Tickets to the Johnson impeachment trial were color-coded ... them in newspapers and by attending the proceedings. The trial of Andrew Johnson was no different. It began on March 5, 1868, and ...

For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president, Democrat Andrew Johnson. Now, Johnson faced trial before the U. S. Senate. If convicted ...

a University of Virginia legal scholar whose book Secession on Trial is due out in August. Serious people believed he had a chance of winning. President Andrew Johnson took no chances. On ...