On February 24, 1868, the House of Representatives voted along party lines, 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew ... the Senate.” Congress had enacted the law to check Johnson’s behavior.

something extraordinary happened in the U.S. Congress. For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president, Democrat Andrew Johnson. Now ...

Conflicts with the Radical Republican Congress and his own ineptness led to an impeachment trial; Johnson was acquitted in the Senate by one vote... Died: July 31, 1875. The issue that vexed the ...