Judiciary Committee of the House votes to impeach Johnson

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Congressional pamphlet “IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT”, November 25, 1867, 11p. quarto, and begins: “...The Committe on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the resolution of the 7th of March last, authorizing them ‘to inquire into the official conduct of Andrew Johnson, Vice-President of the United States, discharging the present duties of the office of President of the United States, and to report to this House whether, in their opinion, the said Andrew Johnson, while in said office, has been guilty of acts, which were designed or calculated to overthrow or corrupt the government of the United States, or any department or officer thereof; and whether the said Andrew Johnson has been guilty of any act, or has conspired with others to do acts, which, in contemplation of the Constitution, are high crimes, and misdemeanors, requiring the interposition of the constitutional powers of this House...” With great content on their findings. VG.

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