Chapter 22

IMPEACHMENT OF ANDREW JOHNSON. Judiciary Committee's Resolution Fails of Adoption by a Vote of 57 Yeas to 108 Nays--Johnson's Attempt to Remove Secretary Stanton and Create a New Office for General Sherman--Correspondence on the Subject--Report of the Committee on Impeachment, and Other Matters Pertaining to the Appointment of Lorenzo Thomas--Impeachment Resolution Passed by the House by a Vote of 126 Yeas to 47 Nays-- Johnson's Trial by the Senate--Acquittal of the President by a Vote of 35 Guilty to 19 Not Guilty--Why I Favored Conviction--General Schofield Becomes Secretary of War--"Tenure of Office Act."