United States Senate Election, Expulsion, and Censure Cases, 1793-1990
Gelesen von Joanne Turner
Anne M. Butler and Wendy Wolff
Article I, 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. (22 hr 51 min)
Chapters
Introduction. I. Elections: Election laws, Senate election procedures and comm…
49:22
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Introduction. II. Discipline: Procedures, laws, and committees; types of disci…
16:50
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Case 20. John M. Clayton (DE); Spencer Jarnagin (TN); Walter T. Colquitt (GA) 1…
8:49
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Case 30. Henry Lane v. Jesse Bright; William McCarty v. Graham Fitch (IN) 1857-…
9:27
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Case 34. Clement Clay (AL); Robert Toombs (GA); Jefferson Davis & Albert Brown …
10:04
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Case 36. James Mason & Robert Hunter (VA); Thomas Clingman & Thomas Bragg (NC);…
13:13
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Case 50. John Jones & Augustus Garland; Alexander McDonald & Benjamin Rice (AR)…
7:55
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Case 52. Richard Whiteley & Henry Farrow v. Joshua Hill & H.V.M. Miller (GA) 18…
17:38
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Case 63. Ray v. McMillen; McMillen, Eustis & Marr v. Pinchback; Spofford & Mann…
23:02
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Case 78. Wm Clark v. Wilbur Sanders; Martin Maginnis v. Thomas Power (MT) 1890
9:03
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Case 79. Geo. Shoup, Wm McConnell & Wm Clagett v. Fred Dubois (ID) 1890-92
12:16
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