Impeached : The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy

from DeaconBernie

I'd like to give this book a higher rating because I learned so much from it. Alas, though Mr. Stewart employs a wealth of information, his characters rarely come alive. Johnson is made to appear as a great defender of the Constitution while using un-Constitutional means. The prosecution, from th...

from mybucketlistofbooks

Most books on the reconstruction era blow by the impeachment and trial of Andrew Johnson in a few pages. Few that I have read have gone into depth on it other than to note he was impeached based on something called the Tenure of Office Act, note that the impeachment had a high degree of politics ...

from DeaconBernie

I'd like to give this book a higher rating because I learned so much from it. Alas, though Mr. Stewart employs a wealth of information, his characters rarely come alive. Johnson is made to appear as a great defender of the Constitution while using un-Constitutional means. The prosecution, from th...

from ALincolnNut

As the presidency of Bill Clinton recedes into the halcyon glow of history, his impeachment by the House of Representatives seems less a personal repudiation than an institutional embarrassment for Congress. With the passage of time, the charges against Clinton seem overdrawn, more an extension o...

from ALincolnNut

As the presidency of Bill Clinton recedes into the halcyon glow of history, his impeachment by the House of Representatives seems less a personal repudiation than an institutional embarrassment for Congress. With the passage of time, the charges against Clinton seem overdrawn, more an extension o...