Historical Illustration: Office of the Secretary of the Senate, Washington, D.C. - preparing the summons for President Johnson to appear before the court of impeachment

Johnson Impeachment & the End of His Presidency

Historical Illustration: Office of the Secretary of the Senate, Washington, D.C. - preparing the summons for President Johnson to appear before the court of impeachment

1868

Historical Illustration

The Library of Congress features an 1868 historical illustration, drawn by James E. Taylor and featured in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, that depicts a man sitting at a desk preparing the summons for President Andrew Johnson (D-TN)--who became the 17th President of the United States after President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April of 1865--to appear in a trial of impeachment surrounded by two men who are observing him.

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