List of United States Representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded
The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 5)[1] gives the House of Representatives the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote. Expulsion of a Representative is rare: only five members of the House have been expelled in its history. Three of those five were expelled in 1861 for joining the Confederate States of America.[2]
However, the House has other, less severe measures with which to discipline members. Censure and reprimand are procedures in which the House may vote to express formal disapproval of a member's conduct. Only a simple majority vote is required. Members who are censured must stand in the well of the House chamber to receive a reading of the censure resolution.[2] A reprimand was once considered synonymous with censure, but in 1976 the House defined a reprimand as a less severe punishment. Members who are reprimanded are not required to stand in the well of the house and have the resolution read to them.
Contents
Expelled Representatives
Year | Representative | Party | State | Details |
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1861 | John B. Clark | Democratic | Missouri | Disloyalty to the Union; taking up arms against the United States. |
1861 | John W. Reid | Democratic | Missouri | Disloyalty to the Union; taking up arms against the United States. |
1861 | Henry C. Burnett | Democratic | Kentucky | Disloyalty to the Union; taking up arms against the United States. |
1980 | Michael J. Myers | Democratic | Pennsylvania | Convicted of bribery in the Abscam scandal. |
2002 | James Traficant | Democratic | Ohio | Convicted on ten counts that included bribery, obstruction of justice, and racketeering.[3] |
Censured Representatives
Year | Representative | Party | State | Details |
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1832 | William Stanbery | National Republican | Ohio | Insulting the Speaker of the House |
1842 | Joshua Giddings | Whig Party | Ohio | Introduced anti-slavery resolution deemed to be "incendiary". |
1856 | Laurence M. Keitt | Democratic | South Carolina | Assisted in the assault on Sen. Charles Sumner |
1864 | Benjamin G. Harris | Democratic | Maryland | Made statements supporting the Confederacy. |
1864 | Alexander Long | Democratic | Ohio | Supported recognition of the Confederacy |
1866 | John W. Chanler | Democratic | New York | Insulted the House with resolution containing unparliamentary language |
1866 | Lovell Rousseau | Unconditional Unionist | Kentucky | Assault of Rep. Josiah Grinnell |
1867 | John W. Hunter | Democratic | New York | Unparliamentary language |
1868 | Fernando Wood | Democratic | New York | Unparliamentary language |
1869 | Edward D. Holbrook | Democratic | Idaho Territory | Unparliamentary language |
1870 | Benjamin Whittemore | Republican | South Carolina | Selling military academy appointments |
1870 | John T. Deweese | Republican | North Carolina | Selling military academy appointments |
1870 | Roderick Butler | Republican | Tennessee | Selling military academy appointments |
1873 | Oakes Ames | Republican | Massachusetts | Prior involvement in Crédit Mobilier of America scandal |
1873 | James Brooks | Democratic | New York | Prior involvement in Crédit Mobilier of America scandal |
1875 | John Y. Brown | Democratic | Kentucky | Unparliamentary language |
1890 | William D. Bynum | Democratic | Indiana | Unparliamentary language |
1921 | Thomas L. Blanton | Democratic | Texas | Unparliamentary language |
1979 | Charles Diggs | Democratic | Michigan | Payroll fraud, mail fraud |
1980 | Charles H. Wilson | Democratic | California | Improper use of campaign funds |
1983 | Daniel B. Crane | Republican | Illinois | Sexual misconduct with House page |
1983 | Gerry Studds | Democratic | Massachusetts | Sexual misconduct with House page |
2010 | Charles B. Rangel | Democratic | New York | Improper solicitation of funds, inaccurate financial disclosure statements, failure to pay taxes. |
2021 | Paul Gosar | Republican | Arizona | Stripped of committee assignments for posting on social media a photoshopped anime clip depicting him killing a giant with far-left Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's face and attacking a character with President Joe Biden's face. |
Reprimanded Representatives
Excluded Representatives-elect
Year | Representative-elect | Party | State | Details |
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1899 | Brigham Henry Roberts | Democratic | Utah | Denied seat for his practice of polygamy |
1967 | Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. | Democratic | New York | Mismanaging his committee's budget in previous Congress, excessive absenteeism, misuse of public funds[6] |
See also
- Censure in the United States
- List of federal political scandals in the United States
- List of federal political sex scandals in the United States
Federal politicians:
- List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes
- List of United States senators expelled or censured
State and local politics:
References
- ↑ U.S. Constitution Online, Article 1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 CRS Report For Congress
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- ↑ "1967 Year In Review, UPI.com"