something extraordinary happened in the U.S. Congress. For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president, Democrat Andrew Johnson. Now ...

A Unionist Democrat from Tennessee, Andrew Johnson was put on the ticket by Lincoln in 1864 in an effort to reach union sympathizers in the Border States. Challenges: Andrew Johnson had to navigate ...

Scene in the New York Gold room during the excitement of September 24th, 1869. Library of Congress. Ulysses S. Grant's popularity slipped as his presidency progressed and scandals damaged his ...

Andrew Johnson grew ... In defiance, Johnson dismissed Edwin Stanton, a Radical Republican who was his secretary of war. In return, the U.S. House voted 126-47 to impeach Johnson.