Wednesday, February 24, 1971

1868: President Andrew Johnson was impeached



On this day in 1868, President Andrew Johnson, the man who succeeded President Lincoln, was impeached.  The trial moved to the US Senate but it failed by one vote.

It all happened in the very difficult period following The Civil War.

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