Impeachment Documents Relating to a U.S. President
Impeachment Documents Relating to a U.S. President

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PDF Icon   "The Committee and Impeachment." History of The Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1982), p. 24-36.

PDF Icon   "Impeachment" House Practice: A guide to the Rules, Precedents and Procedures of the House (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1996) p.531-45.

PDF Icon   "Impeachment." Senate Procedure: Precedents and Practices. (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1981), p. 687-97.

William J. Clinton

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Richard M. Nixon
    United States. Dept. of Justice. Office of Legal Counsel

    Legal aspects of impeachment : an overview / Office of Legal Counsel, Dept. of Justice.

    Notes:

      Appendix 1:  The law of impeachment: The concept of impeachable offense
      Appendix 2:  The law of impeachment: History of provisions of the Constitution relating to impeachment
      Appendix 3: Historical statements on executive privilege and impeachment
      Appendix 4: Judicial review of impeachment convictions.

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number: J 1.2:Im 7/2/app.1-4


    United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.

    Submission of recorded Presidential conversations to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, by Richard Nixon.

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number: PR 37.2:C 76



    United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Special Subcommittee on Intelligence.

    PDF Icon   Inquiry into the alleged involvement of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Watergate and Ellsberg matters. Report, Ninety-third Congress, first session. October 23, 1973

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number: Y 4.Ar 5/2a:973-74/25


    United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.

    Impeachment; selected materials. Ninety-third Congress, first session.

    Table of Contents:  PDF Icon

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1: Im 7/2


    United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.

    PDF Icon  Procedures for handling impeachment inquiry material. Ninety-third Congress, second session. February, 1974.

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1:Im 7/5


    United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.

    PDF Icon  Work of the impeachment inquiry staff as of February 5, 1974.

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1:Im 7/6/974


    United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.

    PDF Icon  Work of the impeachment inquiry staff as of March 1, 1974. Ninety-third Congress, second session.

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1:Im 7/6/974-2


    United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.

    PDF Icon  The impeachment inquiry: its meaning. Ninety-third Congress, second session.

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1:Im 7/7


    United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.

    Debate on articles of impeachment: hearings of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803 ....

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    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1:Im 7/9


    United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.

    Impeachment inquiry : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803, a resolution authorizing and directing the committee on the judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its constitutional power to impeach Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States of America.

    Table of Contents:

      Book I. January 31-May 15, 1974
      Book II. May 16-June 19, 1974
      Book III. June 20-July 23, 1974.

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1: Im 7/10/bk.1-3


    United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.

    Statement of information, appendix : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of epresentatives, ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803, a resolution authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its constitutional power to impeach Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States of America.

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      v.1. Presidential statements on the Watergate break-in and its investigation
      v.2. Papers in criminal cases initiated by the Watergate special prosecution force
      v.3. Supplementary documents
      v.4. Political matters memoranda.

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st floor)
    Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1:In 3/app.1-4


    United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.

    Statement of information : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803, a resolution authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its constitutional power to impeach Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States of America. May-June 1974.

    Table of Contents:

      Book 1. Events prior to the Watergate break-in, December 2, 1971-June 17, 1972
      Book 2. Events following the Watergate break-in, June 17, 1972-February 9, 1973
      Book 3. Events following the Watergate break-in, June 20, 1972-March 22, 1973 [2 prts]
      Book 4. Events following the Watergate break-in, March 22, 1973-April 30, 1973 [3 prts.]
      Book 5. Department of Justice/ITT litigation Richard Kleindienst nomination hearings [2 prts]
      Book 6. Political contributions by milk producers cooperatives: the 1971 milk price support decision [2 prts.]
      Book 7. White House surveillance activities and campaign activities [4 prts.]
      Book 8. Internal Revenue Service
      Book 9. Watergate special prosecutors; Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry, April 30, 1973-July 1, 1974 [2 prts.]
      Book 10. Tax deduction for gift of papers
      Book 11. Bombing of Cambodia
      Book 12. Impoundment of funds; Government expenditures on President Nixon's private properties at San Clemente and Key Biscayne.

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st floor)
    Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1: In 3/bk.1-12


    United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.

    Statement of information submitted on behalf of President Nixon : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803, a resolution authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its constitutional power to impeach Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States of America. May-June 1974.

    Table of Contents:

      Book 1. Events following the Watergate break-in, June 19, 1972-March 1, 1974
      Book 2. Department of Justice-ITT litigation
      Book 3. Political contributions by milk producers cooperatives: the 1971 milk price support decision
      Book 4. White House surveillance activities.

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st floor)
    Call Number:Y 4.J 89/1: In 3/2/bk.1-4


    United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.

    PDF Icon  Statement of information background memorandum : White House staff and President Nixon's campaign organizations hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803, A resolution authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its constitutional power to impeach Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States.

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number:   Y 4.J 89/1:In 3/3


    United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.

    Summary of information: hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803, a resolution authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States of America, July 19, 1974.

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    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1:In 3/4


    United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.

    Testimony of witnesses. Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803, a resolution authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its constitutional power to impeach Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States of America.

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    Location:   Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1:W 77/bk.1-3; errata


    United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.

    Special prosecutor and Watergate grand jury legislation. Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, first session on H.J. Res. 784 ... and H.R. 10937 ...

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    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1:93-18


    United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.

    Transcript of eight recorded Presidential conversations: hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, second session, pursuant to H.Res. 803, a resolution authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its constitutional power to impeach Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States of America, May-June 1974.

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    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number:Y 4.J 89/1:93-34; comparison


    United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.

