Whow as the first president to be impeached?

Question

I actually know the answer to this already, but I'm asking to make a point. The point is to show that common perception is often wrong and even though people think they know the answer and truth, they don't.

Find the answer here if you care about the truth: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/

Answer 1

Andrew Johnson was the first to be impeached. There were others that had impeachment proceedings started against them, Richard Nixon most notably, but proceedings were stopped due to a) lack of evidence and b) resignation -- see Nixon. Wm Jefferson Clinton was the next. Unlike Johnson, his charges were not 'trumped up' -- he actually did commit perjury but his defense focused on the sexual misconduct and was able to completely dodge the real charge. Sad.

Andrew Jackson was 'censured' which is a far cry from impeachment. Impeachment is a criminal indictment brought against a president or other high official. Censure is an expression of disapproval.

Answer 2

No one has actually been impeached, but Jackson was the first charged with impeachment.

Bush is probably the first President who has committed enough infractions to be found guilty, but the groupthink of fear that blankets the country is the bigger problem anyway. An impeachment would just make things worse.

oops... it was Johnson
Jackson, a fanatical authoritarian who executed enemies without due process and regularly settled his personal disputes with deadly duels, was rewarded by the American people for his atrocities by being twice elected president. In this exalted position he set out to eliminate the Indians once and for all.

The great Cherokee nation of the Southeast had heeded the advice of the U.S. government to accept the ways of the whites if they wanted to retain sovereignty over their lands. They wrote a constitution, published newspapers, started schools and churches, and grew cotton. An irritated Jackson decided that Indians had no right to change their customs and ordered the eviction of the Cherokees. Rich white Southerners wanted to expand their profitable slave-based plantations and needed the Cherokee territory to do it.

The Cherokee nation appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court and in 1832 the Court ruled in favor of the Indians. But Jackson would not tolerate any challenge to his authority, even from the Supreme Court. He went ahead and ordered the eviction of all Indians from the Southeast. They were forcibly marched off to the Oklahoma territory in what became the infamous "Trail of Tears".

The march took place during a terrible winter. Cherokees were forced to leave all of their possessions behind. Hundreds drowned as they were sent across the Mississippi River in rotting boats. Thousands more died of starvation, disease and exposure. Aside from slavery, the Trail of Tears was the worst crime in American history and President Andrew Jackson deserves all the credit.

It can be argued that other presidents committed crimes against humanity, but Andrew Jackson holds a special place in our hall of shame. Ironically, it was Andrew Johnson not Andrew Jackson who faced impeachment. Johnson, our 17th president, had reservations about Reconstruction policies following the Civil War and the pro-Reconstruction Congress tried to oust him from office. They failed by one vote. Jackson, the 7th president, who did commit high crimes, was never in danger of impeachment.

Answer 3

Andrew Jackson

Answer 4

Andrew Johnson. The impeachment failed by one critical vote, that of Edmund G. Ross. (vote tally 35-19).

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I'm pretty sure it was Andrew Johnson. I assume you were expecting a bunch of people to pipe up with Nixon?

Answer 7

Wasn't it Andrew Johnson?

Answer 8

My guess is that no president was ever impeached and that the list of presidents is incorrect.

Answer 9

There's something just plain wrong about someone checking for knowledge and public perception when your question is misspelled...

Answer 10

andrew johnson 17th president, see i know the answer, but then again I'm not you average guy