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President Andrew Johnson was not impeached by another President. He was impeached by the House of Representatives, whose job it is to draw up charges, then tried by the Senate. The Senate acquitted Johnson by one vote on May 16, 1868.

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Salmon P. Chase was the Chief Justice who presided over President Andrew Johnson's Senate impeachment trial.

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Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase

Justice Samuel Nelson

Justice Robert Cooper Grier

Justice Nathan Clifford

Justice Noah Haynes Swayne

Justice Samuel Freeman Miller

Justice David Davis

Justice Stephen Johnson Field

Justice William Strong

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On February 24, 1868, the House Judiciary Committee, lead by Thaddeus Stevens (PA), presented a resolution to the House of Representatives calling for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. They voted 126-47 (17 absent) in favor of impeachment.

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