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United States Secretary of War William Belknap (R) resigned just before he was impeached by the United States House of Representatives for bribery. (1876) Schuyler Colfax (R-IN) Vice President under Republican U. S. Grant invested money in the Crédit Mobilier Scandal and failed to mention $10,000 they invested in his next campaign. He was ...
This list contains notable sex scandals in American history involving incumbent U.S. federal elected politicians and persons appointed with the consent of the United States Senate. This list does not include politicians' sex crimes. [disputed – discuss] This list is ordered chronologically, with emphasis on modern scandals.
For a more complete list see: List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes and List of federal political scandals in the United States. Dozens of high-level United States federal officials have been convicted of public corruption offenses for conduct while in office. These officials have been convicted under two types of statutes.
This article is part of a series on the Politics of the United States Federal government Constitution of the United States Law Taxation Policy Legislature United States Congress House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson (R) Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R) Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D) Congressional districts (list) Non-voting members Senate President Kamala Harris (D) President Pro ...
The following is a list of politics by U.S. state and U.S. territory. The District of Columbia is also included. State, federal district, or territory Politics
This is a list of political conspiracies. In a political context, a conspiracy refers to a group of people united in the goal of damaging, usurping, or overthrowing an established political power. Typically, the final goal is for the conspiritories to gain power often through a revolutionary coup d'état or through assassination or to achive a ...
List of sovereign states. The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty . The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, [1] 2 UN General Assembly non ...
Far-right political parties in the United States. Far-right political parties in the United States. Parties further on the right of the left-right spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of Ultranationalism, nativist ideologies, and authoritarian tendencies.