2025-07 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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Ticket, 3-1/2" x 2-3/4", bright yellow card stock, U.S. Senate ticket to "U.S. Impeachment of the President, Admit the Bearer, April 13, 1868, Gallery." General Sherman testified on this date. It was Sherman whom Johnson went to for recommendations to replace Stanton. ... plus, Signature of "W(illia)m M. Evarts, a prominent lawyer and politician, served as chief counsel for President Andrew Johnson during his impeachment trial, and later, from July 1868 to March 1869, he served as Attorney General of the United States under Johnson. ... plus, Signature of E(dmund) G(ibso"n Ross, a U.S. Senator from Kansas, cast a crucial vote against convicting President Andrew Johnson during his impeachment trial, effectively preventing Johnson's removal from office. ... plus, Signature of "Thaddeus Stevens, Penn", whom played a key role in the impeachment proceedings against President Johnson. Stevens was a vocal critic of President Johnson's Reconstruction policies, which he saw as too lenient towards the former Confederate states. ... plus, Signature "James W Grimes, Iowa", became one of the seven Republican senators who broke with their party and voted with twelve Democratic senators to acquit President Andrew Johnson in his 1868. ... plus, Signature "Jos(eph) S(mith) Fowler", who broke party ranks, along with nine other Republican senators, and voted for acquittal. ... plus, Signature "P(eter) G(odwin) Van Winkle, West VA., " whom also broke party ranks, along with nine other Republican senators and voted for acquittal. After the trial, Congressman Benjamin Butler conducted hearings on the widespread reports that Republican senators had been bribed to vote for Johnson's acquittal. ... plus, Signature "W(illiam) P(itt) Fessenden, Maine", during the 1868 impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson, Fessenden provided critical support that prevented the Senate conviction of President Johnson, who had been impeached by the House. He was the first Republican senator to ring out "...not guilty". ... plus, Signature "Lyman Trumbull, Ill.", voted for the acquittal of impeached President Andrew Johnson, saying "I am a Senator and a judge," .. The President is not guilty in manner and form as charged in any one of the articles of impeachment. ... plus, Signature "B(enjamin) F(ranklin) Wade, Ohio" who was President pro tempore of the United States Senate, thus would have become president for the remaining nine months of Johnson's term if Johnson was convicted. Although most senators believed that Johnson was guilty of the charges, they did not want the extremely radical Wade to become acting president. One newspaper wrote, "Andrew Johnson is innocent because Ben Wade is guilty of being his successor." The galleries of the Senate Chamber were filled to capacity on March 5, 1868, as the Senate began its proceedings for the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. Popular interest in the trial was so intense that the Senate, for the first time in its history, issued gallery passes, beginning a practice that continues to the present. On May 16, the Senate voted on one article of impeachment, falling just one vote short of conviction and removal from office. Ten days later, the Senate voted on two more articles, with the same result. On May 26, the Senate acquitted the president and adjourned the Court of Impeachment. Johnson was not renominated for the presidency in 1868 but returned to the Senate in 1875, serving until his death on July 31 of that year.
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