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Past impeachments in the United States, including the impeachment of William Belknap.
The House of Representatives can impeach a cabinet official such as a secretary of defense by a simple majority vote in the House, and the Senate must then try the case and convict by a supermajority—...
A complete, definitive list of "all constitutional violations by all U.S. presidents" does not exist in the public record and cannot be compiled here because determining a constitutional violation oft...
When are introduced but never carried to a full House vote, history shows they can still reshape politics and procedure: aborted or stalled efforts have sometimes produced new legislation, altered con...
Only one U.S. president is clearly documented in the provided reporting as having been effectively told by Congressional leaders to resign: Richard M. Nixon, who stepped down in August 1974 after top ...
Three Presidents—Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump—have been impeached by the House; none were convicted by the Senate, while Richard Nixon resigned before the House completed impeachment ...
Since the Founding, the House has impeached roughly twenty federal officers and the Senate has tried most of those cases; historically about half of Senate impeachment trials have ended in conviction ...