2018 events

January

February
Having reinstated Secretary of War Edwin Stanton and dismissed him in a test of the Tenure of Office Act, President Johnson is impeached by Congress. There are 11 articles in the indictment, but the only real issue is the firing of Stanton.

March
5 The United States Senate convenes to consider the impeachment of President Johnson, with Chief Justice Salmon Chase presiding.

April

May
Congress votes, 35 to 19, for conviction, but fails to reach a 2/3 majority; President Johnson is acquitted by one vote.
Secretary of War Stanton resigns.
The Radical Republican party nominates General U.S. Grant for president.
Decoration Day (later to become Memorial Day) is inaugurated, primarily through the efforts of General John Logan (USA).

June

July
The Democratic Party nominates Governor Horatio Seymour of New York as their presidential nominee.
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution goes into effect.

August

September
The legislature of Georgia having expelled its black members, military government is reimposed.

October

November
Ulysses S Grant wins the election as president.

December