HISTORY OF THE IMPEACHMENT OF ANDREW JOHNSON
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
BY THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND HIS TRIAL BY THE SENATE FOR
HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS IN OFFICE

1868

BY EDMUND G. ROSS

BURT FRANKLIN RESEARCH & SOURCE WORKS SERIES #94

BURT FRANKLIN
NEW YORK


PREFACE.

Little is now known to the general public of the history of the
attempt to remove President Andrew Johnson in 1868, on his
impeachment by the House of Representatives and trial by the
Senate for alleged high crimes and misdemeanors in office, or of
the causes that led to it. Yet it was one of the most important
and critical events, involving possibly the gravest consequences,
in the entire history of the country.

The constitutional power to impeach and remove the President had
lain dormant since the organization of the Government, and
apparently had never been thought of as a means for the