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Why was Andrew Johnson impeached (actual and underlying reasons)?

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President Andrew Johnson was a result of political conflict and the rupture of ideologies in the aftermath of the American civil war... the tenure of office act passed over Johnson's veto in 1867, it stated that the president could not dismiss appointed officials without the consent of Congress.

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