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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Janice Shell who wrote (11974)	3/23/1998 2:50:00 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

No, I'm pretty sure that attempt failed by 1 vote. Other historians out there?

To: Janice Shell who wrote (11974)	3/23/1998 2:54:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 20981

>>Andrew Johnson was the first, and so far only, president to be impeached (and convicted). And convicted - not. He was acquitted by one vote.

To: Janice Shell who wrote (11974)	3/23/1998 2:55:00 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

Quick net search revealed the following - Impeached but not convicted In 1868 the struggle between Johnson and Congress came to a head. In defiance of the Tenure of Office, which Congress had passed over presidential veto in 1867, Johnson attempted to fire his secretary of war, Edwin M. Stanton. Congress responded by impeaching the President for "high crimes and misdemeanors." After a trial lasting several months (March-May 1868), the Senate found Johnson not guilty. (The tally was only one vote shy of the two-thirds majority needed for conviction; seven Republicans had voted with the Democrats for acquittal. grolier.com