List of United States representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded

The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 5)^[1] gives the House of Representatives the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote. Expulsion of a Representative is rare: only six members of the House have been expelled in its history. Three of those six were expelled in 1861 for joining the Confederate States of America.^[2]

There are also less severe measures with which the House is authorized to discipline members. Censure and reprimand are procedures in which the House may vote to express formal disapproval of a member's conduct. Only a simple majority vote is required. Members who are censured must stand in the well of the House chamber to receive a reading of the censure resolution.^[2] A reprimand was once considered synonymous with censure, but in 1976 the House defined a reprimand as a less severe punishment. Members who are reprimanded are not required to stand in the well of the House and have the resolution read to them.

Representatives can also be censured by their state legislatures and state party.

Expelled representatives

Censured representatives

Reprimanded representatives

Excluded representatives-elect

See also

• Censure in the United States
• List of federal political scandals in the United States
• List of federal political sex scandals in the United States

Federal politicians:

• List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes
• List of United States senators expelled or censured

State and local politics:

• List of American state and local politicians convicted of crimes

Notes

1. Santos survived two previous expulsion votes prior to getting expelled on December 1, 2023. The two previous votes were held prior to the release of the report by the Ethics Committee.^[7]

References

1. U.S. Constitution Online, Article 1
2. CRS Report For Congress Archived July 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
3. "A LOOK BACK; Others Expelled From the House". The New York Times. July 25, 2002. p. A13. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
4. Babcock, Charles R. (October 3, 1980). "Myers Expelled, 376-30". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
5. Mitchell, Alison (July 25, 2002). "House Votes, With Lone Dissent From Condit, to Expel Traficant From Ranks". The New York Times. p. A13. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
6. "Traficant guilty of bribery, racketeering". CNN.com. April 11, 2002. Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved November 12, 2007.
7. Wong, Scott; Gregorian, Dareh; Santaliz, Kate; Stewart, Kyle (December 1, 2023). "House votes to expel indicted Rep. George Santos from Congress". NBC News.
8. Tran, Kevin (December 1, 2023). "Republican Rep. George Santos expelled from Congress after scathing fraud allegations". USA Today. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
9. "List of Individuals Expelled, Censured, or Reprimanded in the U.S. House of Representatives".
10. "List of Individuals Expelled, Censured, or Reprimanded in the U.S. House of Representatives | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
11. Bowden, John (November 18, 2021). "'Absolutely disgraceful': Anger as Paul Gosar shares anime clip showing him killing AOC". Independent. Independent. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
12. Yilek, Caitlin (June 21, 2023). "House votes to censure Rep. Adam Schiff over Trump investigations". CBS News. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
13. "House censures Adam Schiff for alleging collusion between Donald Trump, Russia". USA TODAY. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
14. Grisales, Claudia (November 7, 2023). "House votes to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib for Israel-Hamas war comments". NPR. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
15. Ferek, Katy Stech (December 7, 2023). "House Censures Rep. Jamaal Bowman for Pulling Fire Alarm Ahead of Critical Vote". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
16. David E. Rosenbaum, House Reprimands Sikes For Financial Misconduct, New York Times (July 30, 1976).
17. Richard L. Lyons, House Censures Rep. Wilson of California, Washington Post (June 11, 1980).
18. Charles R. Babcock, House Votes Reprimands for Roybal, McFall and Wilson, Washington Post (October 14, 1978).
19. Adam Bernstein, 11-Term Rep. John J. McFall, Washington Post (March 15, 2006).
20. TO ADOPT THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT IN THE MATTER OF GEORGE V. HANSEN. (MOTION PASSED), July 31, 1984.
21. Julie Johnson, House Votes to Reprimand Lawmaker for Misconduct, New York Times (December 19, 1987).
22. Richard L. Berke, House, 408 to 18, Reprimands Rep. Frank for Ethics Violations, New York Times (July 27, 1990).
23. Painin, Eric (January 26, 1995). "REP. DORNAN REBUKED FOR FLOOR TIRADE". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
24. Adam Clymer, House, in 395-28 Vote, Reprimands Gingrich, New York Times (January 22, 1997).
25. Carl Hulse (September 16, 2009). "House Rebukes Wilson for Shouting 'You Lie'". New York Times.
26. H.Res.744 – Raising a question of the privileges of the House, 111th Congress (September 15, 2009).
27. John H. Cushman Jr., Democrat Reprimanded for Misusing Staff in Race, New York Times (August 1, 2012).
28. John Breshnahan, House reprimands Richardson (August 2, 2012).
29. "Rep. Schweikert sanctioned in rare action on House floor". Roll Call. July 31, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
30. "1967 Year In Review, UPI.com"