According to Article I, Section 3, Clause 6 (Trial of Impeachments) the Senate conducts the impeachment trial with the Chief Justice presiding:
"The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present."
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The Senate conducts a removal (impeachment) trial after the House of Representatives votes for impeachment. This is true for all officials vulnerable to impeachment, not just US Presidents.
The House of Representatives votes for impeachment while the Senate holds the trial for impeachment. This applies to all officials who are able to be impeached, not just the president. :)
The second President to be impeached was William J. Clinton, in 1998.
Andrew Johnson was the first US president to be impeached. He was acquitted by the Senate by one vote.Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson was the first US president to be impeached. He was acquitted by the Senate by one vote.Andrew Johnson
the US Senate.
The chief justice of the US presides of the trial if the president is impeached.
Nobody in the US was impeached on this date. Closest was Andrew Johnson who was impeached on February 24, 1868.
No, someone with a name sounding closer to him was.Andrew Johnson, as Vice President of the United States, succeeded Abraham Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated in 1865. President Johnson was impeached by the US House of Representative in 1868 but the resolution failed in the Senate by one vote. Still, President Andrew Johnson, a tailor by profession, became the first US President to be impeached.
Nobody. A president continues to serve in office when he is impeached. If he is convicted and removed from office, the vice-president becomes president, same as if the president were to die.
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Andrew Johnson. First US President to be impeached.
The US Senate tries government officials who have been impeached by the House of Representatives, and may remove them from office if they find just cause.
Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were impeached and both were later acquitted. Richard Nixon almost got impeached but resigned before.