War Democrat (constitutionalist) de facto President Andrew Johnson (a Citizen of the confederate State of Tennessee) appoints Brigadier General Lorenzo Thomas, of the Army of the united States, as interim Secretary of War. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, refuses to leave office, and obtains an arrest warrant for Thomas.
[restored 5/1/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article I, Section 2 [Clause 1]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 196.
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