Date: 1868-03-02
Result:
124-41
Vote Subject Matter:
Civil Liberties
/ Domestic Social Policy
Sponsor: DAWES, Henry Laurens (R-MA)
Description: TO AGREE TO ARTICLE TWO OF THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT REPORT, CHARGING PRESIDENT JOHNSON WITH EXCEEDING HIS AUTHORITY BY APPOINTING LORENZO THOMAS TO ACT AS SECRETARY OF WAR IN PLACE OF EDWIN M. STANTON, THEREBY VIOLATING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND BEING GUILTY OF A HIGH MISDEMEANOR.
Original source documents:
Congresional Globe vol. 80, p. 1617;
House Journal vol. 66, p. 442;
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