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
That said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, unmindful
of the high duties of his office and of his oath of office, on the
twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight, and on divers other days and times in said
year, before the second day of March, in the year, of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, at Washington, in the District
of Columbia, did unlawfully conspire with one Lorenzo Thomas, and with
other persons to the House of Representatives unknown, to prevent and
hinder the execution of an act entitled "An act regulating the tenure
of certain civil offices," passed March second, eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven, and in pursuance of said conspiracy, did unlawfully attempt
to prevent Edwin M. Stanton, then and there being Secretary for the
Department of War, duly appointed and commissioned under the laws of
the United States, from holding said office, whereby the said Andrew
Johnson, President of the Unite States, did then and there commit and
was guilty of a high misdemeanor in office.
ARTICLE VI.
That said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, unmindful
of the high duties of his office and of his oath of office, on the
twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight, at Washington, in the District of Columbia, did
unlawfully conspire with one Lorenzo Thomas by force to seize, take and
possess the property of the United States in the Department of War, and
then and there in the custody and charge of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary
for said Department, contrary to the provisions of an act entitled
"An act to define and punish certain conspiracies," approved July
thirty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty one, and with intent to violate
and disregard an act entitled "An act regulating the tenure of certain
civil offices," passed March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,
whereby said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, did then
and there commit a high crime in office.
ARTICLE VII.
That said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, unmindful
of the high duties of his office and of his oath of office, on the
twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight, at Washington, in the District of Columbia, did
unlawfully conspire with one Lorenzo Thomas with intent unlawfully
to seize, take, and possess the property of the United States in
the Department of War, in the custody and charge of Edwin M. Stanton
Secretary for said Department, with intent to violate and disregard the
act entitled "An act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices"
passed March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, whereby said
Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, did then and there
commit a high misdemeanor in office.
ARTICLE VIII.
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