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Washington. Reports of the Judiciary Committee on Impeachment

27 November 1867

A New York Times report from 1867 on the House Judiciary Committee's majority and minority reports regarding impeaching Andrew Johnson.

This article reports on the congressional committee's move toward impeaching Johnson.

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This is a newspaper article published in The New York Times on 27 November 1867, reporting on the House Judiciary Committee's findings about impeaching President Andrew Johnson. It describes a majority report favoring impeachment and minority reports opposing it.

Why it matters

This article documents a major turning point in Johnson's presidency, when Congress formally debated removing him from office. It shows the political conflict between Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction policy, and how closely divided opinion was.

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  • Why might the committee have been split into majority and minority reports?
  • What does the detailed description of the congressional process tell you about how seriously this issue was taken?
  • What is this article unable to tell you about how Johnson himself felt about the proceedings?

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