And yet I doubt if words were ever delivered with more effect than when, broken with years and decay, he stood before the Senate and in the name of the House of Representatives and of all the people of the United States impeached Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors in office.
Sumner describes the powerful moment when an elderly man impeached President Andrew Johnson before the Senate.
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