president who succeeded lincoln. johnson was a southern democrat whom lincoln had picked to create a national unity ticket. there are few things people agree on but this is one. andrew johnson was one of america s worst presidents. he was essentially an incredibly racist neoconfederate who was dead set against congress s program to set this out. republicans despised andrew johnson. he stood for the repression of african-americans whom a war had just been fought to liberate. president johnson vetoed almost all the measures to give civil liberties and representation to blacks. the republican controlled congress decided to wage a political war. it set an impeachment trap for him. that trap was called the tenure of office act. congress passed a law over johnson s veto that said he could not fire his own cabinet
liberate. president johnson vetoed almost all the measures to give civil liberties and representation to blacks. the republican-controlled congress decided to wage a political war. it set an impeachment trap for him. that trap was called the tenure of office act. congress passed a law over johnson s veto that said he could not fire his own cabinet members. when president johnson fired his secretary of war, edwin stanton, the house approved 11 articles of impeachment against him, one of which accused the president of bringing congress into ridicule and disgrace. their entire approach to impeachment was partisan and ideological. however bad a president andrew johnson was, there were no grounds to remove him. the country was one vote away from removing president andrew johnson from office essentially because congress did not like him or his policies.
the republican-controlled congress decided to wage a political war. it set an impeachment trap for him. that trap was called the tenure of office act. congress passed a law over johnson s veto that said he could not fire his own cabinet members. when president johnson fired his secretary of war, edwin stanton, the house approved 11 articles of impeachment against him, one of which accused the president of bringing congress into ridicule and disgrace. their entire approach to impeachment was partisan and ideological. however bad a president andrew johnson was, there were no grounds to remove him. the country was one vote away from removing president andrew johnson from office essentially because congress did not like him or his policies. johnson basically agreed to cease all of the behavior that had been so problematic, to go along with the congressional reconstruction program.
congress decided to wage a political war. it set an impeachment trap for him. that trap was called the tenure of office act. congress passed a law over johnson s veto that said he could not fire his own cabinet members. when president johnson fired his secretary of war, edwin stanton, the house approved 11 articles of impeachment against him, one of which accused the president of bringing congress into ridicule and disgrace. their entire approach to impeachment was partisan and ideological. however bad a president andrew johnson was, there were no grounds to remove him. the country was one vote away from removing president andrew johnson from office essentially because congress did not like him or his policies. johnson basically agreed to cease all of the behavior that had been so problematic, to go along with the congressional reconstruction program.
he was essentially an incredibly racist, neo-confederate who was dead set against congress program of reconstructing the south. republicans in congress despised andrew johnson. he stood for the repression of african-americans whom a war had just been fought to liberate. president johnson vetoed almost all the measures to give civil liberties and representation to blacks. the republican-controlled congress decided to wage a political war. it set an impeachment trap for him. that trap was called the tenure of office act. congress passed a law over johnson s veto that said he could not fire his own cabinet members. when president johnson fired his secretary of war, edwin stanton, the house approved 11 articles of impeachment against him, one of which accused the president of bringing congress into ridicule and disgrace. their entire approach to