40 Facts About the History of Impeachment (And The Presidents Who Couldn’t Escape Its Fate)

40 Facts About the History of Impeachment (And The Presidents Who Couldn’t Escape Its Fate)

Trista - May 26, 2019

40 Facts About the History of Impeachment (And The Presidents Who Couldn’t Escape Its Fate)
A woodcut of the impeachment of President Johnson in 1868. Bettmann / Getty Images / The Atlantic.

26. Conviction Leads to Removal From Office

There is a pretty widespread public misunderstanding that impeachment means removal from office. Impeachment means that the proceedings to remove a president from office begin. A conviction by the Senate is what leads to the president being removed from office. That process requires a House majority and a Senate supermajority.

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