. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . er the latter entered the WarDepartment their mutual friendship and confidence grewwith ever)- day. Mr. Stantons entrance into the Cabinetmarked the beginning of a vigorous military Lincoln said that he never took an importantstep without consulting his Secretary of War. After Mr. Johnsons accession to the Presidency, remained in the administration for three adherence to the Republican party and the Presi-dents separation from and aggressive hostility towardit, together with differen
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . er the latter entered the WarDepartment their mutual friendship and confidence grewwith ever)- day. Mr. Stantons entrance into the Cabinetmarked the beginning of a vigorous military Lincoln said that he never took an importantstep without consulting his Secretary of War. After Mr. Johnsons accession to the Presidency, remained in the administration for three adherence to the Republican party and the Presi-dents separation from and aggressive hostility towardit, together with differences of opinion regarding certainmeasures vetoed by the President and re-enacted byCongress, led Mr. Johnson on August 5, 1867, to notifyMr. Stanton that public considerations of a high characterconstrained him to request the latters resignation. replied that public considerations of a high char-acter, which alone had induced him to remain at the headof the department, constrained him not to resign beforethe next meeting of Congress. The President suspended45. him from office August 12. When < ongress convened,the Senate refused its concurrence in the Stanton again resumed office. The President under-took to remove him February 21, 1868. The Senateresolved that under the Constitution and laws the Presi-dent had no power to remove the Secretary of War, andappoint another officer to perform the duties of his consequence of the action of both Houses of Con-gress, and the general apprehension of revolutionary pur-poses on the part of the President, Mr. Stanton refusedto relinquish control of his department. The Presidentstrial under articles of impeachment followed. A votewas reached on May 26, and thirty-five Senators votedfor conviction and nineteen for acquittal. The requisitetwo-thirds not having found the President guilty, he wasacquitted. A single vote would have changed the Stanton immediately relinquished office. The Senateag
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