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The Murder of Andrew Johnson (suspects (Hannibal Hamlin (15th VPOTUS,…
The Murder of Andrew Johnson
suspects
Benjamin Butler
led the impeacherment mvmt for johnson
Charles Sumner
anti slavery
Edwin M. Stanton
secretary of war
opposed to the lenient policies of johnson
Hiram Revels
black
Jefferson Davis
president of the conferderate states
Oliver O. Howard
corps commander
freedman's bureau
Benjamin F. Wade
radical republicans
would have been acting president if johnson was inpeached
Ulysses S. Grant
doubtful
next president
Hannibal Hamlin
15th VPOTUS
active abolitionist
VPOTUS before Johnson
collector of the port of boston
disagreed with johnsons reconstruction policy
Horace Greeley
leader of the republican party
Victim:
Andrew Johnson
literally the worst
impeached
south never had a right to secede in the first place
racist
blacks should have no role in reconstruction
resented southern elites
17th prez
policies
quick restoration
appointed provisional governers
100% white governments
all land to its former owners
sharecroppers
quasi-serfdom
opposed the 14th amendment and legislation that gave slaves rights
clues
coat pistol
recently discharged
murder weapon?
"Collector of the Port of Boston"
hannibal hamlin
jacket
owner unknown
note
torn
not fully ledgible
"one born of poor white trash and educated in a slave state...it is up to you to do the deed my friend"
found near chairs and a center table
date 1817 on the underside
french empire clock
depicting Hannibal
chipped by a stray bullet
underside 1817
shout
"It should be me who is president, not you"
benjamin wade
confirmed by all accounts
calling card
blood
"Missionary Society of the First Congregational Church, Washington DC, 1866"
oliver howard
briefcase
near the table
"thank you for saving my life, from
DS
"
paperwork related to patent for the
McCormick Reaper
box of cartridges
one
cartridge removed
stanton
bag
white house closet
10,000 dollars worth of
Greenbacks
note
directions
ink is smeared
no other discernable information
receipt
donation to
Waterville
College
shirt
1 left sleeve
oliver howard
note #2
partially smeared in blood
to abraham lincoln
We require you as the first servant of the Republic, charged especially and preeminently with this duty, that you execute the laws… We think you are strangely and disastrously remiss in the discharge of your official and imperative duty with regard to the emancipating provisions of the new Confiscation Act
charles sumner and benjamin wade
found near Johnson's body
letter opener
blood
engraved
"from your friend,
Joshua Giddings
benjamin wade
information
all invitees had something against Johnson
lights went out
shout
two
gun shots
no exit wounds
murder weapon?
two
wounds
two murderers?
several minutes passed before the lights came back on
possibly the shout provided in the clue?
all visitors confined to the blue, green, and crimson drawing rooms
needed information
motive
which clues tie into it
personal sequence of events
important questions
greenbacks?
improvements and industrialization
what happened in 1817?
who lived in boston?
leads