List of United States senators expelled or censured

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List of United States senators expelled or censured

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, a lesser punishment which represents a formal statement of disapproval, has been more common in the last century. Although censure carries no formal punishment, only one Senator (Benjamin R. Tillman) of the nine to be censured has ever been re-elected.

Expelled senators

Year	Senator	Party	State	Details
1797	William Blount William Blount William Blount, was a United States statesman. He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention for North Carolina, the first and only governor of the Southwest Territory, and Democratic-Republican Party U.S....	Democratic-Republican	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....	Expelled for treason and conspiracy to incite the Creek Creek people The Muscogee , their original name they use to identify themselves today, also known as the Creek, are an American Indians in the United States people originally from the Southern United States.... and Cherokee Cherokee The Cherokee are a Native Americans in the United States people orginally from the Southeastern United States . They are linguistically connected to speakers of the Iroquoian language.... Indians to assist Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population.... in invading Spanish Florida Florida Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast.... .
1861	James M. Mason James M. Mason James Murray Mason was a United States Representative and United States Senator from Virginia. He was a grandson of George Mason and represented the Confederate States of America as appointed commissioner of the Confederacy to Great Britain and France between 1861 and 1865 during the American Civil War....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....	Expelled for supporting Confederate Confederate States of America The Confederate States of America formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern United States U.S. state of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S.... rebellion.
	Robert M. T. Hunter	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
	Thomas L. Clingman	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
	Thomas Bragg Thomas Bragg Thomas Bragg was a North Carolina politician and lawyer. During the American Civil War, he served in the Confederate States of America#Political leaders....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
	James Chesnut, Jr. James Chesnut, Jr. James Chesnut, Jr. of Camden, South Carolina, was a United States Senator, a signatory of the Confederate Constitution of the Confederate States of America, and a Confederate Army general....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
	Alfred O. P. Nicholson Alfred O. P. Nicholson Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson , a Tennessee United States Democratic Party politician and lawyer, was twice a United States Senate from that state....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
	William K. Sebastian	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States of the United States. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River....	Expelled for supporting Confederate Confederate States of America The Confederate States of America formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern United States U.S. state of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S.... rebellion. His expulsion was posthumously reversed in 1877.
	Charles B. Mitchel Charles B. Mitchel Charles Burton Mitchel was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas who represented the state in the U.S. Senate in 1861 and in the Confederate States Senate from 1861 until his death....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....		Expelled for supporting Confederate Confederate States of America The Confederate States of America formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern United States U.S. state of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S.... rebellion.
	John Hemphill John Hemphill (senator) John Hemphill was Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, a United States Senator, and a veteran of wars with Native Americans in the United States....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Texas Texas Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
	Louis Wigfall Louis Wigfall Louis Trezevant Wigfall was an United States politician from Texas who served as a member of the Texas Legislature, United States Senate, and Confederate Senate....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
	John C. Breckinridge John C. Breckinridge John Cabell Breckinridge was a lawyer, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate from Kentucky, the 14th Vice President of the United States, Democratic Party candidate for President of the United States in United States presidential election, 1860, a Confederate States Army General officer in the American Civil War, and...	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Kentucky Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....
1862	Trusten Polk Trusten Polk Trusten Polk was elected both Missouri Governor and List of United States Senators from Missouri in 1856.Polk was born in Bridgeville, Delaware....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Missouri Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska....
	Waldo P. Johnson Waldo P. Johnson Waldo Porter Johnson was a United States Senator from Missouri, and later a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
	Jesse D. Bright Jesse D. Bright Jesse David Bright was a Lieutenant Governor of Indiana and United States Senate from Indiana who served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate of the Senate on three separate occasions....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Indiana Indiana The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....

Expulsion proceedings not resulting in expulsion

Many expulsion proceedings have been begun by the Senate that did not lead to expulsion. In most cases, the expulsion failed to secure the necessary two-thirds vote; in other cases the Senator in question resigned while proceedings were taking place, presumably because the Senator felt that the proceedings would succeed or that his political career would not survive them regardless. In a few cases, the proceedings ended when a Senator died or his term expired.

