Almost 160 years ago, on February 24, 1868, Andrew Johnson became the first president in American history to be impeached. It was a moment many had warned about decades earlier, long before Johnson ...
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 Andrew ...
Impeachment is one of the most powerful tools in American politics—but most people misunderstand what it actually means. This ...
On this day in 1868, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson for “high crimes and misdemeanors,” primarily for violating the Tenure of Office Act by firing Secretary of ...
As the first presidential impeachment trial was drawing to a close, newspaper titan Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune ran a bold headline: “CONVICTION ALMOST A CERTAINTY.” If by “certainty” the paper ...
The Rare Books Collection has added an unusual document to its archive: a horoscope by Boston astrologer Thomas Lister to President Andrew Johnson during his impeachment trial. Dated April 10, 1868, ...
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