Johnson's impeachment??
When the radical republicans tried to impeach president johnson, they needed 2/3 of the votes. it came down to one vote, and one senator decided to find johnson not guilty. what was his name???? please i really need it. 10 points to first answer!
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Wrong. He wasn't impeached - the impeachment resolution passed in the House, but Johnson wasn't removed from office. It went to trial, there was one vote shy of 2/3 majority on each of the three votes. He was acquitted.
Edmund G. Ross from Kansas is the guy you are looking for.
Benjamin Wade?
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/i...
http://www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com/
acutally you have it ALL wrong....that one vote found him guilty...so he WAS impeached.