Every Impeachment In American History

If you're ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can submit a claim in 8 clicks or less without having to leave your couch. For more information go to You can also use promo code "MRBEAT."

Mr. Beat goes through every federal impeachment in American history.

Produced by Beat Productions, LLC and Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by DJ Freedem and Gunnar Olsen.

Here's an annotated script with footnotes:

Sources/further reading:

Corrections

Join this channel to get access to perks:

For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat:

How to support and donate to my channel:

Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔

Join for great perks on Patreon

Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal

Buy Mr. Beat a coffee

Subscribe to my second channel: @mattbeatgoeson

Patreon for The Beat Goes On

Connect with me:

@beatmastermatt on Twitter

Merch:

Affiliate Links:

Useful Charts

#impeachment #politicalscience #politicalhistory

Here is a list of all the impeachment trials in American history, along with their dates:

William Blount - July 7 to January 14, 1799

John Pickering - January 2 to March 12, 1804

Samuel Chase - December 7, 1804 to March 1, 1805

James H. Peck - May 3 to January 31, 1831

West H. Humphreys - May 26 to June 26, 1862

Andrew Johnson - March 5 to May 26, 1868

Mark Delahay - January 4, 1873, to January 14, 1873

William Belknap - March 3, 1876, to August 1, 1876

Charles Swayne - December 13, 1904 to February 27, 1905

Robert Archbald - July 9 to January 13, 1913

Harold Louderback - March 2 to March 3, 1933

Halsted Ritter - April 17 to June 3, 1936

Harry E. Claiborne - July 7 to September 10, 1986

Alcee Hastings - March 16 to October 20, 1989

Walter Nixon - November 28, 1989 to November 3, 1990

William Jefferson Clinton - December 19, 1998 to February 12, 1999

Samuel Kent - June 15, 2009, to June 19, 2009

Thomas Porteous - September 14, 2010, to December 8, 2010

Donald John Trump - January 16 to February 5, 2020 and February 9 to 13, 2021

Article Two, Section Four of the United States Constitution:

“The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”

While impeachment may happen at the state level, in this video we’re just going to focus on every impeachment in American history at the federal level.

The House of Representatives are the only ones who have the power to impeach. First, a U.S. Representative must introduce an impeachment resolution. ANY member of the House of Representatives may do this against ANY federal public official. Not just the President, Vice President, members of the Cabinet, and other federal officials in the executive branch, but also judges and even members of Congress! The resolution is then referred to a committee- usually the House Judiciary Committee, which investigates the charges against the public official and decides whether or not to recommend ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT. If they do, it goes to the entire House of Representatives for a vote. If a majority of the House votes in favor of ANY of the articles of impeachment, that official is impeached.