LAFAYETTE S. FOSTER JULY 9, 1866 ON VP CHAMBERS LETTERHEAD
VERY TURBULENT TIMES FOLLOWING THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN APRIL 14TH, 1865. ANDREW JOHNSON BECAME VICE PRESIDENT HAS THIS WAS TOWARDS THE END OF THE WAR. HE WAS A DEMOCRAT WHO RAN WITH LINCOLN ON THE NATIONAL UNION TICKET AS THE WAR CONCLUDED.
HE FAVORED QUICK RESTORATION OF THE SECEDED STATES TO THE UNION, HIS PLANS DID NOT GIVE PROTECTION TO THE FORMER SLAVES. HE CAME INTO CONFLICT WITH THE REPUBLICAN-DOMINATED CONGRESS, CULTIMATING IN HIS IMPEACHMENT BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SO ANDREW JOHNSON BECAME PRESIDENT WHO WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT, WELL LAFAYETTE FOSTER BECAME PRESIDENT FOREHAND AND WAS CONSIDERED NEXT IN LINE IF VICE PRESIDENT JOHNSON WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPEACHED OR IF HE WOULD HAVE DIED IN OFFICE.
THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL PIECE OF HIS STARK OF PROVIDENCE WHERE HE WAS ASKING TO BE EXCUSED FOR THE DAY H.B. ANTHONY, CHAIRMAN, OF THE SENATE CONFERENCE OR MAJORITY LEADER.