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Second impeachment inquiry against Andrew Johnson
AccusedAndrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States
CommitteeSelect Committee on Reconstruction
Committee chairThaddeus Stevens
DateJanuary 27– February 22, 1868 (3 weeks and 5 days)
OutcomeSelect Committee on Reconstruction recommended impeachment and reported an impeachment resolution; Johnson subsequently impeached
Charges
Congressional votes
House vote authorizing the inquiry
Votes in favor99
Votes against31
ResultApproved
House Committee on Reconstruction vote on the impeachment resolution
Votes in favor7
Votes against2
ResultApproved
The House afterwards voted on February 24, 1868 to impeach Andrew Johnson

The second impeachment inquiry against Andrew Johnson was an impeachment inquiry against United States President Andrew Johnson. It followed a previous inquiry in 1867. The second inquiry, unlike the first (which was run by the House Committee on the Judiciary), was run by the House Select Committee on Reconstruction. The second inquiry ran from its authorization on January 27, 1868, until the House Select Committee on Reconstruction reported to Congress on February 22, 1868.

By early February, it appeared the prospect of an impeachment advancing was improbable. This changed when, on February 21, 1868, Johnson attempted to dismiss and replace Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in violation of the Tenure of Office Act. That day, an impeachment resolution was forwarded to the select committee. The following day, the select committee approved a slightly amended version of the resolution in a party-line 7–2 vote (with all Republican members voting in favor of the impeachment resolution and Democratic members voting against it). On February 24, 1868, the impeachment resolution was passed by the House, thereby impeaching Johnson. Johnson was later acquitted in his impeachment trial.

Background

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Photograph of President Johnson

Some Radical Republicans had entertained the thought of impeaching President Andrew Johnson since as early as 1866.[1] However, the Republican Party was divided on the prospect of impeachment, with moderate Republicans in the party, who held a plurality, widely opposing it at this point.[1] The radicals were more in favor of impeachment, as their plans for strong reform in reconstruction were greatly imperiled by Johnson.[1]

Several attempts were made by Radical Republicans to initiate impeachment, but these were initially successfully rebuffed by moderate Republicans in party leadership.[1] Radical Republicans continued to seek Johnson's impeachment, introducing impeachment resolutions in spite of a rule put in place for the House Republican caucus by the moderate Republican leadership in December 1866 requiring that a majority of House Republicans House Committee on the Judiciary would be required to approve any measure regarding impeachment in party caucus prior to it being considered in the House.[1][2] Moderate Republicans often stifled these resolutions by referring them to committees, however.[2] On January 7, 1867, Benjamin F. Loan, John R. Kelso, and James Mitchell Ashley each introduced three separate impeachment resolutions against Johnson. the House refused to hold debate or vote on either Loan or Kelso's resolutions.[1] However, they did allow a vote on Ashley's impeachment-related resolution.[1] Unlike the other two impeachment bills introduced that day (which would have outright impeached Johnson), Ashley's bill offered a specific outline of how an impeachment process would proceed, and it did not start with an immediate impeachment. Rather than going to a direct vote on impeaching the president, his resolution would instruct the Judiciary Committee to "inquire into the official conduct of Andrew Johnson", investigating what it called Johnson's "corruptly used" powers, including his political appointments, pardons for ex-Confederates, and his vetoes of legislation.[1][3][4] The resolution passed in the House 108–39.[1][5] It was seen as offering Republicans a chance to register their displeasure with Johnson, without actually formally impeaching him.[1] This launched the first impeachment inquiry against Andrew Johnson. After the end of the 39th Congress, the first impeachment inquiry was renewed in the 40th Congress.[1] On November 25, 1867, the House Committee on the Judiciary voted to recommend impeachment.[3][6] However, when put to a full vote of the House, the House voted 57–108 against impeaching Johnson on December 7, 1867, with more Republicans voting against impeachment than for it.[7]

Vote authorizing the inquiry

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Rufus P. Spalding, who authored the resolution which authorized the second impeachment inquiry

