PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON - DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT SIGNED 05/04/1866 CO-SIGNED BY: WILLIAM H. SEWARD - HFSID 47877
Price: $3,000.00
ANDREW JOHNSON and WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Partly Printed DS:
"Andrew Johnson" as President and "William H. Seward" as
Secretary of State, 1p, 13¾x10. Washington,
1866 May 4. Appointment of William T. Coggeshall of Ohio as "Minister
Resident of the United States of America to the Republic of Ecuador".
COGGESHALL (1824-1867) presented his credentials on September 20, 1866,
serving until his death in Guapolo, Ecuador on August 3, 1867. Congress had
passed the Tenure of Office Act on March 2, 1867, over JOHNSON's veto. It
required Senate approval for a president to remove any federal official
previously confirmed by the Senate. On August 12, 1867, just nine days after
Coggeshall's death, Johnson dismissed Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, a
Radical Republican, in defiance of the act. This action led to Johnson's
impeachment in 1868. The Radical Republicans controlling the Senate then refused
to confirm most of Johnson's appointments, including three successive Ministers
to Ecuador. It was not until Grant became President in 1869 that the Senate
confirmed the appointment of Coggeshall's successor. SEWARD, who had been
appointed by President Lincoln on March 5, 1861, served as Secretary of State
through Johnson's administration. Lightly creased. Folds, vertical fold touches
the second "l" in William. Lightly soiled, light stains. Pinhead-size holes at
blank cross folds. Pencil notes (unknown hand) and heavy glue stains on verso
(no show through).
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