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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]
In the entire history of the United States Congress, 21 members have been expelled: 15 from the Senate and six from the House of Representatives. Of these 21 members, 17 were expelled for supporting the Confederate States in 1861 and 1862. One member's expulsion, Senator William K. Sebastian of Arkansas, was posthumously reversed.
List of current members of the United States House of Representatives; List of former members of the United States House of Representatives; List of members-elect of the United States House of Representatives who never took their seats; List of United States representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is staring down another likely expulsion vote after the House Ethics Committee published scathing accusations of lies and misallocation of funds in a report earlier ...
The number of years the representative/delegate has served in Congress indicates the number of terms the representative/delegate has. Note the representative/delegate can also serve non-consecutive terms if the representative/delegate loses election and wins re-election to the House. 2 years - 1 or 2 terms; 4 years - 2 or 3 terms; 6 years - 3 ...
Pages in category "Expelled members of the United States House of Representatives" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is the main page for the alphabetized list of former members of the United States House of Representatives, which is accessible by using the above template. The list is incomplete. The number of former members of the House is at least 11,026. [needs update]
Expelled members of the United States Congress (2 C, 1 P) B. ... List of United States representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded; C. Cho Kuk