The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

The impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson was on the surface a trial about a violation of the Tenure of Office Act, when in actuality there were other stronger underlying causes. Andrew Johnson’s impeachment by the Radical Republicans was caused by his lenient policies of Reconstruction, his opposition to the fourteenth Amendment, and his veto of the Freedmen’s Bureau Act. Andrew Johnson couldn’t be impeached solely because of his awful policies and therefore …showed first 75 words of 1286 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1286 total…impeached because of his lenient policies of Reconstruction, his opposition to the fourteenth Amendment, and his veto of the Freedmen’s Bureau Act. When his term ended in 1869, Johnson returned to Tennessee, where he was again in conflict with the old leaders of the Democratic Party. He rebuilt his Democratic organization, and after several unsuccessful runs for Congress, he got elected again to the U.S. Senate in 1875. He died shortly afterwards, however, on July 31, 1875.