Andrew Johnson had a very contentious relationship with a Radical Republican Congress. He was charged with not following proper procedure by violating the Tenure of Office Act, when he fired Edwin Stanton, the Secretary of War. This became of the first impeachment of an American president.
Andrew Johnson had been Abraham Lincoln's vice President and he became President only as a result of the assassination of Lincoln. Many people regarded this as a kind of coup d'etat, or illegitimate seizure of power, because Johnson was from the defeated South, and it seemed wrong that a Southerner should gain the Presidency by means of assassination, even though Johnson himself was not the assassin.
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Andrew Johnson.
This was Andrew Johnson. He was Lincoln's Vice President.
in 1867
February 24, 1868.
Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were both impeached.
Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon
Johnson's impeachment was very important.
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Tenure of Office Act.
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