Andrew Johnson (1868): Johnson, the 17th President of the United States, was the first to be impeached. He faced impeachment for violating the Tenure of Office Act by removing Edwin M. Stanton, the Secretary of War, from office and replacing him with Lorenzo Thomas.
He was acquitted by one vote in the Senate.
Richard Nixon (1974): Nixon, the 37th President, faced impeachment due to the Watergate scandal. The House Judiciary Committee approved articles of impeachment against him for obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress.
Nixon resigned from office before the full House could vote on the articles.
Bill Clinton (1998): Clinton, the 42nd President, was impeached by the House of Representatives on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, related to his extramarital affair with Monica Lewinsky and the Paula Jones lawsuit.
He was acquitted on both counts by the Senate.
Donald Trump (2019 and 2021): Trump, the 45th President, is the only president in U.S. history to be impeached twice with sham allegations. The first impeachment in 2019 was related to allegations of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress concerning his dealings with Ukraine. He was acquitted by the Senate. The second impeachment in 2021 was for alleged incitement of insurrection following the January 6 event on the U.S. Capitol.
He was again acquitted by the Senate.
So, why is this interesting? Pattern recognition, for one, and anomalies. Nixon was the only one who resigned, and prolly with good reason, seeing as he was living in the decade after Kennedy was offed. And the WaPo suddenly seized the narrative. So, it illustrates the mad paparazzi/ semi-factual narration that magically had everyone hating on Nixon, but political puppet strings were being visibly pulled to seize power - and Ford was bad news.
The general pattern is that all the others were acquitted by the senate. So the question is: IS the pattern going to continue, or will there be a new entry, such as:
"Joe Biden (2024), the 46th president, was impeached by the House of Representatives on charges of corruption, abuse of power and obstruction of justice. The Senate upheld the impeachment."
Maybe not. Maybe they should add treason and failure to uphold the constitutional duty to protect the borders.
The problem is, there are so many things wrong with the guy, like impairment, for example, but having too many articles of impeachment will increase the chances of acquittal.
This part is interesting:
He was acquitted by one vote in the Senate.
Nixon resigned from office before the full House could vote on the articles.
He was acquitted on both counts by the Senate.
He was again acquitted by the Senate.
So, why is this interesting? Pattern recognition, for one, and anomalies. Nixon was the only one who resigned, and prolly with good reason, seeing as he was living in the decade after Kennedy was offed. And the WaPo suddenly seized the narrative. So, it illustrates the mad paparazzi/ semi-factual narration that magically had everyone hating on Nixon, but political puppet strings were being visibly pulled to seize power - and Ford was bad news.
The general pattern is that all the others were acquitted by the senate. So the question is: IS the pattern going to continue, or will there be a new entry, such as:
"Joe Biden (2024), the 46th president, was impeached by the House of Representatives on charges of corruption, abuse of power and obstruction of justice. The Senate upheld the impeachment."
Maybe not. Maybe they should add treason and failure to uphold the constitutional duty to protect the borders.
The problem is, there are so many things wrong with the guy, like impairment, for example, but having too many articles of impeachment will increase the chances of acquittal.
Adding a treason charge immediately removes it to other means of prosecution