Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:politics
gptkbp:based_on violation of the Tenure of Office Act
gptkbp:chief_justice_during_trial gptkb:Salmon_P._Chase
gptkbp:consequences political instability
long-lasting
gptkbp:criminal_charge high crimes and misdemeanors
gptkbp:election_result 35 guilty, 19 not guilty
gptkbp:historical_analysis widely debated
gptkbp:historical_context Civil War aftermath
gptkbp:historical_debate about presidential accountability
gptkbp:historical_impact set precedent for future impeachments
gptkbp:historical_significance examined in political science
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
gptkbp:impeachment_opponents Democrats and some Republicans
gptkbp:impeachment_trial_significance first presidential trial in U. S. history
gptkbp:influenced future presidential conduct
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Radical_Republicans
gptkbp:initiated_by gptkb:House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkbp:is_debated_in gptkb:historical_texts
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:conflict
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Tenure_of_Office_Act
gptkbp:occurs_in post-Civil War America
gptkbp:outcome acquitted
gptkbp:part_of U. S. history curriculum
gptkbp:political_position contentious
gptkbp:public_perception divided
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkbp:resulted_in gptkb:conflict
gptkbp:senate_acquittal_vote May 26, 1868
gptkbp:senate_trial_duration 11 weeks
gptkbp:senate_vote_date May 16, 1868
gptkbp:significance first presidential impeachment in U. S. history
gptkbp:strategy to limit presidential power
gptkbp:trial_held_in gptkb:Senate
gptkbp:year 1868
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edwin_Stanton
gptkb:Reconstruction_era
gptkb:39th_United_States_Congress
gptkb:Radical_Republicans
gptkb:Thaddeus_Stevens
gptkb:The_1866_State_of_the_Union_Address
gptkb:The_1868_State_of_the_Union_Address
gptkb:Radical_Reconstruction
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4