From WIKIPEDIA:
# | Date of Impeachment | Accused | Office | Accusations | Result[Note 1] | References | |
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1 | July 7, 1797 | William Blount | United States Senator(Tennessee) | Conspiring to assist Britain in capturing Spanish territory | Senate refused to accept impeachment of a Senator by the House of Representatives, instead expelling him from the Senate on their own authority[9][Note 2] | [10] | |
2 | March 2, 1803 | John Pickering | Judge (District of New Hampshire) | Drunkenness and unlawful rulings | Convicted; removed on March 12, 1804[9][11] | [10][11] | |
3 | March 12, 1804 | Samuel Chase | Associate Justice (Supreme Court of the United States) | Political bias and arbitrary rulings, promoting a partisan political agenda on the bench [12] | Acquitted on March 1, 1805 | [9][11] | |
4 | April 24, 1830 | James H. Peck | Judge (District of Missouri) | Abuse of power[13] | Acquitted on January 31, 1831[9][11] | [10][11] | |
5 | May 6, 1862 | West Hughes Humphreys | Judge (Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Tennessee) | Supporting the Confederacy | Convicted; removed and disqualified on June 26, 1862[10][9][11] | [10][11] | |
6 | February 24, 1868 | Andrew Johnson | President of the United States | Violating the Tenure of Office Act | Acquitted on May 26, 1868[9] | [10] | |
7 | February 28, 1873 | Mark W. Delahay | Judge (District of Kansas) | Drunkenness | Resigned on December 12, 1873[11][14] | [11][14] | |
8 | March 2, 1876 | William W. Belknap | United States Secretary of War | Graft, corruption | Acquitted after his resignation on August 1, 1876.[9] | [10] | |
9 | December 13, 1904 | Charles Swayne | Judge (Northern District of Florida) | Failure to live in his district, abuse of power[15] | Acquitted on February 27, 1905[9][11] | [10][11] | |
10 | July 11, 1912 | Robert Wodrow Archbald | Associate Justice (United States Commerce Court) Judge (Third Circuit Court of Appeals) | Improper acceptance of gifts from litigants and attorneys | Convicted; removed and disqualified on January 13, 1913[10][9][11] | [10][11] | |
11 | April 1, 1926 | George W. English | Judge (Eastern District of Illinois) | Abuse of power | Resigned on November 4, 1926,[10][9]proceedings dismissed on December 13, 1926[10][11] | [10][11] | |
12 | February 24, 1933 | Harold Louderback | Judge (Northern District of California) | Corruption | Acquitted on May 24, 1933[9][11] | [10][11] | |
13 | March 2, 1936 | Halsted L. Ritter | Judge (Southern District of Florida) | Champerty, corruption, tax evasion, practicing law while a judge | Convicted; removed on April 17, 1936[9][11] | [10][11] | |
14 | July 22, 1986 | Harry E. Claiborne | Judge (District of Nevada) | Tax evasion | Removed on October 9, 1986[9][11] | [10][11] | |
15 | August 3, 1988 | Alcee Hastings | Judge (Southern District of Florida) | Accepting a bribe, and committing perjury during the resulting investigation | Removed on October 20, 1989[9][11] | [10][11] | |
16 | May 10, 1989 | Walter Nixon | Chief Judge (Southern District of Mississippi) | Perjury | Removed on November 3, 1989[9][11][Note 3] | [10][11] | |
17 | December 19, 1998 | Bill Clinton | President of the United States | Perjury and obstruction of justice | Acquitted on February 12, 1999[9] | [16] | |
18 | June 19, 2009 | Samuel B. Kent | Judge (Southern District of Texas) | Sexual assault, and obstruction of justice during the resulting investigation | Resigned on June 30, 2009,[11][17]proceedings dismissed on July 22, 2009[9][11][18] | [11][19] | |
19 | March 11, 2010 | Thomas Porteous | Judge (Eastern District of Louisiana) | Making false financial disclosures | Removed and disqualified on December 8, 2010[9][11][20] | [11][21] |
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