Andrew Johnson Trial
Significance, Johnson Becomes An Unpopular President, The Senate Tries President Johnson, Senate Republicans Thwart Johnson's Defense
Prosecution
United States Senate
Defendant
President Andrew Johnson
Crime Charged
"High Crimes and Misdemeanors" within the meaning of Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution.
Chief Prosecutors
Seven "trial managers" from the House of Representatives
Chief Defense Lawyers
William Maxwell Evarts, Benjamin R. Curtis
Judges
The United States Senate, with Chief Justice Salmon Portland Chase presiding
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
26 May 1868
Decision
Not to impeach.
Related Cases
- Samuel Chase Impeachment, Senate Document #876, 62nd Congress, 2nd Session (1805).
- United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974).
Sources
Prokopowicz, Gerald J. "The Emancipation Proclamation: A History for Teachers," Lincoln Museum, http://www.thelincolnmuseum.org.
Sources
Bacon, Donald C., et al., eds. The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
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