On January 27, 1868, Rufus P. Spalding moved that the rules be suspended so that he could present a resolution resolving,

that the Committee on Reconstruction be authorized to inquire what combinations have been made or attempted to be made to obstruct the due execution of the laws, and to that end the committee have power to send for persons and papers and to examine witnesses on oath, and report to this House what action, if any, they may deem necessary, and that said committee have leave to report at any time.[8][9]

The motion to allow consideration of the resolution was agreed to by a vote of 103–37,[8][10] and the House voted to approve the resolution by a vote of 99–31.[8][10] This launched a new inquiry into Johnson run by the Select Committee on Reconstruction.[8]

No Democrats voted for the resolution, while the only Republicans who cast votes against it were Elihu B. Washburne and William Windom.[10][11][12] 57 members were absent from the vote (39 Republicans, 17 Democrats, and 1 Conservative Republican). Additionally, Speaker Schuyler Colfax (a Republican) did not vote,[10][11] as House rules do not require the speaker to vote during ordinary legislative proceedings, unless their vote would be decisive or if the vote is being cast by ballot.[13]

Inquiry authorization vote[10][11]
January 27, 1868 Party Total votes
Democratic Republican Conservative Conservative Republican Independent Republican
Yea checkY 0 97 0 0 2 99
Nay 28 2 1 0 0 31
Comparative bar chart
Vote Vote total
"Yea" votes
99
"Nay" votes
31
Absent/not voting
58
Votes by member[11][10]
District Member Party Vote
Kentucky 8 George Madison Adams Democrat Nay
Iowa 3 William B. Allison Republican Yea
Massachusetts 2 Oakes Ames Republican Yea
Missouri 9 George Washington Anderson Republican Absent
Maryland 2 Stevenson Archer Democrat Absent
Tennessee 6 Samuel Mayes Arnell Republican Yea
Nevada at-large Delos R. Ashley Republican Absent
Ohio 10 James Mitchell Ashley Republican Yea
California 1 Samuel Beach Axtell Democrat Absent
New York 21 Alexander H. Bailey Republican Yea
Illinois 12 Jehu Baker Republican Absent
Massachusetts 8 John Denison Baldwin Republican Yea
Massachusetts 6 Nathaniel P. Banks Republican Yea
New York 2 Demas Barnes Democrat Absent
Connecticut 4 William Henry Barnum Democrat Nay
Michigan 1 Fernando C. Beaman Republican Yea
Kentucky 7 James B. Beck Democrat Nay
Missouri 8 John F. Benjamin Republican Absent
New Hampshire 3 Jacob Benton Republican Yea
Ohio 16 John Bingham Republican Yea
Maine 3 James G. Blaine Republican Absent
Michigan 3 Austin Blair Republican Yea
Massachusetts 7 George S. Boutwell Republican Yea
Pennsylvania 6 Benjamin Markley Boyer Democrat Absent
Illinois 7 Henry P. H. Bromwell Republican Absent
New York 8 James Brooks Democrat Absent
Pennsylvania 7 John Martin Broomall Republican Yea
Ohio 9 Ralph Pomeroy Buckland Republican Yea
Illinois 10 Albert G. Burr Democrat Nay
Massachusetts 5 Benjamin Butler Republican Absent
Pennsylvania 10 Henry L. Cake Republican Yea
Ohio 2 Samuel Fenton Cary Independent Republican Yea
New York 7 John Winthrop Chanler Democrat Nay
New York 22 John C. Churchill Republican Absent
Ohio 6 Reader W. Clarke Republican Yea
Kansas at-large Sidney Clarke Republican Yea
Wisconsin 3 Amasa Cobb Republican Yea
Indiana 6 John Coburn Republican Yea
Indiana 9 Schuyler Colfax Republican Did not vote (speaker)α
Illinois 6 Burton C. Cook Republican Yea
New York 13 Thomas Cornell Republican Yea
