Impeachment Of President Andrew Johnson

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Discusses Anddre Johnson as first American President to be impeached (he missed impeachment by a single vote). Johnson's political ideas. His importance in the aftermath of the Civil War. Conflicts between Congress and President Johnson. Cause of his impeachment as based in the political struggles between conservatives & radicals. Implications of Johnson's Presidency on the principle of the separation-of-powers.

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"THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD AMERICAN PRESIDENT: ANDREW JOHNSON

Most people, if they know anything at all about Andrew Johnson, know he was the first American President ever to be impeached, and that he missed it by only a single vote. In fact, the two books used for reference here, picture Johnson similarly, in lots of ways. First of all, it would have been nearly impossible for anyone to successfully follow the appeal of the martyred Lincoln. Yet, he was not at all like Lincoln- not in personality, in attitude, nor in his devotion to a strict interpretation of the Constitution. In fact, he seemed to be not so much for the slaves as he was against their masters. He had become an advocate of the small farmers against the privileges of the large planters. He also shared the racial attitudes of most white yeomen. Damn the Negroes, he exclaimed to a friend ..."

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