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The
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson |
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Pardon-Seekers at the White House
Our illustration represents
President Johnson in the attitude of pardoning rebels who have returned to their
allegiance. Hundreds of these pardon-seekers daily besiege the White House. They crowd
into the ante-room and are ushered into the President’s presence each in his turn,
and if found all right on the record they are pardoned, otherwise not. |
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HarpWeek Commentary: This early political cartoon of Thomas Nast contrasts
Confederate politicians and generals applying for pardons, which may give them the right
to vote and hold office, with a black Union soldier who has lost his leg and does not have
the right to vote. Pardon petitioners in the foreground who can be recognized include
Roger Pryor (far right, a Virginia lawyer and soldier); General Robert E. Lee (kneeling);
CSA Vice President Alexander Stephens (holding pardon petition); Raphael Semmes, commander
of the Alabama naval ship which was built in England, sank numerous Union merchant ships,
and was the subject of a long-term post-war claims dispute between Britain and the US
(left of Stephens); Robert Toombs, ex-Senator and leading Georgia politician (behind
Stephens); John Letcher, ex-Governor of Virginia (far left); General Richard Ewell (behind
Semmes); General John Bell Hood (behind Ewell). |
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Articles related to Johnson's Early Presidency:
President
Johnson’s Amnesty Proclamation
June 10, 1865, page 355
Pardon-Seekers at the
White House
October 14, 1865, page 641
General Logan upon
Reorganization
September 20, 1865, page 611
The President’s
Experiment
September 30, 1865, page 610
Moses and John Tyler
October 7, 1865, page 627
The President’s
Fidelity
December 9, 1865, page 771
The President’s
"Friends"
November 4, 1865, page 691
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