In the past fifty years, how many of democrat presidents or politicians have the republicans impeached?

1. The narrow, verifiable answer: one Democratic president impeached

The straightforward empirical fact, as shown in congressional and legal histories, is that Bill Clinton — a Democrat — was impeached by the U.S. House in December 1998 under a Republican-controlled House, with articles charging perjury and obstruction of justice ^{[1] [2]}. No other Democratic president in the last fifty years was impeached: the modern presidential impeachments since Watergate include Richard Nixon (Republican, resigned before full House vote), Bill Clinton (Democrat, impeached by Republicans), Donald Trump (Republican, impeached twice largely by Democratic-controlled Houses), and no Democratic presidents beyond Clinton faced a formal House impeachment in this period according to the impeachment histories cited ^{[1] [2] [4]}.

2. What “impeached” covers and why counting can be slippery

“Impeachment” technically refers to the House’s formal adoption of articles of impeachment, distinct from mere calls, resolutions, or referrals; that legal distinction matters because there have been numerous efforts to introduce impeachment resolutions or inquiries that never resulted in adopted articles ^{[3] [5]}. For example, many congressional members have introduced or floated impeachment measures over the decades — against presidents of both parties and against other federal officials — but only a subset of those efforts culminated in the House voting to impeach, which is the standard used here and in the historical records cited ^{[3] [5]}.

3. The partisan narrative and its inverse — why both sides point to patterns

Partisan narratives can cut both ways: fact-checking outlets and scholars have documented that Democrats in the past filed impeachment articles against several Republican presidents (a distinct claim that has its own caveats), which is often used to argue symmetry in partisan impeachment behavior ^{[6] [7]}. Conversely, Republicans’ role in bringing impeachment against Democrats is concentrated in the Clinton case at the presidential level; allegations or inquiries against other Democratic officials have sometimes been led by Republicans but did not always produce adopted articles, and the supplied sources do not enumerate a comprehensive list of all non-presidential Democratic officials impeached by Republicans in the last fifty years ^{[6] [3] [5]}.

4. Interpretation, motive and the limits of available reporting

The fact that only one Democratic president was impeached by Republicans in the last half-century at the presidential level underscores the episodic, highly partisan nature of modern impeachment; historical sources note how impeachment has been used intermittently and often along party lines ^{[1] [5]}. It is important to acknowledge reporting limits: the provided sources give clear documentation of presidential impeachments and list broader impeachment investigations but do not supply a definitive, sourced tally of every Democratic federal official impeached by Republicans at all levels during 1976–2026, so claims beyond the presidential level cannot be confirmed from these materials alone ^{[3] [5]}. Readers should therefore treat “how many Democrats were impeached by Republicans” as a precise one-for-presidents answer (Clinton) while recognizing that a fuller catalogue of partisan impeachment actions against other Democratic officeholders would require additional, granular review of the House’s impeachment lists and historical archives ^[3].