He resigned from office on August 9, 1974. Johnson’s impeachment in 1868 was the culmination of a bitter dispute between the president and the Republican-controlled House over Reconstruction ...

Subsequently, there have been several attempts to begin impeachment proceedings against particular justices, but none has ever prevailed in the House. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded to the ...

while Democrats then made it the center of their first impeachment effort. Among the new members Johnson added Thursday — he has plenary control as speaker over which Republicans sit on and lead ...