Historical Letter: [Letter to] My dear Johnson [manuscript]

Johnson Impeachment & the End of His Presidency

Historical Letter: [Letter to] My dear Johnson [manuscript]

1867

Historical Letter

The Internet Archive presents an 1867 historical letter, written by William Lloyd Garrison to President Andrew Johnson (D-TN)--who became the 17th President of the United States after President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April of 1865, that provides Garrison's opinion of Johnson's impeachment. He saus, "it is humiliating to see such a pitiable ending of this matter, but it is clear that there is no public sentiment demanding the impeachment, and Congress cannot be expected, as a representative body, to disregard or run counter to that senitment in so grave a matter."

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