The United States Constitution gives the Senate the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote. This is distinct from the power over impeachment trials and convictions that the Senate has over executive and judicial federal officials: the Senate ruled in 1798 that senators could not be impeached, but only expelled, while debating the impeachment trial of William Blount, who had already been expelled. Expulsion has not occurred since the Civil War.
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|1982
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|Democratic
|New Jersey
|Resigned
|Convicted of bribery and conspiracy in the Abscam scandal; resigned before a vote by the full Senate
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|1995
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|Republican
|Oregon
|Resigned
|Charged with sexual misconduct and abuse of power; resigned before Senate vote
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|2011
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|Republican
|Nevada
|Resigned
|Charged with financial improprieties stemming from an extramarital affair; resigned before Senate vote
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Censured senators
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!Year
!Senator
!colspan=2 |Party
!State
!Reason
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|1811
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|Federalist
|Massachusetts
|Reading confidential documents in open Senate session before an injunction of secrecy was removed.
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|1844
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|Democratic
|Ohio
|Released to the New York Evening Post a copy of President John Tyler's message to the Senate regarding the treaty of annexation between the United States and the Republic of Texas.
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|rowspan=2 |1902
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|rowspan=2 |Democratic
|rowspan=2 |South Carolina
|rowspan=2 |Fighting on the Senate floor with each other.
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|1929
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|Republican
|Connecticut
|Employed Charles Eyanson as a Senate staff member while Eyanson was employed by the Manufacturers Association of Connecticut.
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|1954
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|Republican
|Wisconsin
|Refusal to cooperate with and verbal abuse of the members of the Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections during a 1952 investigation of his conduct, and of the Select Committee to Study Censure.
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|1967
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|Democratic
|Connecticut
|Use of his office to convert campaign funds to his personal benefit, and conduct unbecoming a senator.
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|1979
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|Democratic
|Georgia
|Improper financial conduct, accepting reimbursements for official expenses not incurred, and improper reporting of campaign receipts and expenditures. Talmadge was technically "denounced," rather than censured.
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|1990
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|Republican
|Minnesota
|Unethical conduct relating to reimbursement of Senate expenses and acceptance of outside payments and gifts.
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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 United States representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded
- List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes
State and local politics:
- List of American state and local politicians convicted of crimes
- List of New York State Legislature members expelled or censured