Original sentence: Johnson was the subject of a sympathetic, but somewhat inaccurate, 1942 film Tennessee Johnson, starring Van Heflin as Johnson and Lionel Barrymore as his nemesis, Thaddeus Stevens.The decisive vote had been that of Edmund G.The film's climax depicts Johnson passionately delivering an oration in his own defense on the Senate floor near the end of his impeachment trial
Edited sentence: Among other historical errors, the film's climax depicts Johnson passionately delivering an oration in his own defense on the U.Chadsey, Struggle Between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction (New York, 1896).Dewitt, Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson (New York, 1903).Dunning, "A little More Light on Andrew Johnson," in the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society (Boston, 1905), in which the author maintains that Johnson,s first inaugural address was written by George Bancroft.Dunning, Essays on the Civil War and Reconstruction (New York, 1898).Had Johnson been successfully removed from office a precedent would have been established that a President could be removed not for "high crimes and misdemeanors" but for purely political differences.Hill, Decisive Battles of the Law (New York, 1907).John Savage, Life and Public Services of Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United States (New York, 1866).Johnson was the subject of a sympathetic, but highly inaccurate, 1942 film titled Tennessee Johnson, starring Van Heflin as Johnson and Lionel Barrymore as his nemesis, Thaddeus Stevens.Jones, Life of Andrew Johnson (Greeneville, Tenn.Senate floor near the end of his impeachment trial.Speeches, with a Biographical Introduction by Frank Moore (Boston, 1865).Stoddard, Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (New York, 1888).The decisive vote had been that of a young Radical Republican named Edmund G.The impeachment of Andrew Johnson is widely regarded as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the Federal Government.United States Congress, Trial of Andrew Johnson (three volumes, Washington, 1868)