Johnson was impreached by congress after?

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2026-03-21 04:10

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He tried to fire the secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, in violation of the Tenure of Office Act. The Act stated that any official appointed with the "advice and consent" of the Senate could only be removed with the Senate's approval. Johnson acted on his own, and was impeached in 1868. He was later acquitted by a single vote in his Senate removal trial.

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