Year	Senator	Party	State	Result	Details
1808	John Smith John Smith (Ohio Senator) John Smith was one of the first two U.S. Senators from the state of Ohio. He reluctantly resigned from the Senate under charges of alleged complicity in the Burr conspiracy....	Democrat-Republican	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	Not expelled	Assisted Aaron Burr Aaron Burr Aaron Burr, Jr. was an United States politician, American Revolutionary War hero, and adventurer. He served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States , under Thomas Jefferson.... 's western expedition; resigned two weeks after expulsion failed
1856	Henry Mower Rice	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....	Not expelled	Charged with corruption
1862	Lazarus W. Powell Lazarus W. Powell Lazarus Whitehead Powell was the nineteenth Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1851 to 1855. He was later elected to represent Kentucky in the United States Senator from 1859 to 1865....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Kentucky Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....	Not expelled	Accused of supporting the Confederacy Confederate States of America The Confederate States of America formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern United States U.S. state of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S....
1862	James F. Simmons James F. Simmons James Fowler Simmons was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born on a farm near Little Compton, Rhode Island, he attended a private school in Newport, Rhode Island and moved to Providence, Rhode Island in 1812....	Republican	Rhode Island Rhode Island Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a U.S. state in the New England region of the United States....	Resigned	Charged with corruption
1873	James W. Patterson James W. Patterson James Willis Patterson was a United States Representative and United States Senate from New Hampshire. Born in Henniker, New Hampshire, he pursued classical studies, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1848, and was principal of the Woodstock Academy in for two years....	Republican	New Hampshire New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States of America. The state was named after the southern English Counties of England of Hampshire....	Term expired	Charged with corruption
1893	William N. Roach William N. Roach William Nathaniel Roach was a United States Senator from North Dakota....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	North Dakota North Dakota North Dakota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States and Western United States regions of the United States of America. North Dakota is the 19th largest state by area in the US; it is the 48th most populous, with just over 640,000 residents as of 2006....	Not expelled	Charged with embezzlement; Senate determined that charges were too far in the past
1905	John H. Mitchell John H. Mitchell John Hipple Mitchell, also known as John Mitchell Hipple, John H. Mitchell, or J. H. Mitchell was a controversial American lawyer and politician, who served as a United States Republican Party United States Senate from Oregon on three occasions between 1872 and 1905....	Republican	Oregon Oregon Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....	Died during proceedings	Charged with corruption
1906	Joseph R. Burton Joseph R. Burton Joseph Ralph Burton was a lawyer and United States Senator from the state of Kansas....	Republican	Kansas Kansas The State of Kansas is a Midwestern U.S. state in the Central United States of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the United States "Heartland"....	Resigned	Convicted and upheld by the Supreme Court for receiving compensation for intervening with a federal agency
1907	Reed Smoot Reed Smoot (U. S. Senator) Reed Owen Smoot was a native-born Utahn who served in the United States Senate. Smoot was also a prominent leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , serving as an Apostle and as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from 1900 until his death in 1941....	Republican	Utah Utah The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....	Not expelled	Senate committee asserted that Smoot, as a Mormon Mormon Mormon is a term used to describe the adherents, practitioners, followers or constituents of Mormonism. The term most often refers to a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , which is commonly called the Mormon Church.... , belonged to a religion incompatible with US law; Senate found 43-27 that this was not relevant.
1919	Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Robert Marion La Follette, Sr. nicknamed "Fighting Bob" La Follette was an American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, the 20th Governor of Wisconsin , and Republican Party United States Senate from Wisconsin ....	Republican	Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....	Not expelled	Charged with disloyalty for a speech opposing entry into World War I World War I World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers.... ; Senate found 50-21 that this was not warranted
1922	Truman Handy Newberry Truman Handy Newberry Truman Handy Newberry was a United States of America businessman and political figure. He served as the United States Secretary of the Navy between 1908 and 1909....	Republican	Michigan Michigan Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....	Resigned	Convicted of election fraud, but overturned, for excessive spending in a primary election.
1924	Burton K. Wheeler Burton K. Wheeler Burton Kendall Wheeler was a Montana politician of the Democratic Party and a United States Senate from 1923 until 1947.Wheeler was born in Hudson, Massachusetts....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Montana Montana Montana is a U.S. state in the Western United States. The western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island' ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains....	Not expelled	Indicted for conflict of interest after serving in legal cases to which the United States was a party. Exonerated by Senate 56-5
1934	John H. Overton John H. Overton John Holmes Overton was an Lawyer and Democratic Party United States Representative and United States Senate from Louisiana. His nephew, Overton Brooks, was also a congressman -- from the Shreveport-based Fourth District of Louisiana....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Louisiana Louisiana The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....	Not expelled	Investigated for election fraud
1934	Huey Long Huey Long Huey Pierce Long, Jr. , nicknamed The Kingfish, was an United States politician from the U.S. state of Louisiana. A Democratic Party , he was noted for his Radicalism populism policies....			Not expelled	Investigated for election fraud
1942	William Langer William Langer William "Wild Bill" Langer was a prominent United States politician from North Dakota. Langer is one of the most colorful characters in North Dakota history, most famously bouncing back from a scandal that forced him out of the governor's office and into prison....	Republican	North Dakota North Dakota North Dakota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States and Western United States regions of the United States of America. North Dakota is the 19th largest state by area in the US; it is the 48th most populous, with just over 640,000 residents as of 2006....	Not expelled	Charged with corruption and moral turpitude while Governor of North Dakota Governor of North Dakota The Governor of North Dakota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of North Dakota. The current Governor is John Hoeven. The Governor has the power to sign and veto laws, and to call the North Dakota Legislative Assembly into emergency session.... ; full senate voted against expulsion 52-30
1982	Harrison A. Williams Harrison A. Williams Harrison Arlington "Pete" Williams, Jr. was a Democratic Party who represented New Jersey in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate ....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....	Resigned	Convicted for bribery and conspiracy in the Abscam Abscam Abscam was a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation sting operation run from the FBI's Hauppauge, New York, Long Island, office in the late 1970s and early 1980s.... scandal; resigned before a vote by the full Senate
1995	Robert W. Packwood	Republican	Oregon Oregon Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....	Resigned	Charged with sexual misconduct and abuse of power; resigned before a Senate vote

