Historical Illustration: Impeachment -- reporters and citizens in the Senate lobby seeking information during the secret session.

Johnson Impeachment & the End of His Presidency

Historical Illustration: Impeachment -- reporters and citizens in the Senate lobby seeking information during the secret session.

05/30/1868

Historical Illustration

The New York Public Library Digital Collection presents an 1868 historical illustration that depicts a group of well-dressed reporters on a set of stairs awaiting news from the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (D-TN)--who became the 17th President of the United States after President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April of 1865.

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New York Public Library (Digital Schomburg Collection)

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