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| Preface | |
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| Bad Beginnings: Spring 1865 | |
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| President Johnson: April 1865 | |
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| Land of Revolution: November 1865 | |
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| The Opposition Gathers: December 1865 | |
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| A Government Divided Against Itself: January-June 1866 | |
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| Political War: July-November 1866 | |
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| False Start on Impeachment: December 1866-June 1867 | |
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| The Dangerous Sphinx: August-November 1867 | |
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| Impeachment, Round Two: December 1867 | |
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| Impeachment, Round Three: December 12, 1867-February 15, 1868 | |
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| Showdown on Seventeenth Street: February 15-21, 1868 | |
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| The Dam Bursts: February 22-24, 1868 | |
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| The Waterloo Struggle: February 24-March 4, 1868 | |
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| Send in the Lawyers: March 5-29, 1868 | |
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| Influence and Edmund Cooper: March 1868 | |
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| Ben Butler's Horse Case: March 30-April 8, 1868 | |
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| Defending the President: April 9-20, 1868 | |
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| Counting to Seven: April 1868 | |
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| An Avalanche of Talk: April 22-May 6, 1868 | |
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| The Dark Men: May 5-9, 1868 | |
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| Scrambling for Votes: May 6-12, 1868 | |
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| Desperate Days: May 12-15, 1868 | |
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| Free Again: May 16-26, 1868 | |
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| Searching for Scandal: May 17-July 5, 1868 | |
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| The Caravan Moves On: January 1, 1869- | |
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| The Rorschach Blot | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Impeachment Provisions in the Constitution | |
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| The Tenure of Office Act | |
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| Impeachment Articles | |
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| The Senate Votes | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |