CongressionalBadBoys.com | home | Senators Expelled and Censured Senators Historical Listing Here's a listing of Senators who have been expelled, had expulsion hearings brought against them, or were censured.  1789--William Blount (Democrat-Republican-Tennessee) expelled for treason and conspiracy to incite the Creek and Cherokee Indians to assist Great Britain in invading Florida. 1808-John Smith (Democrat-Republican-Ohio) not expelled;  assisted Aaron Burr's western expedition;  resigned two weeks after expulsion failed. 1811-Timothy Pickering (Federalist-Massachusetts);  censured;  reading confidential documents in open Senate session before an injunction of secrecy was removed. 1844-Benjamin Tappan (Democrat-Ohio);  censured;  releasing to the New York Evening Post a copy of President John Tyler's message to the Senate regarding the treaty of annexation between the U. S. and the Republic of Texas. 1856-Henry M. Rice (Democrat-Minnesota) not expelled;  charged with corruption. 1861/1862--14 Senators, all Democrats, were expelled for supporting the South during the Civil War.  James M. Mason (Virginia);  Robert M. T. Hunter (Virginia);  Thomas L. Clingman (North Carolina); Thomas Bragg (North Carolina); James Chesnut, Jr. (South Carolina); Alfred O.P. Nicholson (Tennessee);  William K. Sebastian (Arkansas) (reversed after his death in 1877);  Charles B. Mitchell (Arkansas);  John Hemphill (Texas);  Louis T. Wigfall (Texas); John C. Breckinridge (Kentucky);  Trusten Polk (Missouri); Waldo P. Johnson (Missouri); and Jesse D. Bright (Indiana). 1862-Lazarus W. Powell (Democrat-Kentucky) not expelled;  accused of supporting the Confederacy. 1862-James F. Simmons (Republican-Rhode Island);  resigned;  charged with corruption. 1873-James W. Patterson (Republican-New Hampshire);  term expired;  charged with corruption. 1902-Benjamin R. ("Pitchfork Ben") Tillman (Democrat-South Carolina);  censured;  fighting on the Senate floor with John L. McLaurin. 1902-John L. McLaurin (Democrat-South Carolina);  censured;  fighting on the Senate floor with Benjamin R. Tillman. 1905-John H. Mitchell (Republican-Ohio);  died during proceedings;  charged with corruption. 1906-Joseph R. Burton (Republican-Kansas); resigned;  convicted and upheld by Supreme Court for receiving compensation for intervening with a federal agency. 1907-Reed Smoot (Republican-Utah);  not expelled;  Senate committee asserted that Smoot, as a Mormon, belonged to a religion incompatible with U.S. law;  Senate found 43-27 that this was not relevant. 1919-Robert M. LaFollette, Sr. (Republican-Wisconsin); not expelled;  charged with disloyalty for a speech opposing entry into World War I;  Senate found 50-21 that this was not warranted. 1922-Truman H. Newberry (Republican-Michigan); resigned;  convicted of election fraud, but overturned, for excessive spending in a primary election. 1924-Burton K. Wheeler (Democrat-Montana);  not expelled;  indicted for conflict of interest after serving in legal cases to which the U.S. was a party.  Exonerated by Senate 56-5. 1929-Hiram Bingham (Republican-Connecticut);  censured;  employing as a Senate staffer Charles Eyanson, who was simultaneously employed by the Manufacturers Association of Connecticut. 1934-John H. Overton (Democrat-Louisiana); not expelled;  investigated for election fraud. 1934-Huey P. Long (Democrat-Louisiana);  not expelled;  investigated for election fraud. 1942-William Langer (Republican-North Dakota);  not expelled;  charged with corruption and moral turpitude while Governor of N.D.;  full Senate voted against expulsion, 52-30. 1954-Joseph R. McCarthy (Republican-Wisconsin);  censured;  abused and non-cooperation with Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections during 1952 investigation of his conduct;  abuse of Select Committee to Study Censure. 1967-Thomas J. Dodd (Democrat-Connecticut);  censured;  use of office to convert campaign funds to his personal benefit;  conduct unbecoming of a Senator. 1979-Herman E. Talmadge (Democrat-Georgia);  censured;  improper financial conduct, accepting reimbursements for official expenses not incurred, and improper reporting of campaign receipts and expenditures. 1982-Harrison A. Williams (Democrat-New Jersey);  resigned;  convicted for bribery and conspiracy in the Abscam scandal. 1990-David F. Durenberger (Republican-Minnesota);  censured;  unethical conduct relating to reimbursement of Senate expenses and acceptance of outside payments and gifts. 1995-Robert W. Packwood (Republican-Oregon);  resigned;  charged with sexual misconduct and abuse of power;  resigned before a Senate vote. Source:  Official Senate website.