Why was president Jackson impeached?

Answer 1

President Johnson was impeached due to firing the War Secretary, Edwin M. Stanton from office. This was in direct violation of the Tenure of Office Statute. The House of Representative vote made Johnson the first president in history to be impeached.

Answer 2

As president, Jackson went against the U.S. Supreme Court's decision banning the forced removal of the Native Americans from their native lands.

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Andrew Jackson didn't face the threat of impeachment; a later President, Andrew Johnson did. The two are often confused because their names are similar.

The US Supreme Court never banned the government from removing Native Americans from their land. Chief Justice John Marshall opposed the idea and expressed his personal opinion on the subject several times; however, the United States was never party to a suit that would allow Marshall to make a legal ruling on the matter.

Two cases, Worcester v. Georgia, (1832), and Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, (1831), appear to be the source of much confusion.

The Supreme Court dismissed Cherokee Nation v. Georgia,(1831), for lack of original (trial) jurisdiction over the case; therefore, nothing Marshall wrote was binding on any party.

In Worcester v. Georgia, (1832), the only legal decisions were that the State of Georgia had no right to regulate use of Cherokee land, and that the state had to release some missionaries who were imprisoned for living on Cherokee property without holding a state license to do so. In Worcester, Marshall stated the federal government should protect the Cherokee from Georgia's hostilities, but he lacked jurisdiction to make the opinion part of the legal decision because the United States wasn't party to the case.

Answer 3

The only thing he did that he could have been impeached for is the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians from their native lands, known as the "Trial of Tears", which went against the Supreme Court's decision.

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The US Supreme Court never banned the government from removing Native Americans from their land. Chief Justice John Marshall opposed the idea and expressed his personal opinion on the subject several times; however, the United States was never party to a suit that would allow Marshall to make a legal ruling on the matter.

Two cases, Worcester v. Georgia, (1832), and Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, (1831), appear to be the source of much confusion.

The Supreme Court dismissed Cherokee Nation v. Georgia,(1831), for lack of original (trial) jurisdiction over the case; therefore, nothing Marshall wrote was binding on any party.

In Worcester v. Georgia, (1832), the only legal decisions were that the State of Georgia had no right to regulate use of Cherokee land, and that the state had to release some missionaries who were imprisoned for living on Cherokee property without holding a state license to do so. In Worcester, Marshall stated the federal government should protect the Cherokee from Georgia's hostilities, but he lacked jurisdiction to make the opinion part of the legal decision because the United States wasn't party to the case.

Answer 4

He was never impeached. He was censured by the Senate, but they eventually repealed

the censure and even expunged it from the Senate Record, at his request.

You may be thinking of Andrew Johnson or Bill Clinton, both of whom were impeached,

but not convicted.

Answer 5

The main official reason was his violation of a tenure in office law which he was charged with breaking when he fired his Secretary of War, Edward Stanton. There were a lot of people in Congress that wanted him out of office and were looking for some reason to get him out. He was unpopular because, like Lincoln , he did not want to punish the defeated southern states, but rather to take them back into the union as seamlessly as possible. He was a converted Democrat and from a slave state, Tennessee, and so had no natural power base to work in his favor.

President Johnson was primarily impeached for 1) violating the 1867 Tenure of Office Act. Other charges included 2) violating the Command of the Army Act and 3) libeling Congress with "inflammatory and scandalous harangues."

Explanation

The Tenure of Office Act prohibited the President from firing any official who had been placed in office with the "advice and consent" of the Senate unless the Senate also approved the removal.

President Johnson wanted to replace Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, whom Lincoln had appointed Secretary of War in 1862. Stanton had informed the President that the military chain of command had been changed, and that the Southern military leaders would henceforth answer only to Congress, and not the President.

In August 1867, Johnson responded by attempting to fire Stanton and replace him with Ulysses S. Grant, but the Senate supported Stanton and refused to confirm Grant's appointment and reinstated Stanton against the President's wishes. In February 1868, Johnson appointed Lorenzo Thomas as the new Secretary of War and ordered the Southern military leaders to report directly to him.

Stanton refused to step down, instead barricading himself in his office where he lived for three days until the House of Representatives brought eleven Articles of impeachment against Andrew Johnson for "high crimes and misdemeanors," among them violating the Tenure of Office Act in defiance of the Senate.

Johnson was impeached by a vote of 126-47 on February 24, 1868, but was acquitted by a single vote (35-19) at the conclusion of his Senate removal trial on May 16, 1868. Johnson completed his Presidential term and left office March 4, 1869. He was succeeded by Ulysses S. Grant.

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The U.S. House of Representatives votes 11 articles of impeachment against President Andrew Johnson, nine of which cite Johnson's removal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, a violation of the Tenure of Office Act. The House vote made President Johnson the first president to be impeached in U.S. history.

Answer 6

President Andrew Jackson was not impeached. Andrew Johnson was impeached, but he is a completely different person.

Answer 7

He wasn't impeached. Jackson completed two terms in office. You're thinking of Andrew Johnson, the 17th President.

Answer 8

calse he was dumb

Answer 9

For freeing the cofedrates

Answer 10

He violated to Tenure of Office Act.