Andrew Johnson Impeachment Trial, Rare Full Ticket

Andrew Johnson
Washington, D.C., April 7, 1868
Andrew Johnson Impeachment Trial, Rare Full Ticket
Ticket/Invitation

Ticket to the Senate Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson for the session on April 7, 1868,? shortly before Johnson was acquitted in the Senate by one vote after having been convicted in the U.S. House?of "high crimes and misdemeanors". Signed at bottom: "Geo. T. Brown" as Sergeant-at-Arms.?Full ticket with stub?measures 4.875" x 2.875". Philp & Solomons of? Washington printer's mark at lower right. Stub partially detached from the ticket though still connected at top. Wear at corners. Minor creasing. Overall, in very good condition.

Andrew Johnson became the first American sitting president to be impeached. The proceedings were levied against Johnson after he removed Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton from office in February 1868. Congress had recently passed the Tenure of Office Act in 1867 in order to restrict executive authority in hiring and firing office holders without Senate approval. Johnson was charged with eleven articles of impeachment, the majority of which related to his alleged violation of the Tenure of Office Act. The trial took place between March 5, 1868 and May 16, 1868, when President Johnson was finally acquitted of all charges.

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4.875" x 2.875"