For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president, Democrat Andrew Johnson ... In frequent speeches and interviews, Johnson publicly expressed ...

On February 24, 1868, the House of Representatives voted along party lines, 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson for having committed “high crimes and misdemeanors.” Days later ...

Legacy: Andrew Johnson’s racism and antipathy towards African-American civil rights were a harbinger for similar attitudes to come during Reconstruction. The first president to be impeached—but not ...