United States Senate 
Election, Expulsion, and 
Censure Cases, 1793-1990 


- Anne M. Butler & 
| Wendy Wolff 


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United States Senate Election, Expulsion, and Censure Cases, 
1793-1990 
Anne M. Butler & Wendy Wolff 


Article |, section 5, of the United States Constitution gives each house of 
Congress power to judge the elections, returns, and qualifications of its 
members, and to punish members for "disorderly behavior." Between 1793 
and 1990, more than 200 senators faced challenges to their credentials 
based on their qualifications for office and alleged irregularities in their 
elections; or discipline for offenses ranging from public corruption, to giving 
aid and comfort to the Confederacy, to bringing dishonor upon the Senate 
in myriad other ways, or for pure political spite. As researched and written 
by staff of the Congressional Research Service, these are their stories. The 
arc of the book, each case told in chronological order, traces not only the 
tenor and politics of the times, but the evolution of the Senate's own 
thinking about what it means to be a United States Senator. - Summary by 
Joanne Turner 


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