Ticket for the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, 1868. Johnson was impeached for illegally removing rad
Ticket for the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, 1868. Johnson was impeached for illegally removing radical Republicans like Edwin Stanton, the Secretary of War, who wanted to continue the policies of Reconstruction that Johnson opposed. Tickets for each day of the proceedings had a different color. It is supposed that the marks on the back of the ticket are the spectator’s vote tallies. -- source link
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