This history lesson sheds some light on what Trump’s fate might be.
Think political rhetoric is too highly charged today? Imagine the House framing an impeachment article as “prostituting his high office to his lust for private gain.”
Aside from the somewhat risqué wording, the 1876 impeachment of War Secretary William Belknap is unique for being the only Cabinet secretary (or former Cabinet secretary as it was) to face impeachment. More relevant to the current context, he was the first official to be impeached by the House and tried in the Senate after he’s out of office. This has invited obvious comparisons to Donald Trump’s post-presidency Senate trial, set to begin February 8.
Edwin Stanton: War secretary barricaded himself in his office during Andrew Johnson s impeachment trial
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Susannah Colt: Through the lens of the Johnson impeachment
Published: 1/22/2021 6:00:06 AM
At the House Rules Committee on Impeachment Resolution held on Jan. 13, Congressman Dan Bishop, Republican from North Carolina, discussed the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson in 1868.
He said, “Once before the House impeached the president within a week of the alleged offense – that was President Johnson days after he removed Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in 1868. Over 50 years later the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the Tenure of Office Act that President Johnson had refused to obey. The House was hasty and it was wrong in punishing noncompliance with an unconstitutional law.”