Lorenzo Thomas, for his role in violating the act ... to keep my eyes from filling with tears as he was then.” When Andrew Johnson illegally tried to fire War Secretary Edwin Stanton in 1868 ...

Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House and acquitted ... a confrontational Johnson dismissed Stanton and named Brevet Major Gen. Lorenzo Thomas as secretary of war. Stanton refused to go ...

Andrew Johnson was a sort of anti-­Lincoln—a ... His replacement was Lorenzo Thomas, a drunk desk jockey (Johnson had a type) whose main qualification seemed to be his lack of any.

ISBN: 0786472170 Lorenzo Thomas (1804-1875) saw considerable field service in ... In addition, Eggleston adds a discussion of Thomas’ role during the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in helping prevent ...

Irvine English Professor Brook Thomas delivered a talk titled, “The Politics of Popular Portrayals of Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment.” Professor Thomas discussed three examples: Thomas Dixon ...

The year was 1869, and the president was Andrew ... Johnson wouldn’t be the first president to miss his successor’s inauguration. John Adams had stormed out of Washington at 4 a.m. the day of ...