Compare And Contrast Andrew Johnson's Impeachment
The impeachment of both of these presidents was a big surprise to everyone in the United States of America. Andrew Johnson was the first president to ever be impeached and for a while was the only one until Clinton about one hundred years later. The process was a very hard thing to go through for the people involved in making it happen.
The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson was a dramatic event in politics for the United States. It was a long battle between the Southern Democrat and the Republicans. On February 24, 1868 he was impeached in the House of Representatives on eleven articles detailing his high crimes and misdemeanors. The Tenure of Office Act that was passed by congress a year before was the primary charge. He removed Edwin M. Stanton the Secretary of War and replaced him with Ulysses S. Grant. On March 2 the house agreed to the articles and the trial began three days later in the senate. The final tally of votes was one fewer than the two thirds needed. The trial ended in an acquittal which means President Johnson was not guilty of the crime he was accused of.
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The main similarity would be that they both ended with the President being not guilty. The two-impeachment cases were big surprises and let downs for the people of the United States. The difference is that Andrew Johnson did not follow the Tenure of Office Act and tried to remove someone from office and replace him with someone he thought would be better. Bill Clinton had affairs with women and although that is morally wrong that is not the reason he was impeached. He was impeached because he lied under oath and then later confessed that he lied. I think both of these impeachment processes should have ended in the two presidents being removed from office but they did not. If they were removed it may have hurt the country a little but it would have shown the way the president is supposed to act and if he does not he will be
The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson was a dramatic event in politics for the United States. It was a long battle between the Southern Democrat and the Republicans. On February 24, 1868 he was impeached in the House of Representatives on eleven articles detailing his high crimes and misdemeanors. The Tenure of Office Act that was passed by congress a year before was the primary charge. He removed Edwin M. Stanton the Secretary of War and replaced him with Ulysses S. Grant. On March 2 the house agreed to the articles and the trial began three days later in the senate. The final tally of votes was one fewer than the two thirds needed. The trial ended in an acquittal which means President Johnson was not guilty of the crime he was accused of.
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The main similarity would be that they both ended with the President being not guilty. The two-impeachment cases were big surprises and let downs for the people of the United States. The difference is that Andrew Johnson did not follow the Tenure of Office Act and tried to remove someone from office and replace him with someone he thought would be better. Bill Clinton had affairs with women and although that is morally wrong that is not the reason he was impeached. He was impeached because he lied under oath and then later confessed that he lied. I think both of these impeachment processes should have ended in the two presidents being removed from office but they did not. If they were removed it may have hurt the country a little but it would have shown the way the president is supposed to act and if he does not he will be