what is the comparison between the impeachments of andrew johnson, richard nixon, and bill clinton?

Answer 1

The thing that set them all apart was that Clinton's impeachment was backed by a hate filled, bipartisan, witch hunt. After five years and over $30 million of taxpayer money being spent, they had to turn to her personal life to dig up dirt in a feeble effort to get him removed from office.

Answer 2

First of all , all three cases were of course politically motivated. Andrew Johnson was the only one that was actually impeached. It passed by one vote. Richard Nixon resigned before he could be impeached. Finally in Bill Clinton's case there were not the votes needed in Congress to pass the impeachment

Answer 3

First, Richard Nixon was NOT impeached; he was pardoned. Second, with three things it would be "comparison among." The word "between" is used for two things.

I'm sure that there will be many who insist that Clinton should not have been impeached and will insist that he was so simply because he had sex when, in fact, he was impeached because he lied to a special prosecutor. See, Clinton was more persecuted than prosecuted! Please!!

Answer 4

To start with, Nixon was not impeached. Johnson was impeached but never lied under oath to deny someone their right to be heard in court like Clinton did.

Answer 5

Nixon was not impeached because he left office, he cut and ran. Clinton should been handed divorce papers, but as far as impeachment goes, he committed no crime, and with the money the spent and what came up with the republican should have had charges slapped on them for wasting taxpayers money.

Answer 6

In 1970, then-Representative Gerald R. Ford defined the criteria of impeachement as he saw it: "An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history." Four years later, Ford would assume the Presidency, following a vote to approve impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon.

The impeachment procedure is in two steps. The House of Representatives must first pass "articles of impeachment" by a simple majority. (All fifty state legislatures as well as the District of Columbia city council may also pass articles of impeachment against their own executives). The articles of impeachment constitute the formal allegations. Upon their passage, the defendant has been "impeached." Next, the Senate tries the accused. In the case of the impeachment of a President, the Chief Justice of the United States presides over the proceedings. Otherwise, the Vice President, in his capacity as President of the Senate, or the President pro tempore of the Senate presides.

In order to convict the accused, a two-thirds majority of the senators present is required. Conviction automatically removes the defendant from office. Following conviction, the Senate may vote to further punish the individual by barring them from holding future federal office (either elected or appointed). Despite a conviction by the Senate, the defendant remains liable to criminal prosecution. It is possible to impeach someone even after the accused has vacated their office in order to disqualify the person from future office or from certain emoluments of their prior office (such as a pension.) If a two-thirds majority of the senators present does not vote "Guilty" on one or more of the charges, the defendant is acquitted and no punishment is imposed.

Congress regards impeachment as a power to be used only in extreme cases; the House has initiated impeachment proceedings only 62 times since 1789 (most recently President Clinton).

Andrew Johnson was impeached in 1868 after violating the then-newly created Tenure of Office Act. President Johnson was acquitted of all charges by a single vote in the Senate.

Bill Clinton was impeached on December 19, 1998 by the House of Representatives on grounds of perjury to a grand jury (by a 228–206 vote) and obstruction of justice (by a 221–212 vote). Two other articles of impeachment failed—a second count of perjury in the Jones case (by a 205–229 vote), and one accusing President Clinton of abuse of power (by a 148–285 vote). He was acquitted by the Senate.

Many mistakenly assume Richard Nixon was impeached, but he wasn't. While the House Judiciary Committee did approve articles of impeachment against him (by wide margins) and did report those articles to the full House, Nixon resigned prior to House consideration of the impeachment resolutions. Both his impeachment by the House of Representatives and his conviction by the Senate were near certainties; Nixon reportedly decided to resign after being told this by Republican Senator Barry Goldwater.

All of the above courtesy of Wikipedia.

Note that "rukidding's" comment above ("Nixon was not impeached; he was pardoned) is true yet misleading. The way I take what he says, Ford pardoned Nixon due to BEING IMPEACHED. That is FALSE. Nixon, as I source above, was never impeached. Nixon's PARDON by Ford was "a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from July (January) 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974." (Source: Proclamation 4311, September 8, 1974.) This action was taken by Ford to alay/prevent any future actions against Nixon as Ford thought Nixon had suffered sufficient embarrassment and humiliation by resigning as President of the United States, the only President to do so!

Answer 7

They were all impeached, duh.