That's easy... Jefferson Davis.
Since the charges against Jeff Davis were DROPPED, I guess that just proves you don't have a clue of what you are debating......But, a few of us have already guessed that :)
That's easy... Jefferson Davis.
The problem there is that had Jeff Davis been tried and found guilty of treason, the same charge could have been brought against Lincoln. Since Article III, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution provides that New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State.... the creation of the state of West Virginia following the secession [peacefully, BTW] of 55 counties of the Confederate State of Virginia as the State of Kanawha, thence to be admitted into the Union as *West Virginia.*
Since Lincoln's action in admitting West Virginia as a state constituted a de facto recognition of the lawful secession of the Confederate state of Virginia, his actions constituted an act that gave comfort and a certain legitimacy to the Confederate cause, and was certainly grounds for his impeachment; John Wilkes Booth and his friends saved him from that possibility.