What happens when the most powerful leader in the United States is accused of abusing power? This video explains how ...
Almost 160 years ago, on February 24, 1868, Andrew Johnson became the first president in American history to be impeached. It was a moment many had warned about decades earlier, long before Johnson ...
As the first presidential impeachment trial was drawing to a close, newspaper titan Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune ran a bold headline: “CONVICTION ALMOST A CERTAINTY.” If by “certainty” the paper ...
On February 24, 1868, 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 ...
The Rare Books Collection has added an unusual document to its archive: a horoscope by Boston astrologer Thomas Lister to President Andrew Johnson during his impeachment trial. Dated April 10, 1868, ...