JAMES W. GRIMES

(James Wilson Grimes)


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James W. Grimes

I am no convert to any doctrine of the omnipotence of Congress.
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This entire administration has been a disgrace from the very beginning to everyone who has had any thing to do with bring it to power. I take my full share of the … shame myself. I can atone for what I have done no otherwise than in refusing to be instrumental in continuing it.
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James W. Grimes

I believe it [the Republican Party] is today the most corrupt and debauched political party that ever existed.
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James W. Grimes

I cannot agree to destroy the harmonious working of the Constitution for the sake of getting rid of an Unacceptable President.
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Senator Grimes thought that Andrew Johnson was a terrible President, but when the House of Representatives impeached President Johnson and he was tried before the Senate, Grimes voted for acquittal. His reason for the his vote was he thought that the Constitution did not provide for the removal if a President just because he has “Unacceptable.” Johnson survived removal from office by a single vote and had Grimes not been so principled about the Constitution, Johnson would have been removed from office. On the other hand, Johnson was a terrible President and many of the nations racial problems in later years emanated from his actions and inactions while in office.

James W. Grimes

It is money that achieves success ... nowadays. Thank God, my political career ended with the beginning of this corrupt political era.
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James W. Grimes
  • Born: October 20, 1816
  • Died: February 7, 1872
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Biography

James Wilson Grimes was an American politician, serving as the third Governor of Iowa and a United States Senator from Iowa.