CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 





Morrill, M.uilt.n, Myers, O'Noill, Orlli, I'.iino 1 



,-, William I!. Kandall, Alex- 



;i. i;i,-e. .I..IHI II. Rico, Sawyer, Schenck, Sco- 



Hiaycr, John !-. ThonlM, 



,n, \ an Aeriam. Illltnilton Ward, 



', iimc. Henry l>. VVashburu, 

 Mhvnrih, Williams, James F. Wilson, 

 Stephen F. Wilson, and Windom 108. 



-srs. Anconu, I'., r-.-n, CampbelL Cooper, 



Dawsmi, Pud^e, Kl.lriik'e. Fin, !;, Glossbren- 



Harding, Mawl.ms, Hi >\ ll'i^iin, Jumes 



K. Hnbbell, Humphrey, Hunter, Ken-, Latham, Left- 



'! ('ulloiiifli, Niblack, Nicholson, Noel), I'hclps, 



i .1. Um.lall, Raymond, Hitter, Ross, Spald- 



:her, Nathaniel G. Taylor, Nelson 



Taylor, Trimble, Andrew H. Ward, Whalcy, and 



Winliel.l. 



NIIT voTixn Messrs. Anderson, Blow, Boyer, 

 Colliding, Dawes, Denison, Dumont, Eggleston, 

 tion.lvear, Uriswold, Hale, Harris, Hotchkiss, 

 Atahel V7. Hubbard, Dcnias Hubbard, Edwin N. 

 Huliiiell, Hulburd, Johnson, Jones, Koontz, Laflin, 

 Le Blond, Marshall, Mclndoe, Morris, Newell, Plants, 

 Pomerov, Radford, Rogers, Rollins, Rousseau, Shank- 

 lin, BheUabanrer, Sitgreaves, Sloan, Stillwell, Fran- 

 cis Thomas, Thornton, Burt Van Horn, Robert T. 

 Van Horn, William B. Washburn, Woodbridge, and 

 Wright 45. 



In the House, on January 14th, the following 

 was offered by Mr. Kelso, of Missouri, and con- 

 sidered without final action : 



Resolved, That for the purpose of securing the 

 fruits of the victories gained on the part of the Re- 

 public during the late war, waged by rebels and 

 traitors against the life of the nation, and of giving 

 effect to the will of the people, as expressed at the 

 polls during the late election, by majorities number- 

 ing in the aggregate more than four hundred thou- 

 sand votes, it is the imperative duty of the Thirty- 

 ninth Congress to take, without delay, such action 

 as will accomplish the following objects : 



1. The impeachment of the officer now exercising 

 the functions pertaining to the office of the President 

 of the United States of America, and his removal 

 from office, upon his conviction in due form, of the 

 crimes and high misdemeanors of which he is mani- 

 festly and notoriously guilty, and which render it 

 unsafe longer to permit nim to exercise the powers 

 he has unlawfully assumed. 



2. To provide for the faithful and efficient adminis- 

 tration of the executive department within the limits 

 prescribed by law. 



In the House, on March 2d, the Committee 

 on the Judiciary, on the impeachment of the 

 President, presented the following report : 



On the 7th day of January, 1867, the House, on 

 the motion of Hon. James M. Ashley, a Representa- 

 tive from the State of Ohio, adopted the following 

 preamble and resolutions, to wit : 



I do impeach Andrew Johnson, VIce-President and acting 

 President of the United States, of high crimes and misde- 

 meanors. 



I charge him with a usurpation of power and violation or 

 law: 



In that he has corruptly used the appolntinc power; 



In that he has corruptly used the pardoning power ; 



In that ho has corruptly used the veto power; 



In that he has corruptly disposed of the public property 

 of the United States ; 



In that ho has corruptly interfered in elections, and com- 

 mitted acts which, in contemplation of tho Constitution, are 

 high crimes imd misdemeanors : Therefore, 



Be it retained, That the Committee on the Judiciary he, 

 and they are herehy, authorized to inquire into the official 

 conduct of Andrew Johnson, Vice-President of the United 

 States. dlsch;\r;_'inu' thu powers and duties of the office of 

 President of the United States, and to report to this House 

 whether, in tlu-ir opinion, the said Andrew Johnson, while 

 in said office, has been guilty of acts which are designed or 



calculated to overthrow, subvert, or corrupt th OomMMDi 



of thu United Btate*. or any department or office thereof; 



an.l wlirilii-r tin- ualil Andrew Johiuon has been ffulliy of 



any act, or hu connplred with other* to do MU, whlrb, tn 



i Ration of the Constitution, are high crimes ind raU- 



miring tbo interposition of the cong'ltutlonaJ 



power of this House ; and that Bald committee have power 



to send for persons and pupc-is, and to admlnUU-r the cu- 



tomary oath to witnesses. 



The duty imposed upon the committee by this 

 action of the House was of the highest and gravest 

 character. No committee during the entire history 

 of tho Government '"* ever been charged with a 

 more important trust. The responsibility which it 

 imposed was of oppressive weight, and of most un- 

 pleasant nature. Gladly would the committee have 

 escaped from tho arduous labor imposed upon it by 

 the resolution of the House; but once imposed, 

 prompt, deliberate, and faithful action, with a view 

 to correct results, became its duty, and to this end 

 it has directed its efforts. 



Soon after the adoption of the resolution by tho 

 House, Hon. James M. Ashley communicated to the 

 committee, in support of his charges against the 

 President of the United States, such facts as were in 

 his possession, and the investigation was proceeded 

 with, and baa been continued almost without a day's 

 interruption. A laflge number of witnesses have 

 been examined, many documents collected, and 

 every thing done which could be done to reach a 

 conclusion of the case. But the Investigation covers 

 a broad field, embraces many novel, interesting, and 

 important questions, and involves a multitude of 

 facts, while most of the witnesses are distant from 

 the capital, owing to which the committee, in view 

 of the magnitude of the interests involved in its 

 action, has not been able to conclude its labors, and 

 is not therefore prepared to submit a definite and 

 final report. If the investigation had even ap- 

 proached completeness, the committee would not 

 feel authorized to present the result to the House at 

 this late period of the session, unless tho charges 

 had been so entirely negatived as to admit of no 

 discussion, which, in the opinion of the committee, 

 is not the case. 



Certainly no affirmative report could be properly 

 considered, in the expiring hours of this Congress. 



The committee not having fully investigated all 

 the charges prepared against the President of tho 

 United States, it is deemed inexpedient to submit 

 any conclusion beyond the statement that sufficient 

 testimony has been brought to its notice to justify 

 and demand a further prosecution of the investiga- 

 tion. 



The testimony which the committee has taken will 

 pass into the custody of tho Clerk of the House, and 

 can go into the hands of such committee as may be 

 charged with the duty of bringing this investigation 

 to a close, so that the labor expended upon it may 

 not have been in vain. 



The committee regrets its inability definitely to 

 dispose of the important subject committed to its 

 charge, and presents this report for its own justifica- 

 tion, and for the additional purpose of notifying the 

 succeeding Congress of the incompleteness of its 

 labors, and that they should be completed. 



.1 AMKS K. WILSON, Chairman. 

 FRANCIS THOMAS, 

 D. MORRIS, 

 F. E. WOODBRIDGE, 

 GEORGE S. BOUTWELL, 

 THOMAS WILLIAMS, 

 BURTON C. COOK, 

 WILLIAM LAWRENCE. 



Mr. Rogers, of New Jersey, presented the 

 following minority report : 



The subscriber, one of the Judiciary Committ.v. 

 to which was referred by the House the inou.nr 

 the official conduct of his Excellency the PioiMMlt 



