Word: johnsons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nevertheless, when the President asked his resignation, he refused to give it. So the President suspended him and made General Grant Secretary of War ad interim. When Congress assembled, it refused to consent to Stanton's removal and he returned to his office in the War Department building. President Johnson, however, appointed General Lorenzo Thomas Secretary of War. When Thomas tried to take over the Department, Stanton refused to budge. He had a hot temper and a sharp tongue. He sat tight, even lived in his office for a number of days. He called General Grant...
...some years before the power of removal again came to the fore, but it came?when Andrew Johnson and Congress were grappling at each other's throats. In 1867, Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act, prohibiting the President from removing any officer without the consent of the Senate. Congress was intent on having a different way from President Johnson's way in the administration of Reconstruction measures. In particular, it wished to see Secretary of War Edward McMasters Stanton continued in office because
Meanwhile, Congress undertook to impeach President Johnson, the principal charge being violation of the Tenure of Office Act. The impeachment proceedings failed, largely because there was a loophole in the wording of the Act. Shortly after, Stanton resigned...
...during all this period, even when it was the main theme of impeachment proceedings against President Johnson, its constitutionality was never tested in court. It still remains a moot question what the makers of the Constitution wanted done about removals, or granting, as seems to have been the case, that they did not consider the matter, what the Constitution implies about removals...
...part of Neil MoRac the poor but brilliant writer of music, is excellently played by Roland Young. He is abiv seconded by Kay Johnson as Cynthia Mason and by Ann Carpenter as Glady Cady...