Pennsylvania 21 John Covode Republican Yea
Illinois 8 Shelby Moore Cullom Republican Absent
Massachusetts 10 Henry L. Dawes Republican Absent
Rhode Island 2 Nathan F. Dixon II Republican Yea
Iowa 5 Grenville M. Dodge Republican Yea
Minnesota 2 Ignatius L. Donnelly Republican Yea
Michigan 6 John F. Driggs Republican Yea
Ohio 17 Ephraim R. Eckley Republican Yea
Ohio 1 Benjamin Eggleston Republican Yea
New Hampshire 1 Jacob Hart Ela Republican Yea
Wisconsin 4 Charles A. Eldredge Democrat Nay
Massachusetts 1 Thomas D. Eliot Republican Yea
Illinois 2 John F. Farnsworth Republican Yea
New York 16 Orange Ferriss Republican Yea
Michigan 4 Thomas W. Ferry Republican Yea
New York 19 William C. Fields Republican Yea
Pennsylvania 20 Darwin Abel Finney Republican Absent
New York 4 John Fox Democrat Absent
Ohio 19 James A. Garfield Republican Absent
Pennsylvania 8 James Lawrence Getz Democrat Absent
Pennsylvania 15 Adam John Glossbrenner Democrat Nay
Kentucky 3 Jacob Golladay Democrat Nay
Missouri 4 Joseph J. Gravely Republican Absent
New York 15 John Augustus Griswold Republican Absent
Kentucky 5 Asa Grover Democrat Nay
New Jersey 2 Charles Haight Democrat Nay
New Jersey 5 George A. Halsey Republican Absent
Illinois 4 Abner C. Harding Republican Yea
Tennessee 7 Isaac Roberts Hawkins Republican Absent
California 2 William Higby Republican Yea
New Jersey 4 John Hill Republican Absent
Indiana 4 William S. Holman Democrat Nay
Massachusetts 4 Samuel Hooper Republican Yea
Wisconsin 2 Benjamin F. Hopkins Republican Yea
Connecticut 2 Julius Hotchkiss Democrat Nay
Iowa 6 Asahel W. Hubbard Republican Absent
West Virginia 1 Chester D. Hubbard Republican Yea
Connecticut 1 Richard D. Hubbard Democrat Absent
New York 17 Calvin T. Hulburd Republican Yea
New York 30 James M. Humphrey Democrat Nay
Indiana 3 Morton C. Hunter Republican Yea
Illinois 5 Ebon C. Ingersoll Republican Yea
Rhode Island 1 Thomas Jenckes Republican Yea
California 3 James A. Johnson Democrat Nay
Kentucky 6 Thomas Laurens Jones Democrat Nay
Illinois 1 Norman B. Judd Republican Yea
Indiana 5 George Washington Julian Republican Yea
Pennsylvania 4 William D. Kelley Republican Yea
New York 25 William H. Kelsey Republican Yea
Indiana 2 Michael C. Kerr Democrat Nay
New York 12 John H. Ketcham Republican Absent
West Virginia 2 Bethuel Kitchen Republican Absent
Kentucky 4 J. Proctor Knott Democrat Nay
Pennsylvania 16 William Henry Koontz Republican Yea
New York 20 Addison H. Laflin Republican Yea
Pennsylvania 24 George Van Eman Lawrence Republican Absent
Ohio 4 William Lawrence Republican Yea
Missouri 7 Benjamin F. Loan Republican Absent
New York 26 William S. Lincoln Republican Yea
Illinois at-large John A. Logan Republican Yea
Iowa 4 William Loughridge Republican Absent
Maine 1 John Lynch Republican Yea
Oregon at-large Rufus Mallory Republican Yea
Illinois 11 Samuel S. Marshall Democrat Absent
New York 18 James M. Marvin Republican Yea
Tennessee 2 Horace Maynard Republican Yea
Missouri 5 Joseph W. McClurg Republican Yea
Missouri 3 James Robinson McCormick Democrat Nay
Maryland 1 Hiram McCullough Democrat Absent
Pennsylvania 13 Ulysses Mercur Republican Yea
Pennsylvania 14 George Funston Miller Republican Absent
New Jersey 1 William Moore Republican Yea
Pennsylvania 22 James K. Moorhead Republican Yea
Ohio 13 George W. Morgan Democrat Absent
Pennsylvania 17 Daniel Johnson Morrell Republican Absent
New York 5 John Morrissey Democrat Absent
