40th United States Congress - Major Events

Major Events

  • March 30, 1867: Alaska Purchase
  • February 24, 1868: Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
  • May 16, 1868: President Johnson acquitted
  • May 26, 1868: President Johnson acquitted again
  • November 3, 1868: 1868 presidential election: Ulysses S. Grant (R) defeated Horatio Seymour (D)
  • December 25, 1868: President Johnson granted unconditional pardons to all Civil War rebels
  • January 20, 1869: Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the first woman to testify before Congress

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