Through all the years of American history only two presidents have been impeached. The two who were impeached were Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson. Bill Clinton was elected president in November 3, 1992 after serving as Governor of Arkansas. Andrew Johnson was elected president in April 15, 1865 after Lincoln’s assassination. The two impeachments were different in many ways, however Bill Clintons was very unpopular to the public.
Andrew Johnson took office shortly after the Civil War. He was the 17th president of the United States. Throughout Johnson’s presidency his power and influence steadily declined. Two things that really made people upset were Johnson’s veto on the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill and his veto on the Civil Rights Bill. Both bills
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were later passed over his veto. A year later congress passed the Tenure of Office Act, which was intended to keep the President from firing any officer without Senate approval. This act was passed to keep the Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, in his position. Months later Johnson suspends Stanton while the Congress away. Ulysses S. Grant then took the position. After Johnson was accused of violating the Tenure of Office Act, the House approved an impeachment. There were two trials over his actions and neither gained enough votes to remove him from office. Johnson then leaves office after his last term was complete. Bill Clinton took office in 1993 and was the 42nd president of the United States.
Before Clinton was elected President he had an encounter with Paula Jones in a hotel room. After Clinton took office Paula Jones then sued Clinton for sexual harassment. A short time later Monica Lewinsky began her intern at the White House. Clinton and Lewinsky began a sexual relationship. Judge Kenneth Starr was the investigator of Whitewater. President Clinton denied any sexual relations with Lewinsky. On October 8, 1998, the House would vote to have an impeachment and won. Clinton was charged with perjury and obstruction to justice. Bill Clinton would end up not getting kicked out of office by senate.
The impeachments of Clinton and Johnson were in some ways similar but also very different. Both cases had to do with their presidency terms. Johnson would be tried for violating an Act while Clinton was tried for sexual relations. Another similarity was that both of their trials were held in senate. In order for them to be removed a 2/3 vote was required and neither one achieved it.
I personally think that both Clinton and Johnson should have been fully impeached. They did things that a President should never do. I believe that both Clinton and Johnson should have been removed from office. Presidents should never have sexual relations with co-workers or violate
acts. Out of forty-four Presidents only two have ever been impeached. The two that were impeached were Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton’s impeachment was very unpopular with the public. Although neither Johnson nor Clinton was removed, Johnson was only one vote away from being removed. Johnson is known as the closest President who was almost forcibly removed from office.
Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan have many difference in the government. Lyndon B. Johnson saying that congress role to promote “general welfare” to discover ways to improve government. Reagan called the war on poverty a failure and proposed budget to reduce spending social programs but increase the size of military. By compare and contrasting Lyndon B. Johnson’s speech on affirmative action with Ronald Reagan’s inaugural address can show the differences and alikeness in federal Government.
Presidents Johnson and Reagan led the United States in two very different eras, and have left much different legacies from their time in office. Their social policies while President were almost completely opposites. Johnson was focused on making social reforms to benefit all Americans, while Reagan wanted to lessen the aid given to those in poverty.
As soon as Johnson was made president he began to disagree with Congress, particularly those Congressional members of his opposing party. Later, he even broke ties with his own party citing the fact that he wouldn’t endorse a new amendment to the Constitution granting blacks the rights of citizenship. Congress did not approve of President Johnson’s plans for Reconstruction. The Wade Davis Plan returned power to the same people who had tried to break the Union by granting them amnesty. The Congress mainly opposed this plan because it contained no provision to protect the free slaves. The Freedman’s Bureau Act was intended to help former slaves to shift from slavery to emancipation and assured them equality before law.
As President, Johnson decided to follow Lincolns plans by granting amnesty to almost all former confederates; establishing a Provisional government; and ratifying the thirteenth Amendment to abolish slavery. However, Johnson was not the same man as Lincoln for he was quite unpopular, especially with Congress. As the south was in a transitional period, its politics were changing as well. First, the Reconstruction Act allowed blacks to v...
Like the impeachment of President Clinton, the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson in 1868 also ended in an acquittal.And like President Clinton, Johnson was a Democratic president who faced a Republican-controlled Congress. And while many were hostile to him for his political agenda, it would be an event separate from his policies that would nearly bring him down.Before it would end, a drama would play out in the Senate filled with partisanship, legal hairsplitting, and the swing votes of a handful of Republicans.
