No, he was impeached by the House of Representatives. An impeachment is more like an indictment than anything else. He was tried in the Senate which refused to find him guilty of the charges on which he had been impeached, but Clinton was indeed impeached. Attempt to rewrite history does not make the rewrite a successful endeavor. Clinton was impeached - one of only two presidents to achieve that distinction in our history thus far.
Funny thing about impeachment... The House might put forth counts of what they consider impeachable offenses... But it is the Senate that has to vote for the counts and if that vote fails, then the impeachment fails....
On Friday, February 12, 1999, Chief Justice Rehnquist intoned, "The question is on the first article of impeachment. Senators, how say you? Is the respondent, William Jefferson Clinton, guilty or not guilty?" Not guilty, it turned out: fifty-five senators, including ten Republicans, voted to acquit on the perjury count. The vote on the second article was closer, 50 to 50, but still far short of the two-thirds vote required for conviction. Five Republicans voted "not guilty" on the second article relating to obstruction of justice: John Chafee (RI), Susan Collins (ME). Jim Jeffords (VT)., Olympia Snow (ME), and Arlen Specter (PA).
So, I guess, (as much as the frothing-at-the-mouth Republicans would like it to be so), he was not impeached.
There would have been a second, but he resigned before they had a chance to....
