Clinton was similar to the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson as both ended in acquittal. ... President Andrew Johnson assumed office following Lincoln's assassination and he had his own ideas of Reconstruction. ... A series of bitter quarrels between President Johnson and radical Republicans in Congress over the Reconstruction Policy in the South eventually led to his impeachment. ... On February 21, 1868, challenging the constitutionality of the Tenure of Office Act, Andrew Johnson issued an order removing Edwin Stanton from the office of...

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4. How One Vote Can Make A Difference

On Feb. 24, 1868, the House of Representatives voted 126 to 47 to impeach Johnson. ... Andrew Johnson needed 36 votes for a conviction (two-thirds majority) of the Senate votes. ... If Andrew Johnson would have been impeached it could have weakened the American peoples point of view of the Constitution and the office of the President. The impeachment of Andrew Johnson could have also interfered with the process of Reconstruction and would have separated the country again after just rebuilding after the civil war. ... Andrew Johnson was the president at a very important time in American his...

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5. The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The first was Lincoln, the second was Andrew Johnson, and the third was Congressional Reconstruction. ... Andrew Johnson became president after Lincoln's assassination in 1864. Johnson was Lincoln's vice-president and the only chief executive to be impeached by the House until 1998. ... He tried to impeach President Andrew Johnson in 1868. ... The House of Representatives immediately voted 126 to 47 to impeach Johnson for "high crimes and misdemeanors", along with various violations of the Tenure of Office Act. ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

6. Shaping Reconstruction: The Impact on American Politics

Andrew Johnson, who took over the presidency after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, implemented his Reconstruction plan in 1865 while Congress was out of session. ... This fact can be observed in Thomas Nast's cartoon Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction in Harper's Weekly on September 1, 1866 (American Horizons Volume II:164). ... As the tension between moderate Democrats and radical Republicans grew increasingly intense, Andrew Johnson unfortunately became the first U.S. president to be impeached from his seat. The impeachment of Johnson clearly signaled the dominant power C...

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7. Compare and contrast the Democ

A) Andrew Johnson was the first leader of the Gilded age. ... Johnson was against harsh reconstruction of the south, Johnson lost out to the Radical Republicans who attempted to impeach him. Ulysses Grant followed Johnson and was against Seymour. ...

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8. Radical Reconstruction of the South

The standards that were Laissez-faire set, or stuck down rather, by President Andrew Johnson, were unsatisfactory to the Northerners causing them to vote into congress many radical republicans. ... It didn't help that President Johnson was giving presidential pardons to numerous plantation owners, and shared their same sentiment toward blacks. ... This was designed to prevent President Johnson from removing any Republicans from office without congressional consent. Johnson ignored this when he fired Edwin M. ... In 1868 congress would try to impeach Johnson for his violation of to Tenure ...

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  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

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