The
U.S. Senate votes against impeaching President Andrew Johnson and acquits him of
committing "high crimes and misdemeanors." The main core of the 11 charges was Johnson’s
aversion to the Reconstruction Plan after the Civil War. The War Dept, and Sec’y of War Edwin Stanton,
was in charge of implementing the plan and Johnson is charged with illegally
removing Stanton from office. By a vote of 35-19, Johnson was acquitted and
finished out his term.
Presidents Johnson and Clinton are the only presidents
for whom the impeachment process went as far as a Senate trial. Nixon resigned
before the House of Representatives could vote on impeachment.
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