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 * Events leading to Johnsons impeachment:

The Tenure of Office Act, passed over the veto of President Andrew Johnson on March 2, 1867, provided that all federal officials whose appointment required Senate confirmation could not be removed without the consent of the Senate. When the Senate was not in session, the Act allowed the President to suspend an official, but if the Senate upon its reconvening refused to concur in the removal, the officila must be reinstated in his position. It was not entirely clear whether the Act applied to cabinet officials appointed by a previous president, such as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, a Lincoln appointee.**


 * when stanton was the secretary of war he found it dificult to get along with the new president, Andrew Johnson. stanton disagreed with Johnson plan to readmit the seceded states to the union without rights guarantees to freed slaves. In March of 1867 the congress passed the first of the reconstruction acts that provided for negro suffrage. he attempted to veto the legislation but when this failed he delayed it. Stanton made it clear that he disagreed with Johnson and in 1867 the president attempted to get rid of him and put Ulysses S Grant in office.**

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