Only the House of Representatives is empowered to impeach the president. Then it is the job of the Senate to try him/her.
Andrew Johnson was the vice-president and became president when President Lincoln was killed. Johnson was the president during the first four years of reconstruction. US Grant presided over the next eight years.
The Senate
The House of Representatives.
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Andrew Johnson
The House of Representatives is the only body the US Constitution authorizes to impeach the President and other civil officers.
President Richard Nixon
They were Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant.
The House of Representatives has the power to impeach the president.
To "impeach" means to accuse of high crimes or misdemeanors. So the House has the power to impeach US officials-- including the President and Supreme Court Justices.tried in the Senate
The House of Representatives has the sole power to impeach federal officials in the US.