The US President on whom impeachment began, but what happened next?

Donald Trump has become the first president in American history to face impeachment twice in the same term.

Impeachment is the process by which the President can be removed from office in America.

Let's have a look at the Presidents of America who faced impeachment.

Andrew Johnson

After the American Civil War, Democrat Party President Andrew Johnson was at loggerheads with the Congress led by the Republican Party over the development issue of the defeated southern states.

The 'revolutionary Republicans' of that era were insisting on bringing laws to punish former Confederate leaders and protect the rights of freed slaves. Johnson was stopping his steps every time by using the power of the President's veto.

In March, Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act that limited the president's right to terminate membership of members of his cabinet without Senate approval. In retaliation, Johnson suspended his political rival and cabinet member Edwin Stenton. He did this during the Congress holidays.

If what is happening today looks very dramatic, then it can be said that the tradition of impeachment is being played in American politics.

Stenton had locked himself in the office after his suspension and refused to go out. After Stenton was removed from the post, Republican House leaders brought a motion for impeachment in which Johnson was charged with 11 charges.

Impeachment was introduced in the Senate after a vote on the basis of the parties in the House, where Johnson was acquitted anyway. Only one vote was reduced by two-thirds majority in support of impeachment.

What happened after impeachment?

According to some reports, President Johnson cried after being acquitted and promised to improve his credibility. But not much has changed. He continued to face the power struggle till the last time of his tenure.

And then in 1869, the Democrat Party lost the election and Republican candidate General Ulysses S. Grant became president. He worked on his party's plan.

What is Johnson remembered for?

Johnson is known to face impeachment and buy Alaska for only $ 7 million. America bought Alaska in the year 1867.

Johnson was also among the poorest presidents. He never even went to school.

Richard Nixon

The impeachment of Richard Nixon has its roots in the 1972 robbery at the Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate Office Complex.

Further investigation revealed that the thieves were given money from Nixon's election campaign. The Watergate scandal was far ahead of the loot. In this, top officials of the White House faced charges.

For two years Nixon kept trying to hide his role in this conspiracy.

But Republican President Richard Nixon's efforts went in vain. In August 1974, he was forced to release a recording of The Oval Office. In this, he heard the CIA saying that the FBI investigation into the Watergate robbery case should be stopped.

This infamous recording is now called Smoking Gun Tape. This proved to be the last attempt of Nixon to crack the case.

On 27 July, the Judicial Committee of the House passed a resolution to pass three charges of impeachment. Nixon was charged with obstructing justice, misuse of office and contempt of Congress.

They were sent to the Senate for a vote. But they were never voted on.

On 8 August 1974, President Nixon resigned from his post. He was the only President of America who did this.

In his speech on the occasion of his resignation, he said, "I have never left the field, leaving office before the end of my term is against the soul of every part of my body, but as a President I am above my interests in America." Taking interest in it. "

What happened next?

Vice President Gerald Ford was sworn in as President after six weeks. He forgave all of Nixon's crimes.

Two years later, when elections were held, Jimmy Carter of the Democratic Party defeated Ford.

How are they remembered?

There is no dispute that this was a Watergate scandal. He never confessed to the crime but what he did is remembered as a lesson of misuse of the post.

Nixon died in April 1994, 20 years after resigning. Speaking at his funeral, President Bill Clinton referred to his work on foreign policy.

Bill Clinton

A year after becoming President, the investigation of the special prosecutor of the Department of Justice began on President Bill Clinton.

The investigation, led by Special Prosecutor Kenneth Starr, was investigating his real estate deals, but later in January 1998, his affair with intern Monica Lewinsky at White House was also included in the investigation.

Clinton was also asked about her relationship with Lewinsky in the sexual abuse case of Paula Jones filed against President Clinton.

On January 17, Clinton swore that she had no affair with Lewinsky.

A few days later Clinton again reiterated that she had no affair with Lewinsky.

He said, "I want you to listen to me. I have not had sex with that woman Monica Lewinsky. I have never asked anyone to lie. Never. Not even once."

Then in September 1998, Star presented its investigative report to the Congress. Lewinsky's statement was published in a 445-page report. Lewinsky had signed an agreement to be free of charge in exchange for his cooperation.

The report also included 11 possible reasons for impeachment. In 1998, the House of Representatives voted in support of impeachment of President Clinton on the basis of party lines.

Charges were framed against him for lying and interfering in the work of the Congress.

But in February, Clinton was acquitted by the Republican-controlled Senate.

What were the results?

That year, the Clinton-Lewinsky episode dominated the US media. The pressure on Clinton to resign increased but she did not resign.

But during this time Clinton achieved the best rating of her career. In a January 1998 CNN-Gallup poll, 67 percent of US citizens supported Clinton as president.

But in the end, after this impeachment, only Republican leaders lost the post.

The Republican Party's attempt to win the mid-term elections on the basis of this scandal also backfired. The Democrat Party gained leadership in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Clinton stepped down in 2001 with a 65 percent approval rating.

But after a repeat count in Florida, George W. Bush defeated Al Gore and the White House crossed over to the Republican Party.

How are they remembered?

It depends on whom you are asking. But whenever the name of Clinton comes up, the Monica Lewinsky scandal automatically falls into mind. And then the impeachment after that is probably not remembered so much.

His popularity was an indication that his impeachment might not have tarnished his image as much as two presidents who had faced impeachment before him.