On Feb. 12th, 1999 Clinton was acquitted of lying under oath and obstruction of justice, as less than two-thirds of US senators voted to convict. The Philippines similarly requires two-thirds, or 16 ...

Only three U.S. presidents have been impeached: Andrew Johnson in 1868, Bill Clinton in 1998 and Trump. All were acquitted in the Senate and were not removed from office.

The 1868 impeachment of then-President Andrew Johnson unleashed ferocious partisan vitriol, as did the subsequent impeachment proceedings against Presidents Richard Nixon, ...

The day after President Johnson was impeached, in February 1868, the articles of impeachment were delivered to the Senate by Representative Thaddeus Stevens, Republican of Pennsylvania. Mr.

“That said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, on the 21st day of February, 1868, unmindful of the high duties of his office, his oath of office and of the requirement of the Cons… ...

I wrote that the 1868 impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson implicated the freedom of speech. At the time, I didn't dig through the records, but I presumed that Johnson's acquittal was based, at ...

Kennedy used these words to describe seven Republican senators who voted to save President Andrew Johnson’s presidency in the 1868 impeachment trial, in JFK’s Pulitzer-winning Profiles in ...

In 1868, the House impeached President Andrew Johnson just three days after he violated the Tenure of Office Act (a law they had passed to prevent him from firing the secretary of war).

This is the second time Trump has been impeached, and it is the most bipartisan impeachment vote in US history. ... and no Democrats voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson in 1868.

In 1868, when President Andrew Johnson was facing an impeachment trial in the Senate, Sen. James Grimes of Iowa used the leverage of that moment to win concessions from Johnson for his post-trial ...

If there is a successful second Trump term, his impeachment will shrink into insignificance. If things go the other way, the Senate's vote to acquit him may seem a missed opportunity.

All 47 Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents voted for both articles of impeachment. ... incorrectly said that Andrew Johnson did not run for president after his impeachment in 1868.