Impeachment is a fairly rare legal device, originating in England. Nixon
resigned before he could be impeached, while the only president to be tried was
Andrew Johnson, in 1865. The Senate failed to impeach him by one vote, as you
can find out from Grolier online
(http://www.grolier.com/presidents/nbk/side/impeach.html)
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