I believe that since Watergate was a huge scandal, and Nixon was in the wrong for certain things dealing with it, that he should have been impeached. Nixon broke the law while handling with this scandal which is something I think a president should be impeached for. In the end, Nixon got impeached because of the articles posted by the House of Representatives. These articles stated what Nixon did that broke the law and they gave three reasons which were: obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress. This happened after the tapes that Nixon was trying to hide were revealed. One of the tapes called, “smoking gun,” reavealed evidence that Nixon did take part in covering up Watergate. On this tape, it showed that Nixon had ordered
Bill Clinton was charged with 2 crimes, perjury and obstruction of justice. When officals become president, they take an oath to never commint "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors". Perjury is a high crime and president Bill Clinton commited that. President Bill Clinton was having an affair with one of the interns that worked at the white house. The intern was talking to coworker Linda Tipp, which she then started recording conversations they were having about the affair. A lawyer then sued Bill Clinton for sexual harassment. The intern then said she didnt have any kind of relationship with the president. Linda Tipp brought the recorded conversations to Kenneth Starrs office and wore a wire on the intern. The intern then
Although impeachment proceedings are executed in the same way, these cases had some differences and similarities. Johnson stayed in office after his impeachment trial, Nixon left office before he could be impeached, and Clinton was actually impeached and removed from office. Each case had ethical dilemmas, illegal activity, and political motivation behind the impeachments. These cases raise ethical questions and arguments, especially about the standards of the President of the United States.
In 1998 President Bill Clinton was sent to impeachment, “charging him with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice.” In November 1995, Clinton started an affair with Lewinsky when she was only 21 years old. Accordingly, Clinton and Lewinsky had about a dozen sexual encounters in the White House. Nothing would of come to light if it wasn’t for Linda Tripp. She was the one who brought this issue to public and started secretly recording conversations with Lewinsky, while Lewinsky gave Tripp details about the affair. Likewise, the president was sent to jury and said that “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky.” On February 12, 1999 President Clinton was founded guilty on both accusations and was removed as president. After the trial ended, President Clinton said that he was profoundly sorry. In few words he lost his job and reputation by lying over the accusation of
Bill Clinton contributed a lot to America during his presidency, but he was only memorable for his impeachment. Clinton was elected in 1993 as the 42nd President of the United States. Prior to this, he attended Georgetown University, Oxford, and finally Yale Law School. Yale is also where he met his wife, Hillary Rodham. Clinton got his start in politics when he ran for congress in Arkansas in 1974. Although he did not win that election, he became attorney general in 1976. While he was attorney general, a spot for governor opened up so Clinton ran and got elected in 1978. Unfortunately, he had trouble with this position and lost his bid for reelection in 1980. However, he was able to learn from his mistakes and get reelected two years later.
Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States, his term ranged from 1993-2001. Throughout his presidency he was a bit shady and had many scandals involving him and his wife Hillary. Many of his scandals involved financial problems, and didn’t happen while he was governor but more while he was president. All these scandals he was involved in resulted in Clinton getting impeached.
He served as President from 1993-2001. During the time of his presidency America saw many changes. Some changes were good and some changes were bad. In 1994 NAFTA was passed which allowed free trade between Mexico, the United States and Canada. One change that shocked the American people was a change of morals. On the days of November 1995 Clinton began an affair with Monica Lewinsky, a 21-year-old unpaid intern (History Staff 2). In January 1998 the Monica Lewinsky scandal begins. The scandal begins when President Clinton says he did not have an affair with her. That statement turns out to be a lie. Clinton is put on trial for the charge of prudery. On December 11, 1999 the House impeaches President Clinton (History 2). Five weeks later the senate votes on removing Clinton from office, but the vote falls in favor of Clinton and he remains in office until the end of his presidency. Clinton gets to stay president after lying to the American people and having an affair in the white house and the consequences are the loss of morals for the American people which had been held to a high standard up until that
President Clinton did have many great accomplishments during his first term but also did have some failures. Many political and personal scandals arose during his first term as the President. One instance involved the Whitewater River Project in Arkansas where it was said that the Clinton’s had illegal relations with a failed savings and loan in which they had profited off of. The other included a civil suit that involved Clinton sexually harassing a state employee Paula Corbin Jones while he was the Governor of Arkansas. Investigations of the above allegations lead to the knowledge of the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Clinton was said to have had sexually relations with Lewinsky. Clinton denied these allegations and even appeared in front of the
Since the rules were put in place, nineteen Americans have had to face impeachment charges. Fifteen judges, one Senator, one Secretary of War, and three Presidents have been targeted with impeachment proceedings. Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were acquitted. Richard Nixon resigned his office before the initial proceedings could be completed.
Though he was impeached because of his decision making, he was still sworn in to be president. Clinton journeyed off to college at Georgetown, Oxford University, then switched to Yale to study law. He was very well educated yet, he still made awful decisions in some aspects of his life. Knowledge is not something that just comes from being educated. Gaining knowledge about particular subjects can be learned in schooling yes, but everyone needs a bit of common sense. Sleeping with another women inside of the White House probably has to be one of the most ignorant moves any person can make. Even with the education of three of the world’s most prestigious universities, Clinton did not acquire the knowledge needed to resist temptation of another women while being married. Most people would agree that he was not the best president regardless of the affair but that is a whole different topic. Even with all of the schooling in the world, knowledge is something that people have to get on their