Impeachment: Quick Facts

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Black and white illustration of President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial in 1868, showing a crowded courtroom with officials seated at tables and an audience in the gallery.

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Yoon Suk-Yeol

Yoon Suk-Yeol

president of South Korea

Kenneth W. Starr in a suit and tie, seated and smiling, posed against a plain background.

Ken Starr

American lawyer

Thaddeus Stevens, photograph by Mathew Brady

Thaddeus Stevens

American politician

Luther Martin

Luther Martin

American lawyer

Benjamin R. Curtis

Benjamin R. Curtis

United States jurist

George Sewall Boutwell

George Sewall Boutwell

American politician

Sir Philip Francis, detail of an oil painting by J. Lonsdale; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir Philip Francis

British politician

Evarts, William Maxwell

William Maxwell Evarts

American politician