For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president, Democrat Andrew Johnson ... like Thaddeus Stevens and Benjamin Butler, wanted to guarantee ...

the power of impeachment. On February 24, 1868, the House of Representatives voted along party lines, 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson for having committed “high crimes and ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump could be facing new articles of impeachment by Texas Representative ... following Democrat Bill Clinton in 1998 and Andrew Johnson in 1868. While articles were brought ...