Tennessee 4 James Mullins Republican Yea
Ohio 5 William Mungen Democrat Nay
Pennsylvania 3 Leonard Myers Republican Yea
Missouri 2 Carman A. Newcomb Republican Yea
Indiana 1 William E. Niblack Democrat Nay
Delaware at-large John A. Nicholson Democrat Nay
Tennessee 8 David Alexander Nunn Republican Absent
Pennsylvania 2 Charles O'Neill Republican Yea
Indiana 8 Godlove Stein Orth Republican Yea
Wisconsin 1 Halbert E. Paine Republican Yea
Maine 2 Sidney Perham Republican Yea
Maine 4 John A. Peters Republican Yea
Maryland 3 Charles E. Phelps Conservative Nay
Maine 5 Frederick Augustus Pike Republican Yea
Missouri 1 William A. Pile Republican Yea
Ohio 15 Tobias A. Plants Republican Absent
Vermont 2 Luke P. Poland Republican Yea
West Virginia 3 Daniel Polsley Republican Yea
New York 24 Theodore M. Pomeroy Republican Yea
Iowa 2 Hiram Price Republican Yea
New York 14 John V. L. Pruyn Democrat Nay
Pennsylvania 1 Samuel J. Randall Democrat Nay
Illinois 13 Green Berry Raum Republican Absent
New York 10 William H. Robertson Republican Absent
New York 3 William Erigena Robinson Democrat Absent
Illinois 9 Lewis W. Ross Democrat Nay
Wisconsin 5 Philetus Sawyer Republican Yea
Ohio 3 Robert C. Schenck Republican Yea
Pennsylvania 19 Glenni William Scofield Republican Yea
New York 28 Lewis Selye Independent Republican Yea
Indiana 11 John P. C. Shanks Republican Yea
Ohio 7 Samuel Shellabarger Republican Absent
New Jersey 3 Charles Sitgreaves Democrat Absent
Vermont 3 Worthington Curtis Smith Republican Absent
Ohio 18 Rufus P. Spalding Republican Yea
Connecticut 3 Henry H. Starkweather Republican Yea
New Hampshire 2 Aaron Fletcher Stevens Republican Yea
Pennsylvania 9 Thaddeus Stevens Republican Absent
New York 6 Thomas E. Stewart Conservative Republican Absent
Tennessee 3 William Brickly Stokes Republican Absent
Maryland 5 Frederick Stone Democrat Absent
New York 1 Stephen Taber Democrat Nay
Nebraska at-large John Taffe Republican Yea
Pennsylvania 5 Caleb Newbold Taylor Republican Yea
Maryland 4 Francis Thomas Republican Yea
Tennessee 5 John Trimble Republican Absent
Kentucky 1 Lawrence S. Trimble Democrat Nay
Michigan 5 Rowland E. Trowbridge Republican Yea
Massachusetts 3 Ginery Twichell Republican Yea
Michigan 2 Charles Upson Republican Yea
New York 31 Henry Van Aernam Republican Yea
Pennsylvania 11 Daniel Myers Van Auken Democrat Nay
New York 29 Burt Van Horn Republican Yea
Missouri 6 Robert T. Van Horn Republican Yea
Ohio 12 Philadelph Van Trump Democrat Absent
New York 11 Charles Van Wyck Republican Yea
New York 27 Hamilton Ward Republican Absent
Wisconsin 6 Cadwallader C. Washburn Republican Yea
Indiana 7 Henry D. Washburn Republican Yea
Massachusetts 9 William B. Washburn Republican Absent
Illinois 3 Elihu B. Washburne Republican Nay
Ohio 14 Martin Welker Republican Yea
Pennsylvania 23 Thomas Williams Republican Yea
Indiana 10 William Williams Republican Yea
Iowa 1 James F. Wilson Republican Yea
Ohio 11 John Thomas Wilson Republican Absent
Pennsylvania 18 Stephen Fowler Wilson Republican Absent
Minnesota 1 William Windom Republican Nay
New York 9 Fernando Wood Democrat Absent
Vermont 1 Frederick E. Woodbridge Republican Absent
Pennsylvania 12 George Washington Woodward Democrat Nay
Notes:
Schuyler Colfax was serving as Speaker of the House. Per House rules, "the Speaker is not required to vote in ordinary legislative proceedings, except when such vote would be decisive or when the House is engaged in voting by ballot."[13]

