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The Command of Army Act is a law that was in effect under the 1867–1868 appropriations act for the United States Army.The appropriations act under which the law was in place had been passed by the United States Congress on March 2, 1867, and signed by President Andrew Johnson on March 4, 1867.
Revived grade of general of the army of the United States, to be selected from officers most distinguished for courage, skill, and ability, and authorized to command the armies of the United States (Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman). Set annual pay of general at $4,800, plus allowances. USA: Act of March 2, 1867 [Command of the Army Act]
In March 1867, despite taking formal issue with the Command of Army Act, arguing that it is unconstitutional, President Johnson signed the appropriations bill containing the act. [12] [13] [14] An alleged violation of act would later be the subject of the ninth article of impeachment that was adopted against Johnson. [15]
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Protecting Grant, Congress passed the Command of the Army Act, attached to an army appropriation bill, preventing his removal or relocation, and forcing Johnson to pass orders through Grant, the general in chief. [31] Republicans gained majorities in all 11 states, and African Americans were elected to Congress and high state offices. [32]
The First Reconstruction Act had been passed March 2, 1867. On July 3, 1867, the House Select Committee on Reconstruction was created when the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution by Thaddeus Stevens which read, "Resolved that a committee of nine be appointed to inquire what further legislation, if any, is required respecting the acts of March 2, 1867, or other ...
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This act, passed on March 2, 1867, divided the former Confederate States (except for Tennessee, after it ratified the 14th Amendment) [4] into five separate military districts. [5] The Reconstruction Acts required that each former Confederate state hold a Constitutional Convention, adopt a new State Constitution, and ratify the 14th Amendment ...