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Andrew Johnson 1868 "The Smelling Committee"

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Andrew Johnson 1868  The Smelling Committee
Rare lithograph published by Currier & Ives. Political cartoon titled, "The Smelling Committee." Image by John Cameron, signed in the plate lower right. Depicts several figures involved in the failed impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. The men depicted include: John A. Logan, George S. Boutwell, Thomas Williams, Benjamin F. Butler, Thaddeus Stevens, and John A. Bingham. Andrew Johnson chides them for continuing to attempt to ride this 'dead horse' as he shows them a ram labeled, "30,000". Titled at bottom with no publisher information.