The recent impeachment of President Trump has resulted in a spike in visitors to the Tennessee home of the first president to be impeached: Andrew Johnson.

Andrew Johnson had an interest in politics and an aggressive personality, never letting his lack of a formal education hold him back.

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

Like Trump, Andrew Johnson defied Congress and the Constitution in multiple ways that were hard to capture in articles of impeachment.

University of California, Irvine English Professor Brook Thomas delivered a talk titled, "The Politics of Popular Portrayals of Andrew Johnson's Impeachment." Professor Thomas discussed three ...

In 1868, Edwin Stanton holed up in his Washington office while the Senate tried President Andrew Johnson, who had been impeached for trying to fire him illegally. Stanton lived there for months.

The prosecution of President Andrew Johnson in 1868 was an attempt to restore faith in America’s original ideals.

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.

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, commented on his efforts to impeach President Trump following the defeat of his resolution in the House Thursday.

In his place, Johnson appointed the popular General Ulysses S. Grant Secretary of War. By doing so, Johnson hoped to challenge the constitutionality of the Tenure of Office Act.

David O. Stewart talked about his book [Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy] (Simon and Schuster; May 12, 2009). With the assassination of President ...

In frequent speeches and interviews, Johnson publicly expressed his defiance of the Radical Republicans. They knew that their program for reconstruction of the South could not succeed with Andrew ...