impeachment of Andrew Johnson

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United States presidential impeachment impeachment political trial

The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was the 1868 political trial of the 17th U.S. president, reflecting fierce conflicts over Reconstruction policies and presidential versus congressional authority after the Civil War.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States presidential impeachment → impeachment → political trial →
cause	attempted removal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton → conflict between Radical Republicans and Andrew Johnson →
charge	bringing Congress into disgrace, ridicule, hatred, contempt, and reproach → making inflammatory speeches against Congress → violation of the Tenure of Office Act →
comparativeSignificance	one of only three U.S. presidential impeachments as of 2024 →
conflict	Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War →
congressionalMajorityParty	Republican Party →
country	United States →
dateOfFinalSenateVotes	1868-05-26 →
dateOfSenateAcquittalOnArticle11	1868-05-16 →
endTime	1868-05-26 →
era	Reconstruction era →
followedBy	Ulysses S. Grant presidency →
hasPart	House impeachment vote → Senate impeachment trial →
hasSubject	Andrew Johnson →
historicalSignificance	first impeachment of a U.S. president →
keyFigure	Benjamin F. Butler → Edwin M. Stanton → Thaddeus Stevens →
legislativeBodyInitiating	United States House of Representatives →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia →
location	Washington, D.C. →
mainSubject	Reconstruction era → presidential versus congressional authority → separation of powers →
marginOfAcquittalOnKeyArticles	1 vote →
numberOfArticlesOfImpeachment	11 →
outcome	Andrew Johnson remained in office →
partOf	constitutional history of the United States → history of the United States Congress →
politicalContext	Radical Reconstruction →
politicalPartyOfPresident	Democratic Party →
positionHeldBySubject	17th president of the United States →
precededBy	American Civil War →
presidingOfficer	Salmon P. Chase →
presidingOfficerPosition	Chief Justice of the United States →
relatedLegislation	Reconstruction Acts → Tenure of Office Act →
requiredVotesForConviction	36 →
result	acquittal →
startTime	1868-02-24 →
triedBy	United States Senate →
votesAgainstConvictionOnArticle11	19 →
votesForConvictionOnArticle11	35 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Tenure of Office Act ("Articles of impeachment against Andrew Johnson") →	impeachmentArticleBasisFor
William M. Evarts ("Argument in the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson") →	notableWork
Tenure of Office Act ("Impeachment of Andrew Johnson") →	relatedEvent
Reconstruction era →	significantEvent
Lyman Trumbull →	votedOn