Acquittal of Andrew Johnson, 1868

Trial of Andrew Johnson, Harper’s Weekly via Wikipedia.

On this date 150 years ago, June 16, 1868, the U.S. Senate acquitted President Andrew Johnson on all three articles of impeachment against him.

The vote on all counts was 35 guilty and 19 not guilty, a vote shy of the 36 votes, a two-thirds majority, required to convict.