Impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Impeachment_trial_of_President_Andrew_Johnson
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf impeachment
political event
gptkbp:chiefJusticePresided gptkb:Salmon_P._Chase
gptkbp:convictionThreshold 36
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateOfImpeachment 1868-02-24
gptkbp:endDate 1868-05-26
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:first_impeachment_trial_of_a_U.S._president
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson
gptkbp:impeachmentArticlesPassedBy gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:mainCharge violation of the Tenure of Office Act
gptkbp:notableSenatorVotedAcquittal gptkb:Edmund_G._Ross
gptkbp:numberOfArticles 11
gptkbp:precededBy none
gptkbp:presidentImpeached gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkb:Edwin_M._Stanton
gptkb:Tenure_of_Office_Act
gptkbp:result acquitted
gptkbp:startDate 1868-03-05
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Impeachment_trial_of_President_Bill_Clinton
gptkbp:trialHeldBy gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:votesForAcquittal 19
gptkbp:votesForConviction 35
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:George_H._Williams
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7