Andrew Johnson actually said...

By virtue of the power and authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States, you are hereby suspended from office as Secretary of War, and will cease to exercise any and all functions pertaining to the same.

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Executive Order—Suspending from Office Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War

08/11/1867

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