    Amnesty. Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, second session... March 8, 11, and 13, 1974.

    Notes:  Hearings on H.R. 236, 674, 2167, 3100, 5195, 10979, 10980, 13001 and H. Con. Res. 144 and 385, relating to amnesty.

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    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1:93-35


    United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities.

    Presidential campaign activities of 1972, Senate resolution 60 : Watergate and related activities: hearings, Ninety-third Congress, first-[second] session.

    Notes: Books 14-25 have title: Presidential campaign activities of 1972, Senate resolution 60; Watergate and related activities. Executive session hearings. "Washington, D.C., July 25, September 11, 12, 13, December 4, 14, 18, 19, and 20, 1973" Book 20: Hearings held May 17, 1973-June 14, 1974.

    Table of Contents:

      Books 1-9: Phase I: Watergate investigation(9v.)
      Books 10-12: Phase II: Campaign practices (3v.)
      Book 13: Phase III: Campaign financing
      Books 14-17: Milk fund investigation (4v.)
      Books 18-19: Use of incumbency-responsiveness program (2v.)
      Book 20-24: The Hughes-Rebozo investigation, and related matters (5v.)
      Book 25: Supplemental material on campaign practices and finances
      Book 26: Appendix to the Hughes-Rebozo Investigation: exhibits relating to chapter 8 of the final report

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number: Y 4.P 92/4:P 92/bk.1-26


    United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities.

    Presidential campaign activities of 1972, Senate Resolution 60: legal documents relating to the Select Committee Hearings.

    Notes: Appendix to the hearings of the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities of the United States Senate, ninety-third Congress, first and second sessions.

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    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number: Y 4.P 92/4:P 92/2/pt.1-2


    United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities.

    The final report of the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, United States Senate, pursuant to S. Res. 60, February 7, 1973 : a resolution to establish a select committee of the Senate to investigate and study illegal or improper campaign activities in the Presidential election of 1972 (Report - 93d Congress, 2d session, Senate, no. 93-981)

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    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor) Restricted Access Collection
    Call Number: Serial Set 13060-8

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Andrew Johnson
    Dole, Bob. Historical Almanac of the United States Senate. (Washington, D.C.: 1989), p.128-32.

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor)
    Call Number: Y 1.1/3:100-35


    U.S. House. 40th Congress, 2nd Session.

    Raising Money to be used in Impeachment. (H.Rpt.75)

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor) Restricted Access Collection
    Call Number: Serial Set 1358


    U.S. Senate. 40th Congress, 1st Session.

    Declaring the privilege of debate in the Senate with regard to civil officers liable to impeachment. (S.Mis.Doc.40)

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor) Restricted Access Collection
    Call Number: Serial Set 1309.


    U.S. Senate. 40th Congress, 2nd Session.

    PDF Icon   Rules of Procedure and Practice in the Senate with Sitting as a High Court of Impeachment. (S.Rep.Com.59)

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor) Restricted Access Collection
    Call Number: Serial Set 1320.


    U.S. House. 40th Congress, 2nd Session.

    PDF Icon   Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine. (H.Mis.Doc.89)

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor) Restricted Access Collection
    Call Number: Serial Set 1350.


    U.S. House. 40th Congress, 2nd Session.

    PDF Icon   Impeachment of the President. Articles of Impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives against Andrew Johnson, President of the United States. (H.Mis.Doc.91)

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor) Restricted Access Collection
    Call Number: Serial Set 1350.


    U.S. House. 40th Congress, 2nd Session.

    PDF Icon   Impeachment of Andrew Johnson: Resolution of the Constitution Convention of Virginia. (H.Mis.Doc.92)

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor) Restricted Access Collection
    Call Number: Serial Set 1350.


    U.S. House. 40th Congress, 2nd Session.

    PDF Icon   Impeachment of the President: Resolutions of the Legislature of West Virginia... (H.Mis.Doc.101)

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor) Restricted Access Collection
    Call Number: Serial Set 1350.


    U.S. House. 40th Congress, 2nd Session.

    PDF Icon   Impeachment of the President: Resolutions of the North Carolina Convention. (H.Mis.Doc.107)

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor) Restricted Access Collection
    Call Number: Serial Set 1350.


    U.S. Senate. 40th Congress, 2nd Session.

    "Proceedings of the Senate Preliminary to the Trial of Articles of Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States." Journal of the Senate Dec. 2, 1867, p.793-951.

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor) Restricted Access Collection
    Call Number: Serial Set 1315.


    United States. 40th Congress, 2d sess., 1867-1868. Senate.

    Proceedings in the Trial of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, before the United States Senate, on articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: F. & J. Rives & G. A. Bailey, 1868.

    Notes:   Appendix (50 p.): Debate on the right of senator Wade to sit as a member of the court. Argument of Hon. Charles Sumner ... on the question: Can the Chief Justice, presiding in the Senate, rule or vote? Additional notes [by William Lawrence] to the brief of the authorities on the law of impeachable crimes and misdemeanors.

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st Floor) Restricted Access Collection
    Call Number: Serial Set 1314


    United States. 40th Congress, 2d session. Senate.

    Trial of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, before the Senate of the United States on impeachment by the House of Representatives for high crimes and misdemeanors.

    Reprint of the 1868 ed. published by the Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Name of the publisher, Dennis, is on the spine. Includes index at the beginning of each volume.

    Location:  Microforms & Documents Collection (1st floor)
    Call Number:Y 6.1:J 63/2/reprint


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