MIKE GRACIA

Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982)

1957

SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1868, the United States House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson due to his attempt to
dismiss Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. The U.S. Senate later acquitted Johnson on May 26, 1868.

Edwin McMasters Stanton
(December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869)

The impeachment trial against President Andrew Johnson opens
in the Senate Chambers.

George T. Brown, sergeant at arms of the Senate (left), serving the summons on President Andrew Johnson.

House Impeachment Managers.

MIKE GRACIA

(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)

Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer and politician. He served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in
April 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the Civil War, its bloodiest
war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. He preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the government, 
and modernized the economy.

On this day in 1999, the U.S. Senate voted on whether to remove President Bill Clinton from office following an impeachment trial
which lasted five-weeks. Clinton was acquitted on both articles
of impeachment. On the first charge of perjury, 45 Democrats
and 10 Republicans voted “not guilty”and on the charge of
obstruction of justice the Senate was split 50-50.
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After the trial concluded, President Clinton said he was “profoundly sorry” for the burden his behavior imposed on Congress and the American people.

President Clinton heads back to the Oval Office after making his statement to the press.

MIKE GRACIA

On this day in 1998, President Clinton denied having an affair with
a former White House intern, saying "I did not have sexual relations
with that woman, Miss Lewinsky."

President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky in the Oval Office.

On this day in 1998, President Bill Clinton, America’s chief
executive, was impeached on two charges of perjury and
obstruction of justice by the U.S. House of Representatives,
becoming only the second president to be ordered to stand
trial in the Senate since Andrew Johnson in 1868.

President Bill Clinton speaks about the Monica Lewinsky scandal at 
the White House on January 26, 1998 as First Lady Hillary Clinton
looks on.

On this day in 1972, Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific,
ending the Apollo program of manned lunar landings.

The three astronauts (from left to right – Eugene Cernan, Ronald
Evans and Harrison Schmitt) get the red-carpet welcome back.