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Which One should have been impeached?
3 Presidents have or almost had impeachment proceedings shouldn't there be others?
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 Poll Question:

    

Many of our Presidents have used illegal methods to get what they wanted, but only 3 have ever been close to being removed from office through impeachment. But do you think there should have been others? If you do, who do you think should have been impeached?
The order listed is in Chronological order. Please let me know if you think I've missed somebody.
I have left out the younger Bush due to the fact that often as the years go by our attitudes change, So I will give him that benifit for now.
A brief summary of accusations.

Clinton: Lying under oath over sexual encounter
Reagan: Selling Arms to release hostages after Congress had cut support for the Contra's
Nixon: Ordering of the break in of the Watergate hotel and cover up of the investigation.
Harding: By executive order some business' were allowed to have access to oil fields that were set aside for the Navy. Many cabinet members got kick backs form these companies.
Grant:Supporters of Grant were given cheap stock prices on the railroad Co. that built the cross country railroad.
Johnson:Suspends Secretary of War, Congress reinstates him. Johnson Fires him
Lincoln: In suspending Habeus Corpus, Lincoln was able to arrest and Jail anyone who wrote anything negative against the goverments policy during the Civil War.
Jackson: Ordered the "Trail of Tears" after the Supreme court said it was illegal. It may be noted that Van Buren and not Jackson carried out the Trail of Tears. However Jackson was the first president to implement removel any Native Americans from their land.


 Poll Options:

    Andrew Jackson (Ordering Trail of Tears)
    Abraham Lincoln (Suspending Habeus Corpus)
    Andrew Johnson (Firing of officials without consent of congress)
    U.S. Grant (Insider trading)
    Warren Harding (Teapot Dome)
    Richard Nixon (Watergate)
    Ronald Reagan (Iran Contra)
    Bill Clinton (Lying under oath)
    Other

    

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