Historical Newspaper: The Miserable Impeachment Farce and Its Probable Consequences.
Subject
Johnson Impeachment & the End of His Presidency
Title
Historical Newspaper: The Miserable Impeachment Farce and Its Probable Consequences.
Date
03/04/1868
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: 5th column, top.
Chronicling America features an 1868 Public Ledger newspaper article, written by an unknown author, that provides an account of how the impeachment trial against President Andrew Johnson (D-TN)--who became the 17th President of the United States after President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April of 1865--would turn out. The account says, "from this ordeal we undertake to say that there will be no conviction , but that the President will come off the victor from the field for lack of law, facts and evidence upon which to condemn him."
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Chronicling America features an 1868 Public Ledger newspaper article, written by an unknown author, that provides an account of how the impeachment trial against President Andrew Johnson (D-TN)--who became the 17th President of the United States after President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April of 1865--would turn out. The account says, "from this ordeal we undertake to say that there will be no conviction , but that the President will come off the victor from the field for lack of law, facts and evidence upon which to condemn him."
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling America (The Public Ledger, TN)
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“Historical Newspaper: The Miserable Impeachment Farce and Its Probable Consequences.,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 17, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/652.