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Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment was an important event in history. He was the first out of two presidents to be impeached. What Led to his impeachment? What became of Johnson? You will find out as you read on…
Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on May 27, 1808. Johnson worked as a tailor’s apprentice from the age of 14, and then opened his own shop in 1827 after his family moved to Greeneville, Tennessee.
Inspired by the spirit of Jacksonian democracy, Johnson helped found the Democratic Party He won elections to the Tennessee state legislature in 1835, 1839, and 1841, before being elected to Congress in 1843. He won a narrow victory for governor in 1853 and served two terms. In 1857, he was elected to represent Tennessee in the U.S. Senate.
When the Civil War began, Johnson was the only Senator from a Confederate state who did not leave Congress to return to the South. In 1862, Union military forces captured enough of Tennessee for Lincoln to name him as the remnant state’s military governor. In 1864, Lincoln selected him as his Vice Presidential running-mate on the National Union ticket.
Lincoln Won the Election and within six weeks of taking office as Vice President, Johnson succeeded to the Presidency after Lincoln’s assassination. The new, 17th President faced the difficult situation of developing a policy for the postwar reconstruction of the Union.
President
Andrew Johnson 1865–1869
Vice President
None
Johnson’s Administration and Cabinet
Secretary of State
William H. Seward
1865–1869
Secretary of the Treasury
Hugh McCulloch
1865–1869
Secretary of War
Edwin M. Stanton
1865–1868
John M. Schofield
1868–1869
Attorney General
James Speed
1865–1866
Henry Stanberry
1866–1868
William M. Evarts
1868–1869
Postmaster General
William Dennison
1865–1866
Alexander Randall
1866–1869
Secretary of the Navy
Gideon Welles
1865–1869
Secretary of the Interior
John P. Usher
1865
James Harlan
1865–1866
Orville H. Browning
1866–1869
Committed to limited government and a strict constructionist interpretation of the Constitution, Johnson’s Reconstruction plan allowed the former Confederate states to return quickly to the Union. Radical Republicans in Congress wrestled control of Reconstruction from the president and began passing their own program over Johnson’s vetoes.
The implementation of military districts and supervision across the South in 1867 piqued the president to aid Southern resistance and to attempt to thwart the process by firing Secretary of State Stanton, who was cooperating with Radical Republicans. Stanton’s removal violated the recent Tenure of Office Act and prompted the Republican-controlled House to impeach the president.
Impeachment- By Article I of the U.S. Constitution empowers Congress to charge, or impeach, and convict the president, the vice president, or any other civil officers of misconduct in office. Article II specifies that, if impeached for and convicted of treason, bribery, or "other high crimes and misdemeanors," those officers are to be removed from office. During the legal process of impeachment, the House of Representatives presents the charges, and the Senate holds the trial. Only two U.S. presidents, Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, have been impeached, and neither was convicted.
The Senate trial resulted in his acquittal by one vote. Johnson remained in office as president.
And He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 1868. At the end of his term, he returned to Tennessee where he began rebuilding his political base of support and unsuccessfully seeking the Democratic nomination for various offices. Finally in 1875, an alliance of Republicans and a faction of the Democratic Party in the Tennessee legislature again elected him to the U.S. Senate. He served only five months before he died on July 31, 1875 from a seizure.
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment was an important event in history. He was the first out of two presidents to be impeached. What Led to his impeachment? What became of Johnson? You will find out as you read on…
Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on May 27, 1808. Johnson worked as a tailor’s apprentice from the age of 14, and then opened his own shop in 1827 after his family moved to Greeneville, Tennessee.
Inspired by the spirit of Jacksonian democracy, Johnson helped found the Democratic Party He won elections to the Tennessee state legislature in 1835, 1839, and 1841, before being elected to Congress in 1843. He won a narrow victory for governor in 1853 and served two terms. In 1857, he was elected to represent Tennessee in the U.S. Senate.
When the Civil War began, Johnson was the only Senator from a Confederate state who did not leave Congress to return to the South. In 1862, Union military forces captured enough of Tennessee for Lincoln to name him as the remnant state’s military governor. In 1864, Lincoln selected him as his Vice Presidential running-mate on the National Union ticket.
Lincoln Won the Election and within six weeks of taking office as Vice President, Johnson succeeded to the Presidency after Lincoln’s assassination. The new, 17th President faced the difficult situation of developing a policy for the postwar reconstruction of the Union.
President
Andrew Johnson 1865–1869
Vice President
None
Johnson’s Administration and Cabinet
Secretary of State
William H. Seward
1865–1869
Secretary of the Treasury
Hugh McCulloch
1865–1869
Secretary of War
Edwin M. Stanton
1865–1868
John M. Schofield
1868–1869
Attorney General
James Speed
1865–1866
Henry Stanberry
1866–1868
William M. Evarts
1868–1869
Postmaster General
William Dennison
1865–1866
Alexander Randall
1866–1869
Secretary of the Navy
Gideon Welles
1865–1869
Secretary of the Interior
John P. Usher
1865
James Harlan
1865–1866
Orville H. Browning
1866–1869
Committed to limited government and a strict constructionist interpretation of the Constitution, Johnson’s Reconstruction plan allowed the former Confederate states to return quickly to the Union. Radical Republicans in Congress wrestled control of Reconstruction from the president and began passing their own program over Johnson’s vetoes.
The implementation of military districts and supervision across the South in 1867 piqued the president to aid Southern resistance and to attempt to thwart the process by firing Secretary of State Stanton, who was cooperating with Radical Republicans. Stanton’s removal violated the recent Tenure of Office Act and prompted the Republican-controlled House to impeach the president.
Impeachment- By Article I of the U.S. Constitution empowers Congress to charge, or impeach, and convict the president, the vice president, or any other civil officers of misconduct in office. Article II specifies that, if impeached for and convicted of treason, bribery, or "other high crimes and misdemeanors," those officers are to be removed from office. During the legal process of impeachment, the House of Representatives presents the charges, and the Senate holds the trial. Only two U.S. presidents, Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, have been impeached, and neither was convicted.
The Senate trial resulted in his acquittal by one vote. Johnson remained in office as president.
And He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 1868. At the end of his term, he returned to Tennessee where he began rebuilding his political base of support and unsuccessfully seeking the Democratic nomination for various offices. Finally in 1875, an alliance of Republicans and a faction of the Democratic Party in the Tennessee legislature again elected him to the U.S. Senate. He served only five months before he died on July 31, 1875 from a seizure.
