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Andrew Johnson and William Clinton were impeached.

Johnson was impeached because he supported Post-Civil War Reconstruction. Radical Republicans disagreed with his forgiveness of men who had fought on the Confederate side. They noticed that he had opposed the 14th amendment and therefore passed the Tenure of Office Act, in attempts to lessen Johnson's power. President Johnson then tried to force out Edwin Stanton, the Secretary of War, but was impeached for this reason.

William J. Clinton's impeachment was a result of various scandals that occurred during his terms in office. Some reasons were: seven government employees had been fired and replaced with the President's companions, investigators had been forbidden to enter a White House employee's office although Clinton and his aides were allowed to personally investigate his suicide, and the tainted relationship between the President and his wife.

Both Presidents, though impeached, were acquitted by the Senate.

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