Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (began 1868)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Impeachment_of_Andrew_Johnson_(began_1868)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
impeachment
gptkbp:accusedOf gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkbp:accusingBody gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:category gptkb:Presidency_of_Andrew_Johnson
19th-century American trials
Impeachments in the United States
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1868-05-26
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (began 1868)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:mainCharge violation of the Tenure of Office Act
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Thaddeus_Stevens
gptkb:Benjamin_Butler
gptkb:Edwin_M._Stanton
gptkb:Edmund_G._Ross
gptkbp:numberOfArticles 11
gptkbp:precededBy none
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Tenure_of_Office_Act
gptkbp:requiredVotesToConvict 36
gptkbp:result acquittal
gptkbp:significance first impeachment of a U.S. president
gptkbp:startDate 1868-02-24
gptkbp:trialBody gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:votingSystem 35 guilty, 19 not guilty (first article)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_(1867)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8