Once we turn to the two specific charges made against Johnson in the decisive article of impeachment, it becomes even plainer that Dershowitz’s reliance on the precedent of 1868 is misconceived.

ACCORDING to any theory, the story of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson is one of the most discreditable ... as a high court for the trial of the charges, the contests respecting methods of ...

Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House and acquitted by the Senate in what was a divisive and bitter battle. The First Impeachment Crisis The nation's first impeachment crisis reached a ...

Key point: Andrew Johnson was the first president impeached, but he wasn’t removed ... must decide if the president is guilty of the charges and should be removed. Removing a president from ...

About 150 years ago, as Congress prepared to impeach President Andrew ... “I think Johnson,” John Hay prayed, “will put some water in his whiskey now.” Some see Johnson’s impeachment ...

Here are the details of the historic impeachment charges brought against President Andrew Johnson, President Richard Nixon and President Bill Clinton. Following the tumult of the Civil War and ...

Today we offer some travel advice: This weekend take a road trip to see some American history. Take a road trip to Greeneville, Tennessee. Why Greeneville? Because that’s the home ...

Andrew Johnson of Tennessee ... The trial of Johnson on the impeachment charges took two months on the Senate floor. Johnson wanted to attend to defend himself but his lawyers insisted that ...

President Andrew Johnson was impeached and nearly removed ... from the White House after the House of Representatives impeached him on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.

Only two presidents have ever been impeached: Andrew Johnson in 1869 and Bill Clinton ... conspiracy” against her husband – though the charges for which Bill Clinton was ultimately impeached ...

It sets off a series of choreographed rituals that dates back to the impeachment of former President Andrew Johnson in 1868 ... could also vote to dismiss the charges. The House speaker names ...