Examples of impeachment in the following topics:
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- The impeachment of Andrew Johnson during the Reconstruction era was the first impeachment of a sitting president in the history of the U.S.
- The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was one of the most dramatic events that occurred during the Reconstruction era in the United States, and was the first impeachment in history of a sitting United States president.
- Johnson was impeached in the U.S.
- Not until the impeachment of Bill Clinton 131 years later was another United States president impeached.
- Identify the political motivations behind the attempt to impeach Andrew Johnson
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- In 1998, Clinton was impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice by the House of Representatives; he was later acquitted by the Senate.
- Two other impeachment articles, a second perjury charge, and a charge of abuse of power failed in the House.
- The House began impeachment hearings against Clinton before the mid-term elections.
- It ended on February 12, when the Senate emerged from its closed deliberations and voted on the articles of impeachment.
- Senate during the 1998 impeachment trial of Bill Clinton, who was narrowly acquitted of both charges.
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- In 1974, Nixon was convicted on charges of obstruction of justice during his infamous impeachment hearings.
- In the wake of the Saturday Night Massacre, the House of Representatives decided to initiate the impeachment process.
- The House Judiciary Committee then opened impeachment hearings against the President on May 9, 1974.
- The hearings culminated in votes for articles of impeachment, on the charges of obstruction of justice.
- Describe the extensive cover-up process that Nixon engaged in to avoid impeachment.
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- The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was one of the most dramatic events that occurred during the Reconstruction era in the United States, and was the first impeachment in history of a sitting United States president.
- Johnson was impeached on February 24, 1868, in the U.S.
- House of Representatives on eleven articles of impeachment detailing his "high crimes and misdemeanors."
- The House agreed to the articles of impeachment on March 2, 1868.
- The first vote on one of the eleven impeachment articles concluded on May 16 with a failure to convict Johnson.
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- As a result of the Watergate Scandal and Nixon's impeachment hearings, the public lost faith and trust in politicians and elected officials.
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- In December, the House Judiciary Committee began its own investigation to determine whether there was enough evidence of wrongdoing to impeach the president.
- Telegrams flooded the White House, and the House of Representatives began to discuss impeachment.
- At the end of its hearings, in July 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach.
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- In 1868, the House of Representatives impeached Andrew Johnson.
- Radical Republicans used this violation as an excuse to impeach Johnson, who the Senate acquitted by one vote.
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- The Radicals, upset at President Johnson's opposition to Congressional Reconstruction, filed impeachment charges but the action failed by one vote in the Senate.
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- Congressman Louis Stokes, D-Ohio, stated: "Not a single American child nor single American national was in any way placed in danger or placed in a hostage situation prior to the invasion. " The Congressional Black Caucus denounced the invasion and seven Democratic congressmen, led by Ted Weiss, introduced an unsuccessful resolution to impeach Ronald Reagan.
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- A line in his letter of acceptance of the nomination became the Republican campaign theme—"Let us have peace. " After four years of civil war, three years of wrangling over Reconstruction, and the attempted impeachment of a president, the nation craved the peace Grant pledged to achieve.