page_title: United States presidential impeachment
section_title: Presidents subjected to an impeachment process who resigned before it ended
hierarchical_section_title: United States presidential impeachment / Presidents subjected to an impeachment process who resigned before it ended
caption_attribution_description: English: Given the high-profile nature of the hearings, a section of the committee room was designated for the press, and included multiple television cameras for the live gavel-to-gavel coverage. In front of the police officer near the rear door stands Mike Michaelson, the former Director of the House Radio-TV Gallery.
context_page_description: The Constitution of the United States gives Congress the authority to remove the president of the United States from office in two separate proceedings. The first one takes place in the House of Representatives which impeaches the president by approving articles of impeachment through a simple majority vote. The second proceeding, the impeachment trial, takes place in the Senate. There, conviction on any of the articles requires a two-thirds majority vote and results in the removal from office.
  Three United States presidents have been impeached: Andrew Johnson in 1868, Bill Clinton in 1998, and Donald Trump in 2019. All were acquitted by the Senate.
context_section_description: President Richard Nixon was subjected to an impeachment process. To avoid likely impeachment and conviction, he resigned on August 9, 1974.
caption: The Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearings received intense press attention. Portions were broadcast live on television.
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