On February 24, 1868, something extraordinary happened in the U.S. Congress. For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president, Democrat Andrew ...

Johnson's impeachment in 1868 was the culmination of a bitter dispute between the president and the Republican-controlled House over Reconstruction following the Civil War. The specific trigger for ...

The first impeachment in U.S. history targeted President Andrew Johnson in 1868. In this video, we explore the political ...

A House of Representatives vote for impeachment doesnotmean a President must leave office. The Senate must follow impeachment with a trial to decide on removal. The House impeached President Andrew ...

5/26/1868: Senate acquitted President Andrew Johnson and adjourned as court of impeachment. Chief Justice Chase presided over that trial. Johnson is one of four presidents that did not appoint any ...

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Washington Conservatory fellow Michael Adcock performs the "Impeachment Polka," composed in 1868 by Charles D. Blake for the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.

On May 16, 1868, the U.S. Senate voted 35 to 19, one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict President Andrew Johnson of “high crimes and misdemeanors,” as he was charged under the ...