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Government Sources by Subject: Impeachment of a U.S. President
General Information and Resources
Impeachment: "The accusation and prosecution of a person for treason or other high crime or misdemeanour before a competent tribunal... in U.S., a similar process in which the accusers are the House of Representatives and the court is the Senate." -- OED Online
- Presidential Impeachment Library, HeinOnline
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Curated, searchable collection of legal, Congressional, and scholarly resources about the "four affected Presidents." - Legal Information Institute (LII) Backgrounder on Impeachment, Cornell UniversityA legal background on the impeachment process in the United States, including links to documents and other useful sources.
- Impeachment - United States SenateInformation on the Senate's role in the impeachment process, historical background, and important impeachment cases.
- Impeachment: Congressional DocumentsExtensive guide from Bowdoin College Library.
- Guide to the PresidencyThe impeachment process, its legal backing, specific cases, and their ramifications are included in this text. See the index for a more detailed breakdown of the contents. Print only.
- UW Libraries Catalog SearchUse or modify this sample catalog search using the subject heading "impeachments -- United States".
- Impeachment Resources - Law Library of Congress Reading RoomA bibliography organized by author of documents on impeachment held by the Law Library of Congress. Includes both print and online resources. Access these documents via the UW Libraries Catalog, Hathi Trust Digital Library, or request the document through Interlibrary Loan.
Specific Cases
- Authenticated impeachment related publications from govinfoBills, rules, precedents, and other impeachment documents, starting with the Trump presidency and working backwards.
- Finding Precedent: The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, Harper's WeeklyResources, including illustrations, editorials, cartoons, and articles, concerning the context of President Andrew Johnson's impeachment in 1868.
- House Documents on the Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton, FDsysSample search in FDsys (GPO's Federal Digital System)
- House Resolution 611 Impeaching William Jefferson ClintonThe December 1998 House of Representative Resolution impeaching President William Jefferson Clinton.
- Independent Counsel Investigations: Clinton - GPOLook down the page to the fifteenth entry, for these investigations.
- Presidential Impeachment: Moves Towards Impeachment of Nixon, CQ Researcher
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An article by Congressional Quarterly Researcher concerning the trend towards impeachment of President Richard Nixon, before his decision to resign from office. - Senate Documents on the Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton, FDsysTable of documents which are available in a variety of formats (text, pdf, or html).
- The Trial of Andrew Johnson - American MemoryThis Supplement to the Congressional Globe contains the proceedings of the senate in the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson. See also the Index to Supplement and the Historic Background on the Impeachment and Trial of President Andrew Johnson.
Article 2, Section 4
Article 2, Section 4 of the Constitution, gives Congress the power to impeach the President if convicted of "Treason, Bribery, or other High crimes and Misdemeanors". Image courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.