Was Andrew Johnson was impeached and removed from office?

Answer 1

Yes he WAS impeached. He avoided conviction and removal by one vote.

Impeachment is not conviction or removal. It is the official inquiry into high crimes and misdemeanors. Impeachment is the CHARGE of misconduct by the House, not the conviction and removal by the Senate.

, Andrew Jackson WAS impeached on February 24th, 1868.

Answer 2

The official reason was his violation of a tenure in office law which he was charged with breaking when he fired his Secretary of War, Edward Stanton. There were a lot of people in Congress that wanted him out of office and were looking for some reason to get him out. He was unpopular because, like Lincoln , he did not want to punish the defeated southern states, but rather to take them back into the union as seamlessly as possible. Also he was from a former slave state, Tennessee and only held office because of Lincoln's assassination and , of course, he was no Lincoln.

To the second part of the question, I would say surely not in the sense that he was such a terrible administrator or derelict in his duties. But maybe he should have had a better political sense and seen that impeachment was coming if he did not make a better effort to placate the impeachment forces. Maybe there was nothing he could do but then, perhaps a president who by no real fault of his own is unable to lead effectively deserves to be impeached. If is fortunate that the Senate (just barely) had enough sense not convict him.

Answer 3

Really guys? Andrew Johnson was not impeached! He went through the process, but never did get impeached buy one vote.

Answer 4

I apologize. I typed Andrew Jackso by mistake. All the above is correct save that.