In the aftermath of the Civil War, President Andrew Johnson on this day in 1868 issued pardons to all ... In his Christmas Day Proclamation, Johnson said his action would “renew and fully ...

On this day in 1868, the Senate put Andrew Johnson, who had become the nation’s 17th president after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, on trial following his impeachment by the House.

In May 1865, Johnson issued a far more sweeping proclamation of amnesty that aimed to restore the white men who participated in the rebellion. With a single signature, he pardoned hundreds of ...

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.

Tell us about Andrew Johnson and why you think ... Right? Talk about 1868. MANISHA SINHA: Yes. So, Johnson is impeached in 1868, the year of a presidential election. So, Mr. Cipollone was ...

That was not Donald Trump, but another president who faced the ignominy of impeachment: Andrew ... Johnson was the first president to be impeached, by the House of Representatives in 1868.

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.

On this day in 1868, after a two-month trial, the Senate, by a vote of 35 guilty and 19 not guilty, acquitted President Andrew Johnson, who had been impeached by the House three months earlier.

On this day 1868, the House voted to impeach Andrew Johnson, the nation’s 17th president. Eleven articles of impeachment charged Johnson with various “high crimes and misdemeanors,” under ...

On this day in 1868, the Senate put Andrew Johnson, who had become the nation’s 17th president after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, on trial following his impeachment by the House. With ...