jan 1, 1868 - 1868 - After several reconstruction acts were passed over his veto, Andrew Johnson tested the limits of the tenure of office act by firing Edwin Stanton, his secretary of war. The House passed several articles of impeachment, and the Senate failed to convict by a single vote margin on a few of them. Though Johnson was not removed from office, his power was severely curtailed, and the massive strides in that power made during the Civil War were in part reversed by an activist congress. The broad executive po
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