PAST PRESIDENTS

In 1842, President John Tyler was the first to face an impeachment vote by the House but it was voted down.

In President Andrew Johnson’s case in 1868, the House voted to impeach him on “high crimes and misdemeanors” and notified the Senate about the impeachment before the articles were drafted.

In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee approved three articles of Impeachment. After the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to release unedited tapes with excepts of him proposing the use of the CIA to obstruct the FBI and hush money payments to the burglars did things change. After the tapes were made public, Nixon decided to resign.

In October 1998, the House voted 258 to 176, with 31 Democrats breaking ranks with the president, to begin a full-scale, open-ended inquiry into possible grounds for the Clinton impeachment.

In Clinton’s case, the House voted on the articles separately and approved two of the four articles presented by the Judiciary Committee. 1. Perjury in the grand jury* 2. Perjury in the civil case 3. Obstruction of justice* 4. Abuse of power *Approved

Neither Clinton nor Johnson appeared in person, but had their lawyers answer to the articles.

Both Trump and Clinton’s impeachment process were facilitated by whistleblowers. In Clinton’s case, Linda Tripp recorded conversations she had with 22-year old White House intern Monica Lewinsky who had a secret, sexual relationship with Clinton.

Both Johnson and Clinton were acquitted by the Senate.

The two counts against Clinton: Perjury, 55 not guilty (10 Republicans), 45 guilty

Obstruction of justice, 50 not guilty (5 Republicans), 50 guilty