A lawfully elected Senate (in accordance with Article I, Section 3 [Clause 1]) acquits the impeached War Democrat (constitutionalist) de facto President Andrew Johnson (of the confederate State of Tennessee) (guilty, 35; not guilty, 19). Thirty-six guilty votes (two-thirds) were necessary to remove Johnson from office.
NOTE: Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, who was at the center of the controversy, submitted his resignation to Johnson that very same day.
[restored 5/1/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article I, Section 3, [Clauses 6 and 7]
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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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