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

On February 24, 1868, something extraordinary happened in the U.S. Congress. For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president, Democrat ...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed several executive orders on his first day in office, including a bill to severely limit ...

The only other president impeached was Andrew Johnson in 1868. He was accused of, among other things, dismissing his secretary of war against the will of Congress. Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 ...

Andrew Johnson, 1868, was impeached by the US House of Representatives supposedly for violating the "Tenure of Office Act" by removing the Secretary of War, although he escaped conviction by one vote.

These actions led the House to adopt 11 articles of impeachment. His trial in 1868 resulted in his acquittal by one vote in the Senate. As with Lincoln, domestic affairs dominated Johnson's ...