The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
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President
Andrew Johnson

 

The Impeachment Managers
March 21, 1868

Cabinet Members
William Seward, Secretary of State
Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War
Gideon Welles, Secretary of Navy

 

Acting Secretary of War
Ulysses S. Grant
Lorenzo Thomas

 

Johnson Opponents
James Ashley, Representative
Wendell Phillips
Charles Sumner, Senator

 

House Impeachment Managers
John Bingham
George Boutwell
Benjamin Butler
John Logan
Thaddeus Stevens
Thomas Williams
James Wilson

 

Johnson Defenders
James Brooks, Representative
Alexander Stephens

 

Johnson Defense Counsel
William Evarts, (Attorney General, 1868-69)
Henry Stanbery (Attorney General, 1866-68)

 

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Salmon Chase

 

Senate President Pro Tem
Benjamin Wade

 

Senate Opponents of Removal
William Fessenden
James Grimes
Lyman Trumbull

 

Press
George William Curtis
John W. Forney
Thomas Nast

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