Richard Nixon was NOT impeached. He resigned from office to prevent being impeached. The last impeached president was Bill Clinton, but the Senate did not remove him from office.
President Clinton, though the Senate voted to acquit him of the charges, brought forth in the articles of Impeachment, and thus, he was not removed from Office.
President Richard Nixon was impeached for the Watergates scandal so President Nixon resigned.
Nixon was not actually impeached. He resigned the presidency on August 9, 1974, before the full House could vote on the articles of impeachment. Bill Clinton was impeached.
Bill Clinton
The President can be impeached. After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated his vice President (Andrew Johnson) was impeached. Also Nixon was impeached
To get impeached the president would have to bribe, lie, or have a misdemeanor against him.
President Andrew Johnson and President Bill Clinton were both impeached. President Richard Nixon was supposed to be impeached, but he stepped down from office before the official impeachment, so technically he wasn't impeached.
The second President to be impeached was William J. Clinton, in 1998.
Yes
If a president is impeached, then the vice president takes over and serves out the rest of the term as president.
The impeachments for each person would be separate, but they can most certainly be impeached at or near the same time. But that depends on how the House of Representatives wished to proceed - they could decide that handling both impeachment procedures concurrently would be too much all at once.
no
Andrew Johnson was the first US president to be impeached. He was acquitted by the Senate by one vote.Andrew Johnson
If the President is impeached and convicted, the Vice President would succeed him. The Vice President would then assume the role of President for the remainder of the term.
Of these two, only Andrew Johnson was impeached (but not convicted).
Andrew Johnson was the first US president to be impeached. He was acquitted by the Senate by one vote.Andrew Johnson