An impeachment means history, and history means attention, and attention means money. Big events sell a lot of papers, as they used to say, though of course, they don’t sell as many newspapers ...

Today, as in 1868, the Senate alone determines whether a president should be removed from office through the impeachment process.

In the spring of 1868, the hottest ticket in Washington was the one to attend Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial. The desirability of obtaining such a ticket was understandable.

So read the first article of impeachment that led to the 1868 impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson, the first, and until this year the only, such trial of a president in U.S. history. It ...

The Constitution does not provide procedural guidelines for how an impeachment trial is to be conducted—so the senators of 1868 had to figure it out as they went.

We are now two weeks removed from the Senate impeachment trial. Already, that enervating saga has faded into our polity's rear-view mirror. I hope that this distance provides an opportunity for ...

As the impeachment inquiry of Trump unfolds, Johnson, never among America’s most famous presidents, though widely considered one of the worst, is attracting renewed attention.

In the spring of 1868, his impeachment trial was the hottest thing in town. Walt Whitman often sat in the Senate gallery, and Anthony Trollope finagled a seat when he visited Washington.

IMPEACHMENT.; Further Examination of Witnesses for the Prosecution. The Managers Announce the Close of Their Case. Mr. Curtis' Opening Argument for the Defence.

Andrew Johnson’s impeachment shows how removing a president can inflame tensions in an already divided nation.

Editor’s note: The Chicago Tribune published this editorial on Feb. 24, 1868, the same day the House of Representatives filed 11 articles of impeachment against President Andrew Johnson. The ...

The impeachment matter itself grew out of what was largely a political clash. Following the Civil War, a wing of the Republican Party wanted to impose harsh penalties on former Confederates and ...