To date (2012), no U. S. President has been legally removed from office. Four Presidents, Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy, were removed by assassination.
Two Presidents, Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1999, were impeached. Johnson's impeachment was due to violation of a law that he believed to be unconstitutional and that was passed over his veto specifically to limit his actions regarding Reconstruction. Clinton's impeachment was due to his perjury (lying under oath) while being questioned about his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Johnson's impeachment failed by one vote, and Clinton's failed by 17 votes.
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No President has ever been removed from office by impeachment.
Two, Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, were impeached by the House, but were acquitted in their Senate trials and so stayed in office.
One President, Richard Nixon, resigned under pressure, before his term of office was complete , rather than face impeachment proceedings. The case against him was probably stronger than the cases against Johnson and Clinton.
Eight Presidents died in office, four by assassination
Yes. It is called impeachment, but Impeachment does not necessarily mean removal from office; it is only a formal statement of charges, and is thus only the first step towards removal.
No, but put politely, Nixon resigned under fire. Close the Emergency Doors! ( of the Water Gate.)
No- two, Clinton and A. Johnson have been impeached but both were acquitted and remained in office.
No. Two presidents have been impeached. They were Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998. However, neither one was convicted.
No Us President has been removed from office via the impeachment process. There have been two presidents who have been impeached. In 1868, Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House for violating certain statutes related to government processes; in 1998, Bill Clinton was impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice. However, neither of these presidents was convicted by the Senate, so neither of them was removed from office.
No, however Nixon's VP, Spiro T Agnew did resign shortly before Nixon did. He was indicted for crimes he committed before he was vice-president. Part of his plea bargain deal was that he would resign as VP, so in a way, he was removed from office.
Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton have been impeached, but neither was removed from office. Both were acquitted at the trial that followed their impeachment. Richard Nixon was about to be impeached when he resigned. No president has ever been removed from office.
There has been no female elected to the Office of Presidency yet. Hilary Clinton was the closest a female has ever been to holding this office.
Only two of 43 president were impeached: Andrew Johnson and William Jefferson Clinton. Richard Nixon resigned while impeachment charges were being prepared against him. In both cases the sitting president was impeached but in neither case did the Senate choose to convict so although both were impeached, neither was removed from office.