Service in The Andrew Johnson Administration
He was chief counsel for President Andrew Johnson during the impeachment trial. Evarts served as United States Attorney General for Johnson from July 1868 until March 1869.. Evarts was appointed Attorney General after the Senate declined to re-confirm Henry Stanbery to the office, wich Stanbery had resigned from in order to participate in the defense of Johnson in the impeachment trial.
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