U.S. President History 1860 - At the Republican convention in Chicago, IL, Abraham Lincoln was selected as the party's candidate for president. 1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson was acquitted during the Senate impeachment, by one vote. 2000 - U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was nominated to run for U.S. Senator in New York. She was the first U.S. first lady to run for public office.
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