Presidential Misconduct

"A whole book devoted exclusively to the misconduct of American presidents and their responses to charges of misconduct is without precedent." from the introduction to the 1974 edition by C. Vann Woodward, Pulitzer Prizewinning Yale historianThe historic 1974 report for the House Committee on the Judiciary, updated for today by leading presidential historiansIn May 1974, as President Richard Nixon faced impeachment following the Watergate scandal, the House Judiciary Committee commissioned a historical account of the misdeeds of past presidents. The account, compiled by leading presidential historians of the day, reached back to George Washington's administration and was designed to provide a benchmark against which Nixon's misdeeds could be measured.What the report found was that, with the exception of William Henry Harrison (who served less than a month), every American president has been accused of misconduct:...