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1926: George
W. English Impeached by the House for, among other things, threatening to jail jurors if they failed to convict a particular defendant, summoning state and local officials to court and then denouncing them in open court with profane language. On November 4, 1926, before the Senate could vote on the case, English resigned from office. |
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