ANDREW JOHNSON
• 17th US President
• April 15, 1865 to March 3, 1869
• 1st US President to face impeachment (trial began on March 5, 1868)
• Was accused of going against Lincoln’s policy
• His appeal – no voting rights to freed blacks/Confederate soldiers to be pardoned
• Fellow republicans against him
• Survived impeachment by one vote, completed the term
ULYSSES S. GRANT
• 18th US President
• Two terms
• March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1877
• No personal charge against him, no impeachment
• But was embroiled in the Whiskey Ring case
• His White House personal secretary was on trial
• The PS was acquitted – after Grant’s testified for him
RICHARD M. NIXON
• 37th US President
• 1st full term, 8 months in 2nd term
• January 20, 1969 to August 9, 1974
• 1972 Watergate Scandal – impeachment – for cover-up
• Obstruction of justice – abuse of power – contempt of Congress
• Pressured FBI to drop Watergate investigation
• Was forced to resign from the office before vote on impeachment with FBI tape
• Pardoned by Gerald Ford, his VP, and next US President
RONALD REAGAN
• 40th US President
• Two terms
• January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989
• No personal charge against him
• No impeachment but was bogged down by Iran-Contra affair
• Secrete arms sale to Iran for American hostages in Lebanon
• Helped Nicaraguan rebels against US laws, diverted a part of arms sale money
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
• 42nd US President
• Two terms
• January 20, 1993–January 20, 2001
• Controversies – failed real estate deals/affairs with a White House intern
• Whitewater Real Estate venture – cleared
• Intern case – lied under oath/obstructed justice – faced impeachment (Dec 19, 1998)
• Acquitted by the Senate
DONALD J. TRUMP
• 45th US President
• January 20, 2017 to January 20, 2021
• 1st President to be impeached twice
• A term riddled with controversies and investigations
• Russia collusion charges for 2016 election
• Accused of not handing Covid crisis properly
• 1st impeachment – Trump’s call to Ukrainian president on Hunter Biden investigation
• Impeachment trial – abuse of power – obstruction of justice – Dec 2019 to Feb 2021
• The Senate voted for his acquittal
• 2nd impeachment – February 2021
• For January 6, 2021 US Capitol riots – charge – inciting the insurrection
• The senate against voted to acquit him