Whose impeachment articles did Stevens secure in the House?
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Answer
Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States, faced impeachment proceedings initiated by the House of Representatives in 1868. Thaddeus Stevens, a prominent Republican congressman and a key figure in the Radical Republican faction, played a crucial role in securing the impeachment articles against Johnson.
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