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Federal officials can be impeached in the House of Representatives. If a simple majority of the House votes for impeachment, the official proceeds to trial in the Senate.
The Senate tries federal office holders who have been impeached by the House.
The House of Representatives impeached Bill Clinton in 1998. Clinton was tried, but not convicted. He is the second president in history to be impeached.
acquitted by the Senate at trial. not removed from office
After a government official is impeached in the House, the official will be tried in the Senate. Two U.S. Presidents have been impeached. They are Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson.
No US presidents have been impeached and convicted and so removed from office.
President Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House of Representatives, but not removed from office by the Senate.