Impeached: the Trial of President Andrew Johnson And the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy
“THE NATION, MAY 21, 1868 EVEN BRASH BEN Butler felt intimidated. Waiting to give the opening statement on the first full day of trial, Monday, March 30, “I came as near running away then as ever I did on any occasion in my life.”
Rising to address the Senate, Butler was not a commanding figure. One observer described him as “short, broad-shouldered, short-legged, fat, without much neck, but with a good many flaps around the throat, standing as if a trifle bow-legged…[with] a great cranium of ...a shining pink color.” Another complained of his raspy voice, like a cross-cut saw. A third deprecated his enunciation as “neither silvery nor distinct.” On this day, Butler lost his usual swagger. Cowed by the significance of the moment, he clutched his papers close to his face while nervously reading a three-hour speech.
Crowded to suffocation, the Senate galleries bloomed with bright feminine costumes. Many remarked on Butler’s daughter Blanche, her youthful beauty contrasting with her father’s singular appearance.MoreLess
Rising to address the Senate, Butler was not a commanding figure. One observer described him as “short, broad-shouldered, short-legged, fat, without much neck, but with a good many flaps around the throat, standing as if a trifle bow-legged…[with] a great cranium of ...a shining pink color.” Another complained of his raspy voice, like a cross-cut saw. A third deprecated his enunciation as “neither silvery nor distinct.” On this day, Butler lost his usual swagger. Cowed by the significance of the moment, he clutched his papers close to his face while nervously reading a three-hour speech.
Crowded to suffocation, the Senate galleries bloomed with bright feminine costumes. Many remarked on Butler’s daughter Blanche, her youthful beauty contrasting with her father’s singular appearance.MoreLess
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