A piece of music titled ‘Impeachment Polka,’ written in 1868 by the composer Charles Dupee Blake, has been given new life by the Washington Conservatory of Music amid the Trump impeachment trial.
The report from Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump is photographed in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. The House released a sweeping impeachment report outlining evidence of what it calls Trump’s wrongdoing toward Ukraine. The findings will serve as the foundation for debate over whether the 45th president should be removed from office.
But long before U.S. President Donald Trump took office, or the internet for that matter, people set out to capitalize on the commotion surrounding impeachment trials.Composed in 1868 by Charles Dupee Blake and recently unearthed by the American Antiquarian Society, the dramatic and upbeat song was published during the first ever impeachment of an American President -- Andrew Johnson.
“It was the hottest ticket in town,” historian Brenda Winapple told CTV News, speaking of the Johnson hearings. “The journalists who were there were actually covering what people were wearing, whether they were sleeping, whether they were using their opera glasses. Women wore their finest.” According to the American Antiquarian Society, the “Impeachment Polka” was listed for sale at the height of the trial for 30 cents a copy and was in high demand.
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