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« on: April 09, 2008, 11:41:23 AM » |
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« edited: April 09, 2008, 11:50:10 AM by StateBoiler »
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If Andrew Johnson received one more vote against him in his Senate impeachment trial, he would have been convicted of impeachment and removed from office (it required two-thirds, there were 54 senators, and the vote was 35-19). The vice presidency was vacant (as Johnson had been Lincoln's vice president), and therefore the presidency would've gone to president pro tempore of the Senate, Benjamin Wade.
How would Reconstruction have been carried out?
Would the institution of the presidency been irreparably harmed long-term?
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