In testimony whereof I have signed these presents with my hand and have
caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.
[SEAL.]
Done at the city of Washington, the 25th day of December, A.D. 1868, and
of the Independence of the United States of America the ninety-third.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
F.W. SEWARD,
_Acting Secretary of State_.
IMPEACHMENT OF ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
On the 24th of February, 1868, the House of Representatives of the
Congress of the United States resolved to impeach Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors, of
which the Senate was apprised, and arrangements were made for the trial.
On the 2d and 3d of March articles of impeachment were agreed upon by
the House of Representatives, and on the 4th they were presented to the
Senate by the managers on the part of the House, Mr. John A. Bingham,
Mr. George S. Boutwell, Mr. James F. Wilson, Mr. Benjamin F. Butler, Mr.
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