by John Adler,
Publisher
After President
Johnson notified Congress on February 21, 1868, that he had removed Edwin Stanton as
Secretary of War and replaced him with Adjutant-General Lorenzo Thomas, it took the House
of Representatives only three days to impeach him for "high crimes and
misdemeanors." Meanwhile, Stanton refused to abandon his office and had Thomas
arrested for attempting to exercise the duties of the Secretary of War.Johnsons trial in the Senate, which he did not
attend, began on March 23 and was presided over by Chief Justice Salmon B. Chase. There
were eleven articles of impeachment. On May 16, the Senate voted on the eleventh article,
which included many of the charges contained in the preceding articles. Johnson was
acquitted by one vote; the 35-19 count was just short of the necessary two-thirds
majority.
Harpers Weekly had its own artist, Theodore Davis, draw
up many scenes of the impeachment process and drama; they included detailed illustrations,
drawn to scale, of both the House and the Senate in session.
This section also includes many editorials and articles discussing
various grounds for impeachment, as well as good summaries of the arguments made by both
the prosecution and the defense. These pros and cons, along with the preceding ones going
back to November 1866, have been specially indexed by topic.
Todays politicians, students, faculty, press
and general public will be able to get a good understanding of the issues as they were
presented to 1868 readers by the most important national periodical of that time. Also
included are key discussions about party loyalty vs. the need to vote ones
conscience which have just as much application today as they did 130 years ago.
Articles Related to the Impeachment, Trial,
and Acquittal:
Impeachment of
President Johnson
March 7, 1868, page 147
The President and
the Law
March 7, 1868, page 146
The
Situation (cartoon)
March 7, 1868, page 160
Impeachment (T. Stevens and
J. Bingham) (illus)
March 14, 1868, page 161
The National Inquest
March 14, 1868, page 162
Impeachment
March 14, 1868, page 162
The Impeachment
March 14, 1868, page 163
A Brace of Dead Ducks
(cartoon)
March 14, 1868, page 176
The Impeachment Managers
March 21, 1868, page 179
The Removability of Public
Officers
March 21, 1868, page 178-179
Ribaldry as an Impeachable
Offense
March 21, 1868, page 179
The Chief Justice and the
Senate
March 21, 1868, page 179
Incidents of the
Impeachment
March 21, 1868, page 179
Apathy of Congress
March 21, 1868, page 179
Mr. Stevens Last
Speech on Impeachment
March 21, 1868, page 179
The Race for the Wires
March 21, 1868, page 179
This Little Boy Would
Persist
(cartoon)
March 21, 1868, page 192
George T. Brown,
Sergeant-At-Arms of the Senate,
Serving the Summons on President Johnson. (illus)
March 28, 1868, page 193
The Presidents Power
over the Cabinet
March 28, 1868, page 194
The Precedent of
Impeachment
March 28, 1868, page 194
The Presidents Trial
March 28, 1868, page 195
The Impeachment Trial
March 28, 1868, page 195
The President and the Law
April 4, 1868, page 210
The Impeachment Trial
April 4, 1868, page 212
President Johnson
Consulting with his Counsel (illus)
April 4, 1868, page 212
Fac-Simile of Ticket of
Admission to the Impeachment Trial. (illus)
April 4, 1868, page 212
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J.I. Christie, Messenger
of the Senate, Receiving Tickets at the Entrance. (illus)
April 11, 1868, page 225
The
Impeachment Trial
April 11, 1868, page 225
The Members of
the House of Representatives Proceeding to the Senate Chamber (illus)
April 11, 1868, page 225
The Senate as a
Court of Impeachment for the Trial of Andrew Johnson (illus)
April 11, 1868, pages 232-233
The
Presidents Usurpations
April 11, 1868, page 226
The Chief Justice
Presiding
April 18, 1868, page 242
The Evidence
against the President
April 18, 1868, page 242
The Opening of
the Presidents Counsel
April 25, 1868, page 258
The Impeachment
Trial
April 18, 1868, page 244
The
Presidents Counsel
April 25, 1868, page 260
The President and
the Law
May 2, 1868, page 274
Impeachment
May 2, 1868, page 275
The End of the
Trial
May 9, 1868, page 290
Impeachment
May 9, 1868, page 291
Mr. Evarts and
the Party
May 16, 1868, page 306
Impeachment
May 16, 1868, page 307
Impeachment
May 23, 1868, page 323
The Impeachment
May 30, 1868, page 350
Scene in the
Senate Lobby
May 30, 1868, page 350
Scene in
Newspaper Row
May 30, 1868, page 350
Effect of the
Vote on the Eleventh Article of Impeachment (cartoon)
May 30, 1868, page 352
The New Secretary
of War
June 13, 1868, page 372
The Decision
May 30, 1868, page 338
The Oath and the
Evidence
May 30, 1868, page 338
Party Terrorism
May 30, 1868, page 338
Party Good Sense
May 30, 1868, page 339
The Dissenting
Senators
June 6, 1868, page 354
Criticism of
Public Men
June 20, 1868, page 386
Congress
August 1, 1868, page 483
A Party View
June 13, 1868, page 370 |