The History of Impeachment: Scandals and Grounds
Dr. Speel will be discussing the impeachments of Presidents Andrew Johnson,
Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump, and near impeachment of Richard Nixon,
with comparisons of the grounds for impeachment in each case, the partisan
natures of the impeachment processes, the outcomes of the impeachment,
and the impacts on later elections. While the scandals that led to each
president's impeachment were different in nature, some similarities in the
accusations made also form surprising patterns in several of the cases.
– Robert Speel, Ph.D.
Dr. Speel is an associate professor of political science at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College. He earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University and his B.A. from The University of Pennsylvania. His teaching and research interests include most aspects of American politics, including elections and voting behavior, state and urban politics, Congress and the Presidency, and public policy, as well as ethnic and racial politics and Canadian politics.
