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To: Ed Frye who wrote (608)	8/23/1998 4:37:00 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Perhaps your question deals with the process. Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House. After a House vote to impeach, the Senate holds a trial, where a 2/3s vote is required to expell the President. Johnson kept his job as president by 1 vote in his Senate trial. Nixon resigned well before the full House and Senate would have had to deal with him, but after the House Judiciary committee voted to recommend impeachment to the full House. Therefore, Johnson is our only president to have been impeached.

To: Ed Frye who wrote (608)	8/23/1998 5:11:00 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Nixon was the only President who was forced to resign in disgrace. So far.

To: Ed Frye who wrote (608)	8/23/1998 8:22:00 PM
From: wallacestevens	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

"Impeached" does not mean found guilty. "Impeached" merely means formally challenged -- as in to impeach someone's integrity or argument. In other words, when the President is impeached, it means that the House has voted to formally challenge his/her (we can hope . . .) right to remain in office. The trial by the Senate (with the Supreme Court sitting as judges) is the process that comes after impeachment. Perhaps instead of saying you want the President impeached, you could say you want him "sacked"?