Legal Firsts
The presidential firsts related to impeachments and other legal matters.
| President | Note | |
|---|---|---|
| First president to receive a speeding ticket while in office | Ulysses S. Grant | |
| First president to be arrested while in office | Ulysses S. Grant | For repeated speeding violations |
| First president to be indicted | Donald J. Trump | For allegations of business fraud |
| First president to be censured by the Senate | Andrew Jackson | expunged in 1837 |
| First president to face a vote of impeachement in the House | John Tyler | |
| First president to be impeached by the House | Andrew Johnson | |
| First president to be twice impeached by the House | Donald J. Trump | |
| First president to testify in a criminal trial | Gerald R. Ford | against attempted assassin Squeaky Fromme |
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