Eleven articles of impeachment against United States President Andrew Johnson were adopted by the United States House of Representatives on March 2 and 3, 1868 as part of the impeachment of Johnson. A
Illustration of the seven-member committee meeting to draft the articles of impeachment. From left to right: Thaddeus Stevens, James F. Wilson, Hamilton Ward (back of head), John A. Logan, George S. Boutwell, George Washington Julian, John Bingham
Illustration of Thaddeus Stevens speaking during March 2, 1868 debate
On March 3, 1868, the House impeachment managers (illustrated) successfully requested the passage of two additional articles of impeachment
Andrew Johnson photo portrait head and shoulders, c 1870 1880 Edit 1
Swing Around the Circle is the nickname for a speaking campaign undertaken by U.S. President Andrew Johnson between August 27 and September 15, 1866, in which he tried to gain support for his obstruct
Articles of impeachment adopted against Andrew Johnson
…1861, would later be cited in some of the articles of impeachment against Johnson. In the late summer of 1866, President Johnson embarked his national "Swing Around the Circle" speaking tour, in part to campaign for Democrats ahead of the 1866 United States elections. The tour backfired on Johnson, resulting in damaging reports…
Photograph of U.S. President Andrew Johnson at a banquet in his honor during the Swing Around the Circle speaking tour. Johnson appears seated in the center, with General Ulysses S. Grant to his left and Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles to his right; the exact date has been questioned based on Ulysses S. Grant appearing to wear three-star insignia, although he was promoted to four-star General of the Army on 25 July 1866
Image from Swingin' Round the Cirkle, or Andy's trip to the West by Petroleum V. Nasby: (1) Andrew Johnson, (2) ?, (3) William H. Seward(??), (4) Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, (5) Adm. David Farragut, (6) ?, (7) Gideon Welles(??), (8) ?, (9) ?
"Appalling calamity at Johnstown, Pa., on Friday, Sept. 14th, caused by the falling of a railroad bridge crowded with the citizens of the town, during the visit of President Johnson" (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Oct. 6, 1866)
"Andy's Trip," a lampooning of Johnson's "Swing Around the Circle" campaign tour by cartoonist Thomas Nast