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Document 32530

ANDREW JOHNSON
The President decides to pardon a former U.S. Congressman from Alabama, the brother of the Confederate Secretary of War.
ANS: "A. Johnson/Pres" as 17th U.S. President, in pencil, 3½x2 card, front and verso. [Washington, September 1865]. In full: "I have concluded to issue a pardon in the Case of Percy Waker (sic)". On verso of this card, imprinted: "MR. ROBERT C. SCHENCK ", the President has added: "I will not let the contens (sic) of this bind to him." On September 30, 1865, President Johnson signed Percy Walker's pardon. In part: "Whereas, Percy Walker of Mobile, Alabama, by taking part in the late rebellion against the Government of the United States, has made himself liable to heavy pains and penalties; And whereas, the circumstances of his case render him a proper object of executive clemency; Now, therefore, be it known, That I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, divers (sic) other good and sufficient reasons me thereunto moving, do hereby grant to the said Percy Walker a full pardon and amnesty for all offences by him committed, arising from participation, direct or implied, in the said rebellion, conditioned as follows: 1st. This pardon to be of no effect until the said Percy Walker shall take the oath prescribed in the Proclamation of the President, dated May 29th, 1865. 2d. To be void and of no effect if the said Percy Walker shall hereafter, at any time, acquire any property whatever in slaves, or make use of slave labor. 3d. That the said Percy Walker first pay all costs which may have accrued in any proceedings instituted or pending against his person or property before the date of the acceptance of this warrant...." PERCY WALKER (1812-1880) had served in Congress as a Representative from Alabama from 1855-1857. He had been elected as a member of the American Party. Before entering Congress, he had practiced both medicine and law in Mobile. His brother, LEROY P. WALKER, was the first Secretary of War of the Confederacy, serving from February to September 1861. He resigned after the Confederate Congress and President Jefferson Davis became dissatisfied with his management of the War Department and became Brigadier General in the Confederate Army. ROBERT C. SCHENCK represented Ohio in Congress as a Whig (1843-1851) and as a Republican (1863-1871). He left the Union Army and resigned his commission as Major General to take his seat in Congress in 1863. On verso "39" is written in pencil at lower right corner (unknown hand). Fine condition. Framed in the Gallery of History style: 33¼x22½.

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