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The House had impeached Chase, a Marylander, on seven articles of misconduct and one article of rudeness.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019

Now, the House of Representatives had impeached Johnson for high crimes and misdemeanors, and Stevens was a House prosecutor at his Senate trial.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2018

Upon adjournment it was found that the House, by a vote of 58 to 40, had impeached Governor Huey P. Long on one charge, with more to follow.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Missouri House had impeached him after the State Supreme Court had denied Governor Henry Stewart Caulfield the power to remove him from office.

From Time Magazine Archive

While under examination, a messenger came from Hawkins, who was in prison at the Gate House, "to let the Post-house know that he had impeached me."

From The King's Post Being a volume of historical facts relating to the posts, mail coaches, coach roads, and railway mail services of and connected with the ancient city of Bristol from 1580 to the present time by Tombs, Robert Charles