Andrew Johnson was President from 1865 to 1869. He was the first President to be impeached.

He was impeached because he dismissed the Secretary of War, which was, allgedly, a violation of the Tenure of Office Act – one of the rules implaced by the radical republicans in Congress. In the spring of 1868 he was tried, and was acquitted.

I just realized yesterday evening that the album Laid by the band James is really quite good. Apart from the title song, which is really not the picture of moral uprightness, it is really good songcraft. I suppose one other song is pretty immoral as well… One of Three. It’s sort of along the lines of XTC’s song Dear God (which is also a pretty cool sonically).

Anyhow… I used to own the album, sold it, and I think I might get it again through BMG one day.