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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impeachment of Andrew Johnson canonical 2
Argument in the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson 1
Articles of impeachment against Andrew Johnson 1

Statements (49)

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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfFinalSenateVotes 1868-05-26 ⓘ
dateOfSenateAcquittalOnArticle11 1868-05-16 ⓘ
endTime 1868-05-26 ⓘ
era Reconstruction era ⓘ
followedBy Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
surface form: 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 Republicanism ⓘ
surface form: 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 of 1867 ⓘ
surface form: Reconstruction Acts

Tenure of Office Act ⓘ
requiredVotesForConviction 36 ⓘ
result acquittal ⓘ
startTime 1868-02-24 ⓘ
triedBy United States Senate ⓘ
votesAgainstConvictionOnArticle11 19 ⓘ
votesForConvictionOnArticle11 35 ⓘ

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Reconstruction era → significantEvent → impeachment of Andrew Johnson ⓘ
Lyman Trumbull → votedOn → impeachment of Andrew Johnson ⓘ
Tenure of Office Act → relatedEvent → impeachment of Andrew Johnson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Tenure of Office Act → impeachmentArticleBasisFor → impeachment of Andrew Johnson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Articles of impeachment against Andrew Johnson
William M. Evarts → notableWork → impeachment of Andrew Johnson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Argument in the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson