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| Lot # 15 PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON - ENDORSEMENT SIGNED 12/30/1867 - Document 27564 |
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ANDREW JOHNSON
He recommends to his Cabinet the employment of a young lady during time when
his powers were questioned.
Manuscript DS: "Andrew Johnson" as President, 1p, 3¼x7¾.
Executive Mansion, 1867 December 30. In full: "Respectfully referred
to the Heads of the several Departments with the earnest hope that it may be
found consistent with the public interests to give employment to this young
person." Docketed in unidentified hand on 3¼x7¾ integral sheet at right:
"Miss Minnie Reagan/by/Andrew Johnson/&/Rev. B.F. Wiget". Evidently, Rev.
B.F. Wiget had written to President Johnson to recommend Miss Minnie Reagan for
government employment. The President wrote this recommendation to his Cabinet
when his legal relationship with it was in question. In March of 1867, the
Tenure of Office Act was passed over his veto. As a result, the President could
not remove a Cabinet member without Senate approval. Johnson suspended Secretary
of War Edwin M. Stanton in August during a Congressional recess. The House
Judiciary Committee had recommended Johnson's impeachment in November but the
House refused. Eleven days after Johnson wrote the recommendation, the
Senate Committee on Military Affairs exonerated suspended Secretary of War
Stanton in his struggle with the President and two days later, on January 13,
1868, the Senate refused to ratify Johnson's suspension. Interestingly, but
for Stanton, Johnson worked well with the rest of the Cabinet. In fact, his
Cabinet members, except for Stanton, wanted to testify in his favor during his
impeachment but were denied their day in court by Chief Justice Salmon P.
Chase. Lightly soiled. Stain just touches the "son" in Johnson, else fine
condition.
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