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[quote=Anonymous]Andrew Johnson was impeached in 186, and Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998. (Both were eventually acquitted.)

Richard M. Nixon resigned in 1974 to avoid impeachment.

Johnson's story played out on the public stage. After the Reconstruction Acts were passed, Johnson blocked their enforcement. After passage of the Tenure of Office Act in 1867, Johnson continued to dismiss government officials without the permission of the Senate in defiance of the act -- including suspending Stanton and appointing Grant in his place. Then Congress reconvened and overruled Stanton's suspension, but Johnson next formally dismissed him. So articles of impeachment were brought forth by the House.

There was no need to do an investigative inquiry, as there wasn't disagreement about what happened. It was all about the matters that happened in public and which were fully acknowledged by all players.

In contrast, for both Nixon and Clinton, the process began with the House Judiciary Committee first holding an investigation (WITHOUT a full House vote), and then, based on the results of that investigation, recommending articles of impeachment to the full House, which then held a summary vote of the whole House. [/quote]

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