ProCon’s Impeachment Quiz
- Question: What is impeachment in government affairs?
- Answer: Impeachment is a formal charge of wrongdoing against a public official.
- Question: How did Pres. Richard Nixon escape almost certain impeachment and removal from office?
- Answer: Involved in the Watergate scandal, Pres. Richard Nixon escaped almost certain impeachment and removal from office by resigning from the presidency on August 9, 1974.
- Question: What is the only federal body that can file articles of impeachment against a public official?
- Answer: In the U.S. federal government, the House of Representatives has the sole power to file articles of impeachment.
- Question: In what federal body is an impeached official tried?
- Answer: Impeached federal officials are tried in the U.S. Senate.
- Question: Who is the only U.S. president to have been impeached twice?
- Answer: Donald Trump is the only U.S. president to have been impeached twice—on December 18, 2019, and January 13, 2021. He was acquitted of all charges on both occasions.
- Question: How many U.S. presidents have been impeached?
- Answer: Only three U.S. presidents—Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump—have been impeached.
- Question: Of the U.S. presidents who have been impeached, how many have been removed from office?
- Answer: No U.S. president has been removed from office because of impeachment.
- Question: According to the U.S. Constitution, a public official can be impeached for what offense?
- Answer: The U.S. Constitution lists all of these as impeachable offenses.
