Efforts to impeach Ronald Reagan

During his eight years in office there were efforts to impeach Ronald Reagan, but none of those efforts got so far as a vote by the lower house of Congress.[1]

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In 1983 Congressional Representative Henry B. Gonzalez was joined by Ted Weiss, John Conyers Jr., George Crockett Jr., Julian C. Dixon, Mervyn M. Dymally, Gus Savage and Parren J. Mitchell in proposing a resolution impeaching Reagan for "the high crime or misdemeanor of ordering the invasion of Grenada in violation of the Constitution of the United States, and other high crime or misdemeanor ancillary thereto."[2]

Gonzalez initiated a second impeachment attempt following the revelation that Reagan had authorized trading arms for hostages in the Iran-Contra Scandal.[2][3][4]

Edwin Meese acknowledged, in testimony at the trial of Reagan aide Oliver North, that officials in the Reagan administration had been worried that the 1987 impeachment could result in Reagan having to leave the office of President.[5]

References
  1. Frank James (2013-08-27). "Impeach Obama! (And FDR, Eisenhower, Carter, Reagan, Etc.)". National Public Radio. Retrieved 2021-01-23. Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, especially, all inspired more or less serious calls for their impeachment.
  2. John Nichols (2016). "The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders' Cure for Royalism". The New Press. ISBN 9781595587350. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  3. "Texan Acts for Impeachment". The New York Times. Washington DC. 1987-03-06. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  4. Doyle McManus (1987-06-15). "Reagan Impeachment Held Possible: It's Likely if He Knew of Profits Diversion, Hamilton Says". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  5. David Johnston (1989-03-29). "Meese Testifies That Impeachment Was a Worry". The New York Times. Washington DC. p. 17. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
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