Directory of Impeachment Resources

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This category lists pages and sites about the impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States. In May 1868, the U.S. Senate came within a single vote of taking the unprecedented step of removing a president from office, claiming that Johnson had violated the Tenure of Office Act.

Resources in This Category

• American Presidents: Andrew Johnson

  http://www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber=17
  A collection of facts and trivia about Johnson's life.

• Impeachment Trial of President Andrew Johnson

  http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/salmon-portland-chase/impeachment-trial-of-president-andrew-johnson.php
  Short biography of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Salmon Portland Chase tells how he stood against an angry U.S. Senate mob during the impeachment proceedings.

• The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

  http://www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com/
  Features more than 200 excerpts about the historic proceedings from Harper's Weekly, the leading weekly newspaper of the era.

• The Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson

  http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/impeachmt.htm
  Provides a detailed account of the trial and explores the issues that surrounded it.

• The Politics of Andrew Johnson

  http://historymatters.gmu.edu/impeach2.html
  Examines the bitter political battle that caused the only impeachment of an American President.

 

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