Ulysses S. Grant to Andrew Johnson explaining that he has stepped down from his role as Secretary of War - American History 1493-1945 - Adam Matthew Digital

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC03924
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to the 1860s
Title	Ulysses S. Grant to Andrew Johnson explaining that he has stepped down from his role as Secretary of War
Date	14 January 1868
Author	Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)
Recipient	Johnson, Andrew
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Probably a retained draft. Grant has blotted and overwritten numerous words. He claims that he cannot serve because of the Senate's "Act Regulating the Tenure of Certain Civil Officers."
Subjects	Congress Law President Politics Government and Civics
People	Grant, Ulysses, Jr. (1852-1929) Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) Stanton, E. M. (Edwin McMasters) (1814-1869)
Place written	Washington, D.C.
Theme	Reconstruction; Government & Politics; Law
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Transcript	Show/hide Head Quarters Armies of the United States, Washington, D.C., Jan.y 14th 1868 His Excellency, A. Johnson, President of the United States. Sir: I have the honor to enclose herewith copy of official notice received by me, last evening, of the action of the Senate of the United States in the case of the [struck: s][inserted: d] isposi[struck: ns][inserted: t]ion of the Hon. [inserted: E.M. Stanton] Sec. of War, [struck: E.M. Stanton.] According to the provisions of Sec. 2 of "An Act regulating the Tenure of certain Civil Offices" my functions as Secretary of War, ad interim, ceased from the moment of the receipt of the written notice.

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