the second and only other one was Bill Clinton
However, neither Johnson nor Clinton was actually removed from office, as the Senate failed to confirm the House's ruling.
No. Andrew Johnson was the first president to be impeached
The second President to be impeached was William J. Clinton, in 1998.
The president must be formally charged with a crime (impeached) by the House of Reps. and then must stand trial in the US Senate. If convicted, he/she is removed. Impeached does not mean removed. We have impeached two presidents, but have never removed one.
December 19, 1998
In a manner of speaking, former US president, Bill Clinton has one listed problem that has tainted his time as US President. That would be the fact that he was the second US president that was impeached.
The first president to be impeached was Andrew Johnson, in 1868. Johnson was the 17th President of the United States. He was Vice President under Abraham Lincoln, and became President after Lincoln's assassination in April, 1865, near the end of the US Civil War.After quarreling with Congress over Reconstruction in the South, Johnson was impeached by the House of Representatives. When he went to trial in the Senate, he was acquitted by one vote.The only other president to be impeached was Bill Clintonin December 1998. Like Johnson, he was acquitted by the Senate, in February, 1999. Clinton is the first and only electedpresident to be impeached.Richard Nixon, although investigated by Congress during the Watergate scandal, was never impeached. The impeachment process was not started before his resignation from office in 1974.Impeachment is described in the U. S. Constitution, Article I, Section 2. Clause 5.(see related link)
Andrew Johnson was the first US president to be impeached. He was acquitted by the Senate by one vote.Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson was the first US president to be impeached. He was acquitted by the Senate by one vote.Andrew Johnson
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Andrew Johnson. First US President to be impeached.
No, someone with a name sounding closer to him was.Andrew Johnson, as Vice President of the United States, succeeded Abraham Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated in 1865. President Johnson was impeached by the US House of Representative in 1868 but the resolution failed in the Senate by one vote. Still, President Andrew Johnson, a tailor by profession, became the first US President to be impeached.
Andrew Johnson was the first of the two US presidents to be impeached, in 1868. The other was Bill Clinton. Neither one was convicted.
The second President to be impeached was William J. Clinton, in 1998.
Andrew Johnson was the first of the two US presidents to be impeached, in 1868. The other was Bill Clinton. Neither one was convicted.
Both Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were impeached by the US House of Representatives, but acquitted (found not guilty of the charges) at trial in the Senate. Both were impeached, but neither was removed. President Nixon was on the verge of being impeached, but chose to resign rather than face charges.
the US Senate.
The chief justice of the US presides of the trial if the president is impeached.
Andrew Johnson became the first president to be impeached in 1868 for violating the Tenure of Office Act (among other things). He was acquitted by a single vote. (Bill Clinton was the only other President to be impeached. He was acquitted as well.