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Joe's daily U.S. History Lesson -- May 16
Category: Education
Duration: 00:06:33
Publish Date: 2018-05-11 23:00:07
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MAY 16

1868 – President Andrew Johnson is acquitted. ...The Tennessee Taylor was the first sitting US president to get impeached. Johnson was a southern Democrat who was facing the Radical Republicans movement that dominated Congress during the post-civil war reconstruction era. The main charge of the impeachment was Johnson’s dismissal of the Tenure of Office Act.

The Tenure of Office Act was a federal law that was intended to restrict the power of the President of the US to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the Senate. It was enacted March 3, 1867 and written specifically for President Johnson. Johnson removed Edwin Stanton from the position of Secretary of War and replaced him with General Ulysses Grant. The House agreed to the articles of impeachment on March 2 1868, and three days later the trial began in the Senate. Johnson as I mentioned was acquitted, the final tally of votes for conviction was one fewer than the 2/3 required. And Andrew Taylor, aka the Father of the Homestead Act, would remain the only sitting US president to get impeached until 131 years later when it happened to Bill Clinton.

1965 – Happy Birthday SpaghettiOs. More than 150 million cans are sold each year.

1918 – Woodrow The Professor Wilson had previously signed the Sedition Act, …and on May 16 the law is enacted. This was an extension of the Espionage act of the previous year; it outlawed the use of disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the United States government, its flag, or military or America in general. It really wasn’t constitutional and goes against the 1st amendment, and Congress repealed it on December 13, 1920.

1996 – Slammin’ Sammy Sosa is 1st Chicago Cub to hit 2 HRS in 1 inning. …Sammy also played for the Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, and Baltimore Orioles. When the Rangers, he hit his 600th career home run to become the fifth player in MLB history to reach the milestone. He’s also the all-time home run leader among foreign born MLB players, since he’s a Dominican player. He’s the only player to have hit 60 or more home runs in a single season three times.

 
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