Membership of House Select Committee on Reconstruction during the inquiry

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The following is a table of the members during the second session, during which the inquiry took place.[14]

Members of the House Select Committee on Reconstruction during the
second session of the 40th United States Congress[14][15]
Republican Party Democratic Party

When the House had previously voted in December 1867 (at the end of the first impeachment inquiry) on the impeachment resolution forwarded to it by the House Committee on the Judiciary, four of these select committee members (Republicans Boutwell, Farnsworth, Stevens, and Paine) had voted in support of impeaching Johnson, while five of these select committee members (Republicans Beaman, Bingham, Hulburd and Democrats Beck and Brooks) had voted against impeachment.[16]

Inquiry

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Thaddeus Stevens, chair of the Select Committee on Reconstruction

At the time of the inquiry, Radical Republican Thaddeus Stevens was chair of the House Select Committee on Reconstruction.[17] At the time of the inquiry, Stevens was of advanced age and poor health.[18]

The select committee also looked into correspondence between President Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant, particularly what orders Grant had been given by Johnson when Grant was his acting sectretary of war.[19][20] Grant came to a committee meeting on February 8, but was not examined.[20] In early February, heated letters between Grant and Johnson had been published in the press, adding further intrigue and fuel to the investigation.[21][22]

The select committee interviewed witnesses. One witness interviewed multiple times was Jerome B. Stillson, a reporter with the New York World who had conducted regular interviews with President Johnson.[23][24]

Stevens successfully persuaded the House to, on February 10, 1868, pass a resolution transferring all records from the previous impeachment inquiry and any further responsibility on impeachment away from the Committee on the Judiciary and to the Select Committee on Reconstruction.[25][26]

Initial rejection of impeachment

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Stevens believed that the letters between Johnson and Grant that had been published in the press proved that Johnson had attempted to convince Grant to act in violation of the Tenure of Office Act.[26] In the morning of February 13, 1868, the select committee held a brief session. Stevens announced that he desired to test the subject of impeachment in the select committee, stating that he believed that the investigation had gone far enough and the time for action to be taken had come.[26][27] Stevens introduced to the select committee a resolution to impeach the president for high crimes and misdemeanors. The resolution did not specify what high crimes and misdemeanors had been committed.[27] Along with the resolution, he also presented the select committee with a report arguing for impeachment. The chief reason for impeaching Johnson given in the report was that Johnson had (allegedly) acted with intent to violate the Tenure of Office Act.[25][26][28]

John Bingham (R– OH), a moderate Republican, held the balance of power on the select committee.[26] Bingham motioned to lay on the table both the resolution, the report, and the discussion of impeachment. Stevens asked, before a vote, that the vote on the motion be recorded so that the nation would know who was in support of impeachment and who was not. In what Stevens had framed to be a de facto proxy vote on impeachment, three select committee members (Republicans Fernando C. Beaman, and John F. Farnsworth, and Stevens) voted against tabling (for impeachment) and six select committee members (Republicans Bignham, Halbert E. Paine, Calvin T. Hulburd and Democrats James B. Beck and James Brooks) voted to table (against impeachment).[26][27]

The next day, pro-impeachment Republican committee members Fernando C. Beaman, George S. Boutwell, John F. Farnsworth, and Thaddeus Stevens met to discuss how to proceed towards impeachment after this setback. However, Stevens concluded that it was a lost cause.[29] This momentarily appeared to mark the death of the prospect of impeaching Johnson[26][28][29] and the end of the revived effort to impeach Johnson.[30]

Select committee approval of an impeachment resolution

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Handwritten original copy of John Covode's single sentence impeachment resolution, presented on February 21, 1868

