Articles of Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

( 1868 ) Commentary by Mary E. Stuckey and Kristina E. Curry, Georgia State University

Questions for Further Study

1. How does the impeachment of Andrew Johnson inform our opinions of the threatened impeachment of President Richard Nixon in 1974?
2. How does the impeachment of Andrew Johnson inform our opinions of the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1998?
3. The Radical Republicans have been portrayed by writers as both heroes and villains in their attack on President Johnson. How can both sides be justified?
4. What kinds of “high crimes and misdemeanors” should result in presidential impeachment?
5. Does the threat of impeachment help to ensure presidential honesty?

Andrew Johnson, attended by Col. W. G. Moore, being served impeachment summons in the White House (Library of Congress)

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