Which presidents have stood trial for impeachment?
President Andrew Johnson stood trial for impeachment in 1868. The impeachment vote did not pass in the Senate. For more details, see Harper Weekly’s web site on The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (http://www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com/). The House Judiciary Committee issued three articles of impeachment against President Nixon on July 30, 1974, but President Nixon resigned before the impeachment process could continue to trial. President Clinton stood trial for impeachment. The Senate acquitted Clinton on Feb 12, 1999. You can read more on his impeachment on NPR’s Impeaching the President site (http://npr.com/news/national/impeach/). For historical details on impeachment trials, see A Short History of Impeachment (http://www.infoplease.com/spot/impeach.html).
