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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01265.31 |
| From Archive Folder | Civil war loyalty pamphlets |
| Title | The conflict between the president and congress: its origins and progress |
| Date | 1868 |
| Author | Cook, Burton C. (1819-1894) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Reported and printed by F & J Rives and George A. Bailey. A speech of the Honorable Burton C. Cook delivered in the House of Representatives on May 8, 1868. Argues that President Andrew Johnson's "usurpation of power has endangered the safety of the Republic." Calls upon members to impeach Andrew Johnson of high crimes and misdemeanors. |
| Subjects | Impeachment Law Congress President Reconstruction Government and Civics |
| People | Cook, Burton C. (1819-1894) Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Reconstruction; Law; Government & Politics; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Representative from Illinois; born in Pittsford, Monroe County, N.Y., May 11, 1819; attended the Collegiate Institute, Rochester, N.Y.; studied law; in 1835 moved to Ottawa, Ill., where he commenced the practice of law in 1840; elected by the legislature in 1846 State’s attorney for the ninth judicial district for two years; reelected by the people in 1848 for four years; member of the State senate 1852-1860; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860 and 1864; member of the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1865, to August 26, 1871, when he resigned; chairman, Committee on Roads and Canals (Fortieth Congress), Committee on District of Columbia (Forty-first Congress); resumed the practice of his profession in Evanston, Cook County, Ill., and died there August 18, 1894. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |