ANTIQUARTO
Brenton Simons on history, genealogy, collecting, and the arts
THE ANTIQUARTO
Bailey votes to Impeach President Johnson!
Having witnessed two presidential impeachments in my lifetime (Clinton and Trump), I have wondered about how my ancestors might have viewed the impeachment by the House in 1868 (and subsequent acquittal by the Senate) of our 17th president, Andrew Johnson. One of my ancestors was the Hon. Alexander Hamilton Bailey (1817-1874), a lawyer and Republican member of the House of Representatives from New York, who served as a Congressman during the tumultuous years of 1867-1871. (He