During this event, Perry Fuller's efforts to support one side led to his later, failed appointment as head of the I.R.S.. Near its end, Benjamin Butler privately boasted that "the removal of the great obstruction is certain." Part of the cited reasons for this event were a man's "disrespectful" speeches during his "Swing Around the Circle" tour two years before. Edmund Ross' actions during it were later praised in John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage. This event began after a man removed Edwin Stanton from the post of Secretary of War, violating the Tenure of Office A
During this event, Perry Fuller's efforts to support one side led to his later, failed appointment as head of the I.R.S.. Near its end, Benjamin Butler privately boasted that "the removal of the great obstruction is certain." Part of the cited reasons for this event were a man's "disrespectful" speeches during his "Swing Around the Circle" tour two years before. Edmund Ross' actions during it were later praised in John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage. This event began after a man removed Edwin Stanton from the post of Secretary of War, violating the Tenure of Office Act. For 10 points, name this 1868 legal proceeding in which Radical Republicans almost succeeded in removing Abraham Lincoln's presidential successor from office.
During this event, Perry Fuller's efforts to support one side led to his later, failed appointment as head of the I.R.S..
impeachment of Andrew Johnson [or trial of Andrew Johnson]