19 US federal officials have been impeached in history — here are the craziest reasons why

Democratic lawmakers and presidential candidates have been calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

That's coming after The New York Times reported on a former college classmate of Kavanaugh's who tried to tip off US senators and the FBI about an unreported sexual misconduct allegation.

In US history, just 19 federal officials — one senator, one cabinet secretary, two presidents, and 15 judges — were impeached.

Democratic lawmakers and presidential candidates are calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

That's coming after The New York Times reported on a former college classmate of Kavanaugh's who tried to tip off US senators and the FBI about an unreported sexual misconduct allegation.

“Brett Kavanaugh lied to the U.S. Senate and most importantly to the American people,” California Sen. Kamala Harris said in a tweet Sunday. “He was put on the Court through a sham process and his place on the Court is an insult to the pursuit of truth and justice. He must be impeached.”

In US history, just 19 federal officials — one senator, one cabinet secretary, two presidents, and 15 judges — were impeached.

Of those impeachments, just six have occurred in the past 80 years.

President Richard Nixon, the only president to resign from office, was actually never impeached. He stepped down before proceedings had begun. The two presidents who were impeached by the House, Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson, were both acquitted by the Senate. No president has ever been both impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate.

Here are some of those impeachments.

An earlier version of this article was written by Allan Smith.