Barbour, Lucian. Impeachment of John C. Watrous, United States District Judge for the District of Texas. Washington: US House of Representatives, 1857. First Edition. [12483]
Sometime bound in brown library buckram, gilt titles to spine, binding very good, 9 x 6 inches. xix, 894 clean pp. One leaf shows a printing error - the paper was torn when printed upon, making for a partly unreadable leaf. Very good. Hardcover.
34th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Report no. 175.
This entire volume is the Impeachment Report. The index presents 36 different items in the Report.
Nearly 900 pages of testimony leading to the recommendation that Judge Watrous be impeached.
John Charles Watrous (1801-1874), b. Colchester, Connecticut; d. Baltimore, Maryland. After years of private and public service, Watrous was appointed to the US District Court of Texas by President Polk, in 1846. His rulings against several leading Texans and his probable illegal actions regarding land speculations soon resulted in tumultuous calls for his recall; in 1848 the Texas legislature asked for his resignation. He refused, and several attempts were made to have him impeached by the US Congress, but ultimately the efforts were dropped due to the onset of the American Civil War.
