One Vote Saved a President: The Johnson Impeachment Acquittal
On May 16, 1868, the U.S. Senate acquitted President Andrew Johnson on impeachment charges by a single vote, 35 to 19, one short of the two-thirds needed to convict.
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Texas Comes Home: Readmitted to the Union, 1870
On March 30, 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the act readmitting Texas to the Union, ending five years of Reconstruction rule.