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 The Impeachment Hearings

1876: William Belknap
Secretary of War

Impeachment trial followed a congressional investigation of corruption in the Ulysses S. Grant administration. Secretary of War Belknap was charged with accepting money in exchange for a military appointment. Resigned from office and the Senate acquitted him on August 1, 1876.

Impeachments in History 1989: Walter L. Nixon 1988: Alcee L. Hastings 1986: Harry Claiborne 1974: Richard Nixon 1936: Halsted Ritter 1933: Harold Louderback 1926: George W. English 1912: Robert W. Archbald 1904: Charles Swayne 1873: Mark Delahay 1830: James Peck 1803: John Pickering 1876: William Belknap 1868: Andrew Johnson 1862: West Hughes Humphreys 1804: Samuel Chase 1797: Wiliam Blount
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