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Andrew Johnson: President John
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The impeachment of Andrew Johnson is widely regarded as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the Federal Government. Had Johnson been successfully removed from office, this would have established a precedent that a President could be removed not for "high crimes and misdemeanors" but for purely political differences.
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A little over a month after becoming president, Johnson began executing his plan for reconstructing the South. Johnson pardoned all rebels except Confederate leaders. He ... restored all rebel property except for slaves. Finally, he authorized each rebel state to call a convention of white delegates to draw up a new constitution. Once completed, a new state government could then be formed, and the state could apply for readmission to the Union.
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Because Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton opposed his policies, Johnson sought to replace him with Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Not only did the House attempt to impeach the president, but the Senate refused to concur in the secretary's suspension and ordered his reinstatement. After Grant refused to cooperate with Johnson, the president decided to rid himself of Stanton once and for all, this time in defiance of the Tenure of Office Act. In February 1868 he announced the appointment of Lorenzo Thomas as secretary ad interim, whereupon the House passed a resolution of impeachment. In the trial that followed, Johnson's opponents failed to obtain the necessary two-thirds for conviction, and the Senate acquitted him by one vote. After his retirement, Johnson was reelected to the Senate in 1875.
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NY Post 12/24/98 Richard Johnson Jeane MacIntosh Kate Coyne ".COULD a woman who once claimed to have been raped by Bill Clinton turn up as a witness in the President's looming Senate impeachment trial? Speculation began last Friday when CNBC's "Hardball" host Chris Matthews flatly stated that this will happen..Matthews never identified the woman on-air as Broaddrick. He did... point out to viewers that his mystery woman is "going to have to decide whether she sticks with her affidavit or whether she sticks with the story she's been telling reporters. She is certifying to reporters that this rape occurred.."
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While you are at the visitor's center, sign up to take a guided tour of Johnson's later home -- ... known as the Johnson Homestead -- about three blocks away. While you are waiting for that tour to begin, wander across the street to the home in which Johnson and his family lived in the 1830s and 1840s. Here you will find more information about his life and career. There is a lot to talk about. After all, Andrew Johnson was, during his lifetime, Greeneville city alderman, Greeneville mayor, state representative, state senator, U.S. representative, U.S. Senator, governor, military governor, vice president, and president.
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Johnson, 47, received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Maryland at College Park. Selected as a presidential management intern at the Department of Navy, he worked on contracting issues until coming to Capitol Hill in 1990 to work on defense and international affairs for then-Sen. Jim Exon (D-Neb.). Under Michigan's Levin, he came to the intelligence committee to monitor satellite and geospatial agencies. In 2004, he became the staff director for the committee vice chairman, Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.).
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