On February 21, 1868, Johnson disregarded the Tenure of Office Act by moving to dismiss Edwin Stanton as U.S secretary of war and replace him with Lorenzo Thomas as the ad interim secretary of war.[25] That day, Stevens submitted a resolution to the House resolving that the evidence taken on impeachment by the previous (1867) impeachment inquiry run by the Committee on the Judiciary be referred to the House Select Committee on Reconstruction, and that the select committee "have leave to report at any time", which was approved by the House.[8] Also on February 21, a one sentence resolution to impeach Johnson, written by John Covode, was presented to the House. The resolution read, "Resolved, that Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors."[31][32][33][34] George S. Boutwell motioned that the resolution be referred to the House Select Committee on Reconstruction, and it was.[17][34]

An amended version of Covode's resolution was rapidly drawn up by the Select Committee on Reconstruction.[18] In the morning February 22, 1868, by a party-line vote of 7–2,[35][36] the select committee voted to refer a slightly amended version of Covode's impeachment resolution to the full House.[8][17][37] The amended impeachment resolution read,

"Resolved, That Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors in office."[37][38]

Remarks made when the full House debated the resolution indicate that the Republican members of the select committee's support for impeachment was motivated by Johnson's attempt to remove Secretary of War Stanton, which they regarded as a violation of the Tenure of Office Act.[8]

Committee vote on impeachment resolution
February 22, 1868 Party Total votes
Democratic Republican
Yea checkY 0 7 7
Nay 2 0 2
Vote by member
District Member Party Vote
Michigan 1 Fernando C. Beaman Republican Yea
Kentucky 7 James B. Beck Democratic Nay
Ohio 16 John Bingham Republican Yea
Massachusetts 7 George S. Boutwell Republican Yea
New York 8 James Brooks Democratic Nay
Illinois 2 John F. Farnsworth Republican Yea
Wisconsin 1 Halbert E. Paine Republican Yea
New York 17 Calvin T. Hulburd Republican Yea
Pennsylvania 9 Thaddeus Stevens Republican Yea

Majority report of the select committee

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A majority report in support of impeaching Johnson for high crimes and misdemeanors was written and was signed by all of the select committee's Republican members. The dissenting Democratic members did not write a minority view, with James Brooks claiming that he had not had enough time to prepare one.[8]

Full text of the majority report[8]
  • That in addition to the papers referred to the committee, the committee find that the President, on the 21st day of February, 1868, signed and issued a commission or letter of authority to one Lorenzo Thomas, directing and authorizing said Thomas to act as Secretary of War ad interim, and to take possession of the books, records, and papers, and other public property in the War Department, of which the following is a copy:
    ____________
    EXECUTIVE MANSION
    Washington, February 21, 1868.
    SIR: Hon. Edwin M. Stanton having been this day removed from office as Secretary for the Department of War, you are hereby authorized and empowered to act as Secretary of War ad interim, and will immediately enter upon the discharge of the duties pertaining to that office. Mr. Stanton has been instructed to transfer to you all the records, books, papers, and other public property now in his cusotody and charge.
    Respectfully yours,
    Andrew Johnson
    To Brevet Maj. Lorenzo Thomas
    Adjunct-General of the United States Army, Washington, D.C.
    Official copy respectfully furnished to Hon. Edwin M. Stanton
    L. Thomas,
    Secretary of War ad interim
    ____________

    Upon the evidence collected by the committee, which is herewith presented, and in virtue of the powers with which they have been invested by the House, they are of the opinion that Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors. They therefore recommend to the House the adoption of the accompanying resolution.

    Resolved, That Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors in office.

Subsequent impeachment and trial

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At 3pm on February 22, Stevens presented from the House Select Committee on Reconstruction the impeachment resolution along with the majority report.[8][17][37][39] The impeachment resolution was put to a vote on February 24, 1868, three days after Johnson's dismissal of Stanton. The House of Representatives voted 126–47 (with 17 members not voting) in favor of a resolution to impeach the president for high crimes and misdemeanors,[17][25][40] marking the first time that a president of the United States had been impeached.[25] On February 25, the House (by a vote of 105–36) passed a resolution by George Boutwell that the House Select Committee on Reconstruction be authorized to sit during sessions of the House, ahead of proceedings that included the consideration of impeachment managers and the passage of articles of impeachment.[41][42] Johnson was narrowly acquitted in his Senate trial with a 35 in favor of conviction to 19 votes in favor acquittal, one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed for a conviction.[43]

See also

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