Censured senators

Year	Senator	Party	State	Reason
1811	Timothy Pickering Timothy Pickering Timothy Pickering was a politician from Massachusetts who served in a variety of roles, most notably as the third United States Secretary of State, serving in that office from 1795 to 1800 under Presidents George Washington and John Adams....	Federalist	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....	Reading confidential documents in open Senate session before an injunction of secrecy was removed.
1844	Benjamin Tappan Benjamin Tappan Benjamin Tappan was an Ohio judge and United States Democratic Party politician who served in the Ohio State Senate and the United States Senate....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	Releasing to the New York Evening Post a copy of President John Tyler John Tyler John Tyler, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the first ever to obtain that office via presidential succession.... 's message to the Senate regarding the treaty of annexation Texas Annexation The Texas Annexation of 1845 was the voluntary annexation of the Republic of Texas by the United States as Texas, the 28th state. The new state of Texas included all of present-day Texas, plus portions of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming, and Colorado.... between the United States and the Republic of Texas Republic of Texas The Republic of Texas was a sovereignty nation in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to 1846.Formed as a break-away republic from Mexico by the Texas Revolution, the nation claimed borders that encompassed an area that included all of the present U.S.... .
1902	Benjamin R. Tillman Benjamin Tillman Benjamin Ryan Tillman was an United States politician who served as governor of South Carolina, from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senate, from 1895 until his death....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....	Fighting on the Senate floor with John L. McLaurin.
1902	John L. McLaurin John L. McLaurin John Lowndes McLaurin was a United States Representative and United States Senate from South Carolina; born in Red Bluff, South Carolina, he attended schools at Bennettsville, South Carolina and Englewood, New Jersey as well as Bethel Military Academy and Swarthmore College He graduated from the Carolina Military Institute, studied law in...			Fighting on the Senate floor with Benjamin R. Tillman.
1929	Hiram Bingham Hiram Bingham III Hiram Bingham, formally Hiram Bingham III, was an United States academic, explorer and politician. He rediscovered the Inca settlement of Machu Picchu in 1911....	Republican	Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....	Employing as a Senate staff member Charles Eyanson, who was simultaneously employed by the Manufacturers Association of Connecticut.
1954	Joseph McCarthy Joseph McCarthy Joseph Raymond McCarthy was an United States politician who served as a Republican Party United States Senate from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957....	Republican	Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....	Abuse and non-cooperation with the Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections during a 1952 investigation of his conduct; for abuse of the Select Committee to Study Censure.
1967	Thomas J. Dodd Thomas J. Dodd Thomas Joseph Dodd was a United States United States Senate and United States House of Representatives from Connecticut, and the father of U.S....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....	Use of his office to convert campaign funds to his personal benefit. Conduct unbecoming a senator.
1979	Herman Talmadge Herman Talmadge Herman Eugene Talmadge was an Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Georgia . He served as governor of Georgia briefly in 1947 and again from 1948 to 1955....	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....	Improper financial conduct, accepting reimbursements for official expenses not incurred, and improper reporting of campaign receipts and expenditures.
1990	David Durenberger David Durenberger David Ferdinand Durenberger is an Politics of the United States and a former Republican Party member of the United States Senate from Minnesota....	Republican	Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....	Unethical conduct relating to reimbursement of Senate expenses and acceptance of outside payments and gifts.

List of United States senators expelled or censured

Expelled senators

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