7 ore 7 min, 1 gen 1868 anni - 1868:
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson:
The House's primary charge
against Johnson was with
violation of the Tenure of Office Act,
passed by Congress the previous year.
Specifically,he had removed from office
Edwin McMasters Stanton,
the Secretary of War—
whom the Tenure of Office
Act was largely designed to protect—
and attempted to replace
him with Brevet Major
General Lorenzo Thomas.
