How Did Andrew Johnson Impeached

As many people know, the impeachment process of a president is not a good thing. Out of all of our presidents of the United States, two have been impeached. Both William Clinton and Andrew Johnson were impeached from the oval office. Andrew Johnson served in the oval office from 1865 to 1869 before he was impeached. William Clinton served as president from 1992 to 2000 before he was impeached from the oval office. Andrew Johnson set his first steps in the White House in 1865 when he was inaugurated as Abraham Lincoln’s vice president. In April of 1865, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and that is when Andrew Johnson was able to take a step up to the presidential seat. When congress had passed the Tenure of Office Act, they wanted to keep Edwin Stanton in his position. President Johnson later suspended Stanton and Stanton was replaced with Ulysses Grant. The senate then put Stanton back in his position but Johnson then replaced Stanton again …show more content…
Clinton was later sued by Paula Jones for sexual harassment 2 years after becoming president. Just over a year later, Clinton started another sexual relationship with 21 year old Monica Lewinsky. Lewinsky then gets transferred to the Pentagon to stop the relationship. Clinton is reelected in 1996 for another 4 years. Linda Tripp was a friend of Lewinsky and started secretly taping the phone conversations. Clinton still kept in touch with Monica and tried to find her a job. Vernon Jordan who is the president’s secretary and Betty Currie also tried to find Lewinsky a job. In 1998, Clinton denied having sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky but just months later he admits to the relationship. October of 1998 is when the impeachment trial began against Clinton. Two months later, Clinton was impeached on two of the four articles. Clinton then paid Jones 850,000 dollars to settle their case. Clinton was never removed from the oval office because of a 45 to 55 vote in the