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

The first was the record of the Andrew Johnson impeachment. The second was American newspapers in 1868 (I used the Newspapers Archives site). For the first, I searched "officers of." ...

Impeachment as a Precedent; Providence JournalThe Providence Journalvery properly speaks of the practice of State Legislatures endorsing the impeachment of the President, as a "thoughtless and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Historians react to the Senate's acquitting Donald Trump and explain where the impeachment trial fits in history.

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

In 1868, during the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson, the Senate tied on two votes. Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase broke both ties.

On the first day of President Trump’s impeachment trial, we reflect on the moment with two historians. They’ll share with us what they’ll be watching for and how past events might shed light ...

Alan Dershowitz, a recent addition to President Donald Trump's legal team, said Sunday that he plans to revive an 1868 argument used during former President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial when ...

‘Impeachment Polka’: How a composer in 1868 sought to capitalize on America’s political obsession January 16, 2020 More than 5 years ago Summary ...