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 The Impeachment Hearings

1904: Charles Swayne
Judge, U.S. District Court of Florida

Impeached by the House for abuses of power, which included the unlawful imprisonment of two lawyers and a litigant for contempt, and for submitting false expense accounts. Acquitted by the Senate on February 27, 1905.

Impeachments in History 1989: Walter L. Nixon 1988: Alcee L. Hastings 1986: Harry Claiborne 1974: Richard Nixon 1936: Halsted Ritter 1933: Harold Louderback 1926: George W. English 1912: Robert W. Archbald 1904: Charles Swayne 1873: Mark Delahay 1830: James Peck 1803: John Pickering 1876: William Belknap 1868: Andrew Johnson 1862: West Hughes Humphreys 1804: Samuel Chase 1797: Wiliam Blount
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