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President Lincoln had a Republican Congress that acted...well, like Republicans. Whether one thinks acting like a Republican is a good thing or a bad one is not the issue here. Lincoln had two vice-presidents. Andrew Johnson, a Democrat, was one of them.

After Lincoln was assassinated, Congress passed over Johnson's veto the Tenure of Office Act, which prohibited a president from firing any cabinet officer appointed by the last president without the consent of Congress.

Johnson removed the secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, in violation of the Tenure of Office Act. This caused the Republicans in Congress to try to remove President Johnson.

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