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The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was initiated on February 24, 1868, when the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution to impeach Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, for "high crimes and misdemeanors".
On February 24, Johnson was impeached, and on March 13 his impeachment trial began in the Senate under the direction of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase. The trial ended on...
On May 16, 1868, in a dramatic call of the roll, 35 senators voted to convict the president of "high crimes and misdemeanors," while 19 senators voted to acquit. A clear majority voted against the president, but the tally fell one vote short of the necessary two-thirds majority to convict.
The impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the United States, was held in the United States Senate and concluded with acquittal on three of eleven charges before adjourning sine die without a verdict on the remaining charges.
The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson was the result of political conflict and the rupture of ideologies in the aftermath of the American Civil War. It arose from uncompromised beliefs and a contest for power in a nation struggling with reunification.
Tensions between the President and Congress reached the boiling point when Johnson fired Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, violating the Tenure of Office Act. On February 24, 1868 the outraged House voted in favor of a resolution to impeach the President.
For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president, Democrat Andrew Johnson. Now, Johnson faced trial before the U. S. Senate.
Kean Collection/Getty Images. In the 1860s, a president’s unilateral firing of a cabinet member could become an automatically impeachable offense, thanks to a law intended to restrict presidential...
Led by firebrand Republican senator Thaddeus Stevens, the congressmen voted 126 to 47 in favor of impeaching Johnson, charging him with high crimes and misdemeanors. The dramatic roll call of...
On May 16, 1868, the U.S. Senate failed by just one vote to convict President Johnson on articles of impeachment. Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth president of the United States, was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on December 29, 1808.