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title: "Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?"  
description: "Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?"  
author: "Ana Paulson"  
published: 2018-03-02  
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tags: ["us presidents"]  
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# Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?

Why was [Andrew Johnson](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41661/why-was-president-andrew-johnson-not-removed-from-office-when-he-was-impeached-in-1867) impeached?

## Answers

### Answer by akriti kashyap

## Impeachment of Andrew Johnson!

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The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson happened in **1868** when the **United States House of Representatives** set out to arraign **President Andrew Johnson**, embracing eleven articles of reprimand specifying his high wrongdoings and crimes, as per Article Two of the **United States Constitution**. The House's essential charge against Johnson was an infringement of the **Tenure of Office Act**, go by Congress the earlier year.

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In particular, he had expelled from office **Edwin McMasters Stanton**, the Secretary of War—whom the Tenure of Office Act was to a great extent intended to ensure—and endeavoured to supplant him with Brevet Major **General Lorenzo Thomas**. As opposed to prevalent thinking, Johnson was not indicted for briefly supplanting Stanton with **General Ulysses Grant** prior while Congress was not in session.

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