For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president, Democrat Andrew Johnson. Now, Johnson faced trial before the U. S. Senate. If convicted ...

In The Impeachment Power, Keith Whittington offers sound and convincing guidance for would-be practitioners of the ...

Subsequently, there have been several attempts to begin impeachment proceedings against particular justices, but none has ever prevailed in the House. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded to the ...

Andrew Johnson's presidency was marred by conflict ... He ultimately faced impeachment for violating the Tenure of Office Act through his effort to dismiss Lincoln-appointed Secretary of War ...

And of course there is the very first impeachment, that of Andrew Johnson, who escaped conviction in the Senate because the act he was accused of violating, the Tenure of Office Act, was itself ...

Challenges: Andrew Johnson had to navigate the reunification and reconstruction of the Union while addressing issues such as African-American civil rights. He failed badly, to the extent that his ...

If the House votes an impeachment resolution ... The most notable impeachments—Justice Samuel Chase, and Presidents Andrew Johnson and William Jefferson Clinton—have ended in acquittals ...

A new series dramatizes Edwin Stanton's hunt for John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators in the aftermath of the president’s 1865 assassination Vanessa Armstrong A new podcast series explores ...