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Historical Events in August 1867

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  • Aug 1 Blacks vote for 1st time in a US state election in the South (Tennessee)

Johnson Suspends Secretary of War

Aug 12 US President Andrew Johnson defies Congress suspending Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

17th US President Andrew Johnson
US Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
  • Aug 15 The Representation of the People Act (1867) extends suffrage in the UK
  • Aug 28 The United States formally takes control of Midway Atoll, years after it was sighted and claimed by Captain N.C. Brooks


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