Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House of Representatives in 1868, but he was not convicted by the Senate. The Senate fell one vote short of the two-thirds majority necessary to remove him from office. Therefore, option E, that he was impeached by the House but not convicted by the Senate, is the correct answer.

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Question 35

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Andrew Johnson was

A) impeached and immediately removed from office
B) threatened with impeachment but never actually impeached
C) impeached by the Supreme Court
D) impeached, then imprisoned
E) impeached by the House but not convicted by the Senate

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