History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, by the House of Representatives, and his trial by the Senate for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, 1868Ross, Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson)
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History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, by the House of Representatives, and his trial by the Senate for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, 1868
Ross, Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 -- Impeachment
Yeas--Messrs. Allison, Ames, Anderson, Arnell, Delos R. Ashley, James M.
Ashley, Bailey, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Beaman, Beatty, Benton, Bingham,
Blaine, Blair, Boutwell, Bromwell, Broomall. Buckland, Butler, Cake,
Churchill, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Coburn, Cook,
Cornell, Covode, Cullom, Dawes, Dodge, Driggs, Eckley, Eggleston, Eliot,
Farnsworth, Ferries. Ferry, Fields, Gravely, Griswold, Halsy, Harding,
Higby, Hill, Hooper, Hopkins, Asahel W. Hubbard, Chester D. Hubbard,
Hulburd, Hunter, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kelsey,
Ketcham, Kitchen Laflin, George V. Lawrence, William Lawrence, Lincoln,
Loan, Logan, Loughridge, Lynch, Mallory, Marvin, McCarthy, McClurg,
Mercur, Miller, Moore, Moorhead, Morrell, Mullins, Myers, Newcomb,
Nunn, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Perham, Peters, Pike, Pile, Plants, Poland,
Polsley, Price, Raum, Robertson, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Selye,
Shanks, Smith, Spalding, Starkweather, Aaron F. Stevens, Thaddeus
Stevens, Stokes, Taffe, Taylor, Trowbridge, Twitchell, Upson, Van
Aernam. Burt Van Horn, Van Wyck, Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Elihu B.
Washburn, Williams, Washburn, Welker, Thomas Williams, James F.
Wilson, John T. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, Woodbridge and the
Speaker--126.
Nays--Messrs. Adams, Archer, Axtell, Barnes, Barnum, Beck, Boyer,
Brooks, Burr, Cary, Chanler, Eldridge, Fox, Getz, Glossbrenner,
Galladay, Grover, Haight, Holman, Hotchkiss, Richard D. Hubbard,
Morrissey, Mungen, Niblack, Nicholson, Phelps, Pruyn, Randall, Ross,
Sitgreaves, Stewart, Stone, Taber, Lawrence S. Trimble, Van Auken, Van
Trump, Wood and Woodward--47.
On motion of Mr. Stevens the following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That a committee of two be appointed to go to the Senate and,
at the bar thereof, in the name of the House of Representatives and
of all the people of the United States, to impeach Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors in
office, and acquaint the Senate that the House of Representatives will,
in due time, exhibit particular articles of impeachment against him and
make good the same; and that the committee do demand that the Senate
take order for the appearance of said Andrew Johnson to answer to said
impeachment.
Resolved, That a committee of seven be appointed to prepare and report
articles of impeachment against Andrew Johnson, President of the United
States, with power to send for persons, papers and records, and to take
testimony under oath.
The Speaker announced the following committee under these resolutions:
Committee to Communicate to the Senate to the Senate the action of the
House ordering AN IMPEACHMENT of the of the President of the United
States.---Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, and John A. Bingham, of
Ohio.
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