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The history of impeachment trials in the US, including the number of federal officers impeached and the outcomes of these trials.
When impeaches but fails to convict, the immediate constitutional consequence is that the accused remains in office and no -based punishment is imposed; conviction in the Senate—requiring a two‑thirds...
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 ...
The applies a common constitutional framework to all —two‑thirds for conviction, senators sworn, and remedies limited to removal and optional disqualification—but practice and procedure have diverged ...