1868 Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1868_Impeachment_of_Andrew_Johnson

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:event
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkbp:caused_by	Violation of the Tenure of Office Act
gptkbp:date	1868
gptkbp:defense	Johnson's legal team
gptkbp:election_year	Senate trial
gptkbp:historical_context	gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkbp:historical_figure	gptkb:Henry_Ward_Beecher_Jr. gptkb:James_G._Blaine gptkb:Samuel_S._Cox gptkb:Colonel_James_A._Garfield gptkb:Frederick_Douglass gptkb:William_Henry_Seward gptkb:Henry_Nixon gptkb:Bill_Clinton gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Edwin_M._Stanton gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt gptkb:Harry_S._Truman gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant gptkb:President_Woodrow_Wilson gptkb:John_Bingham gptkb:Charles_Sumner gptkb:Donald_Trump gptkb:George_S._Boutwell gptkb:Benjamin_Butler gptkb:Rutherford_B._Hayes gptkb:George_W._Julian gptkb:William_P._Fessenden gptkb:Lyman_Trumbull gptkb:William_H._Taft gptkb:John_A._Logan gptkb:William_D._Kelley gptkb:James_M._Ashley gptkb:Carl_Schurz gptkb:Robert_C._Schenck gptkb:Elihu_B._Washburne gptkb:John_A._Bingham gptkb:Henry_Winter_Davis gptkb:Thaddeus_Stevens gptkb:Michael_C._Kerr
gptkbp:historical_impact	Set precedent for future impeachments
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1868 Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
gptkbp:is_a_basis_for	gptkb:Constitution_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:is_involved_in	gptkb:election gptkb:legislation gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkbp:judges	gptkb:Salmon_P._Chase
gptkbp:legal_issue	House impeachment managers
gptkbp:outcome	Acquittal
gptkbp:political_party	gptkb:Democratic_Party gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:president	gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkbp:result	Johnson remained in office
gptkbp:significance	First presidential impeachment in U. S. history