As the first presidential impeachment trial was drawing to a close, newspaper titan Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune ran a bold headline: “CONVICTION ALMOST A CERTAINTY.” If by “certainty” the paper ...
On February 24, 1868, something extraordinary happened in the U.S. Congress. For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president, Democrat Andrew ...
The Rare Books Collection has added an unusual document to its archive: a horoscope by Boston astrologer Thomas Lister to President Andrew Johnson during his impeachment trial. Dated April 10, 1868, ...