Previous Impeachments
| No. |
Official |
Office |
Year Impeached |
Outcome |
| 1 |
William Blount |
Senator (TN) |
1798 |
Charges Dismissed |
| 2 |
John Pickering |
District Judge (NH) |
1803 |
Convicted |
| 3 |
Samuel Chase |
S.Ct. Justice |
1804 |
Acquitted |
| 4 |
James Peck |
District Judge (MO) |
1826 |
Acquitted |
| 5 |
West Humphreys |
District Judge (TN) |
1862 |
Convicted |
| 6 |
Andrew Johnson |
President |
1867 |
Acquitted |
| 7 |
William Belknap |
Secretary of War |
1876 |
Resigned/Acquitted |
| 8 |
Charles Swayne |
District Judge (FL) |
1903 |
Acquitted |
| 9 |
Robert Archbald |
Court of Appeals (3d Cir) |
1912 |
Convicted |
| 10 |
George English |
District Judge (IL) |
1926 |
Resigned |
| 11 |
Harold Louderback |
District Judge (CA) |
1932 |
Acquitted |
| 12 |
Halsted Ritter |
District Judge (FL) |
1936 |
Convicted |
| 13 |
Harry Claiborne |
District Judge (NV) |
1986 |
Convicted |
| 14 |
Alcee Hastings * |
District Judge (FL) |
1988 |
Convicted |
| 15 |
Walter Nixon |
District Judge (MS) |
1988 |
Convicted |
| 16 |
Bill Clinton |
President |
1998 |
Acquitted |
* Alcee Hastings is now a member of the House of Representatives, representing Florida's 23rd District. His web site is here.
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