By Edmund G. Ross
By Edmund G. Ross
Burt Franklin Research & Source Works Series #94
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
CHAPTER 1. — THE PROBLEM OF RECONSTRUCTION.
CHAPTER II. — THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION.
CHAPTER III. — MR. JOHNSON'S ACCESSION TO THE PRESIDENCY.
CHAPTER IV. — FIRST ATTEMPT TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT.
CHAPTER V. — THE TENURE-OF-OFFICE ACT.
CHAPTER VI. — IMPEACHMENT AGREED TO BY THE HOUSE.
CHAPTER VII. — IMPEACHMENT REPORTED TO THE SENATE.
CHAPTER VIII. — ORGANIZATION OF THE COURT ARGUMENT OF COUNSEL
CHAPTER IX. — EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES AND THEIR TESTIMONY.
CHAPTER X. — A CONFERENCE HELD AND THE FIRST VOTE TAKEN.
CHAPTER XI. — THE IMPEACHERS IN A MAZE. A RECESS ORDERED.
CHAPTER XII. — WAS IT A PARTISAN PROSECUTION?
CHAPTER XIII. — THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWER OF IMPEACHMENT.