Historical Speech: The President and Congress, the impeachers impeached ; Speech of Hon. Benjamin M. Boyer, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, December 17, 1867.

Johnson Impeachment & the End of His Presidency

Historical Speech: The President and Congress, the impeachers impeached ; Speech of Hon. Benjamin M. Boyer, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, December 17, 1867.

12/17/1867

Historical Speech

The Power Library presents an 1867 historical speech, given by Benjamin M. Boyer to the United States House of Representatives, that provides Boyer's position against the impeachment proceedings 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. Boyer says that the proceedings mean that it is lawful to impeach a president "for an offense merely political, and which involves no moral turpitude whatever."

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