Andrew Johnson 1856-1869

Andrew Johnson

April 15, 1865 to March 4, 1869

Year	Date	Document Title
1865	April 15, 1865	Johnson’s Inaugural Address
	April 17–22, 1854	Booth’s Diary
	April 18, 1865	Memorandum between Joseph E. Johnston & Major-General William T. Sherman {excerpt}
	May 2, 1865	Johnson’s Proclamation for Arrest of Jefferson Davis
	May 29, 1865	Johnson’s Proclamation of Amnesty and Pardon for the Confederate States
	June 23, 1865	Johnson’s Proclamation Opening Southern Ports
	June 30, 1865	Johnson’s Proclamation for the Provisional Government of South Carolina
	August 5, 1865	An address to the Loyal Citizens and Congress of the United States of America
	September 12, 1865	Johnson’s Circular about Refugees
	October 17, 1865	Treaty with the Apache, Cheyenne and Arapaho
	November 24, 1865	Law Conferring Civil Rights on Freedmen
	December 1, 1865	Johnson’s Proclamation Reinstating Habeas Corpus
	December 4, 1865	Formation of the “Committee of Fifteen”
	December 5, 1865	Johnson’s First Annual Message to Congress
	December 12, 1865	Formation of the “Committee of Fifteen”
	December 18, 1865	Grant’s Observations on Conditions in the South
	December 18, 1865	Stevens’ Speech on Reconstruction
	December 21, 1865	Law Providing & Regulating Labor Contracts for Agricultural Pursuits {excerpt}
1866	1866	Ex parte Garland
	1866	South Carolina Immigration Bill
	February 19, 1866	Johnson’s Veto of the Freedman’s Bureau Bill
	March 27, 1866	Johnson’s Veto of the Civil Rights Act
	April 9, 1866	The Civil Rights Act
	April 16, 1866	Seward’s Letter to Mr. Motley
	May 10, 1866	Johnson’s Proclamation Announcing the End of the Insurrection
	June 13, 1866	Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution
	June 20, 1866	Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction {excerpt}
	December 3, 1866	The Tenure of Office Act
	December 3, 1866	Johnson’s Second Annual Message to Congress
1867	January, 1867	Douglas’ “An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage”
	March 2, 1867	Johnson's Message to Congress Veto of Tenure of Office Act
	March 2, 1867	Johnson's Veto of the First Reconstruction Act
	March 2, 1867	Command of the Army Act {excerpt}
	March 23, 1867	Johnson’s Veto of the Second Reconstruction Act
	March 29, 1867	The British North America Act
	March 30, 1867	Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias to the United States of America
	March 30, 1867	Johnson’s Proclamation for a Special Session of the Senate
	April 3, 1867	Ex parte Milligan
	April 15, 1867	Mississippi v. Johnson
	December 3, 1867	Johnson’s Third Annual Message to Congress
1868	1868	Organization and Principles of the Klu Klux Klan
	February 29, 1868	First Reading of the Articles of Impeachment
	March 2, 1868	Voting on the Articles of Impeachment
	March 4, 1868	Senate Receives the Articles of Impeachment
	March 10, 1868	Howard Reports on Impeachment
	April 28, 1868	Fort Laramie Treaty
	May 21, 1868	Republican Party Platform
	June 2, 1868	Johnson’s Message on the Death of President Buchanan
	July 4, 1868	Democratic Party Platform
	December 9, 1868	Johnson’s Fourth Annual Message to Congress
1869	February 10, 1869	Joint Session of Congress to Decide the Presidential Election of 1868
	February 26, 1869	Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution

Last updated February 28, 2008