One Vote Away: Andrew Johnson Survives Impeachment
On May 26, 1868, the Senate acquitted President Andrew Johnson on impeachment charges by a single vote — 35 to 19 — setting a precedent for every impeachment since.
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One Vote Saved a President: The Johnson Impeachment Acquittal
On May 16, 1868, the U.S. Senate acquitted President Andrew Johnson on impeachment charges by a single vote, 35 to 19, one short of the two-thirds needed to convict.
The Day the Impeachment Case Came to Congress
On November 19, 1998, independent counsel Ken Starr testified before the House Judiciary Committee, bringing the impeachment case against Bill Clinton to Congress in a dramatic public hearing.