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Historical Impeachment Facts



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The House of Representatives has issued articles of impeachment 15 times.

The Senate has gone to trial on 14 of the 15 articles of impeachment.

The Senate convicted 7 out of 14 in impeachment trials.

Here is the breakdown of those in which articles of impeachment were issued:

12 Judges ( Who would have known this? )
1 Senator
1 Secretary of War
1 President   (Andrew Johnson not Richard Nixon)

P.S. Former President Nixon resigned after the House adopted articles of
impeachment. The Senate never put the President on trial.