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During his eight years in office there were '''efforts to impeach Ronald Reagan''', but none of those efforts got so far as a vote by the lower house of [[Congress]].<ref name=npr2013-08-27/>
 
In 1983, Congressional Representative [[Henry B. Gonzalez]] was joined by [[Ted Weiss]], [[John Conyers Jr.]], [[George Crockett Jr.]], [[Julian C. Dixon]], [[Mervyn M. Dymally]], [[Gus Savage]] and [[Parren J. Mitchell]] in proposing a resolution impeaching Reagan for "the high crime or misdemeanor of ordering the invasion of Grenada in violation of the Constitution of the United States, and other high crime or misdemeanor ancillary thereto."<ref name=GeniusImpeachment/>
 
Gonzalez initiated a second impeachment attempt following the revelation that Reagan had authorized trading arms for hostages in the [[Iran-Contra Scandal]].<ref name=GeniusImpeachment/><ref name=nytimes1987-03-06/><ref name=LATimes1987-06-15/>
 
[[Edwin Meese]] acknowledged, in testimony at the trial of Reagan aide [[Oliver North]], that officials in the Reagan administration had been worried that the 1987 impeachment could result in Reagan having to leave the office of President.<ref name=nytimes1989-03-29/>
 
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<ref name=nytimes1989-03-29>
{{cite news   
| url        = https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/29/us/meese-testifies-that-impeachment-was-a-worry.html?searchResultPosition=6
| title      = Meese Testifies That Impeachment Was a Worry
| work        = [[The New York Times]] 
| author      = David Johnston
| date        = 1989-03-29
| page        = 17
| location    = [[Washington DC]]
| access-date  = 2021-01-23
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<ref name=LATimes1987-06-15>
{{Cite news
| author      = Doyle McManus
| url        = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-15-mn-4220-story.html
| title      = Reagan Impeachment Held Possible: It's Likely if He Knew of Profits Diversion, Hamilton Says
| date        = 1987-06-15
| work        = [[Los Angeles Times]]
| access-date = 2019-12-06
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191206191620/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-15-mn-4220-story.html
| archive-date = 2019-12-06
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<ref name=npr2013-08-27>
{{cite news   
| url        = https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/08/27/216156619/impeach-obama-and-fdr-eisenhower-carter-reagan-etc
| title      = Impeach Obama! (And FDR, Eisenhower, Carter, Reagan, Etc.)
| work        = [[National Public Radio]]
| author      = Frank James
| date        = 2013-08-27
| access-date  = 2021-01-23
| quote      = Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, especially, all inspired more or less serious calls for their impeachment.
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<ref name=GeniusImpeachment>
{{cite news   
| url        = https://books.google.com/books?id=b6U2GfqsDrcC&q=reagan
| title      = The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders' Cure for Royalism
| year = 2016
| work        = [[The New Press]]
| author      = John Nichols
| isbn        = 9781595587350
| access-date  = 2021-01-23
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<ref name=nytimes1987-03-06>
{{cite news   
| url        = https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/06/us/texan-acts-for-impeachment.html
| title      = Texan Acts for Impeachment
| work        = [[The New York Times]]
| date        = 1987-03-06
| page        = 18
| location    = [[Washington DC]]
| access-date  = 2021-01-23
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[[Category:Impeachment in the United States|Reagan, Ronald]]
[[Category:Iran–Contra affair]]
[[Category:Reagan administration controversies]]
[[Category:1980s in American politics]]

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