Edmund G. Ross – Brewminate

Edmund G. Ross: A Profile in Impeachment Corruption, Not Courage

Posted on December 17, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

Ross cast the vote that saved President Andrew Johnson. By David O. Stewart, J.D. The current impeachment proceedings have revived the historical error of proclaiming Kansas Senator Edmund G. Ross a hero for providing the vote that saved President Andrew Johnson’s job after the April 1868 impeachment trial. For many years after that one-vote verdict,[…]

Edmund G. Ross, the Man Who Saved Andrew Johnson

Posted on December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

Introduction Edmund Gibson Ross (December 7, 1826 – May 8, 1907) was a politician who represented Kansas after the American Civil War and was later governor of the New Mexico Territory. His vote against convicting President Andrew Johnson of “high crimes and misdemeanors” allowed Johnson to stay in office by the margin of one vote. As[…]