It is not true that President Andrew Jackson was almost impeached. You are thinking of Johnson, not Jackson. And in Johnson's case, it was a complicated matter of post Civil War politics. Some people thought that Johnson, a southerner, should not be allowed to succeed Lincoln following the assassination of Lincoln.
Andrew Johnson
Ulysess S. Grant didn't get impeached, in fact he was one of the Union generals who was very good at his job in the Civil War. I quote what President Lincoln said about Grant "I can't spare this man-he fights."
President Clinton was impeached in 1998 on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in the investigation into his relationship with Paula Jones, who had filed a civil suit against the President for sexual harassment. He was acquitted at trial in the Senate in February 1999.
False 1 senator, 1 Secretary of War (1876) and 15 federal judges have been impeached Article II, Section 4, of the Constitution, the House of Representatives has the power to impeach the president, vice president AND ANY CIVIL OFFICER).
Presidents and civil officers can be impeached for accepting bribes or committing treason and other high crimes and misdemeanors. Only Congress has the power to impeach the president.
The U.S. Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln happened after Franklin Pierce became president but before Andrew Johnson was impeached. Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States and served his term from March 4, 1853 to March 4, 1857. Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States and served his term from April 15, 1865 to April 15, 1869, he was impeached on February 24, 1868. In that decade the U.S. Civil War occurred from 1861-1865.
Senators can be impeached -- and have been impeached. The first (and as of now, only) senator to be impeached was William Blount in 1797. Per Article II, Section 4, of the Constitution, the House of Representatives has the power to impeach the president, vice president and any civil officer. There have been only 19 impeachments in our history -- 2 presidents, 1 senator, 1 Secretary of War (1876) and 15 federal judges.
Chester A. Arthur was not almost impeached during his presidency. His administration faced criticism, particularly regarding the patronage system and the implementation of civil service reform, but he managed to maintain his position without facing impeachment proceedings. Instead, his presidency is often remembered for the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, which aimed to reduce corruption in government hiring.
President Andrew Johnson was impeached, and under President Lyndon B. Johnson, Congress passed some of the most important laws, including the Civil Rights Act.
Andrew Johnson - His veto of civil rights bills to try to incorporate the south back into the union Bill Clinton - Lying to a grand jury
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)