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Three events in American political history have been called [citation needed] a corrupt bargain: the 1824 United States presidential election, the Compromise of 1877, and Gerald Ford's 1974 pardon of Richard Nixon. In all cases, Congress or the President acted against the most clearly defined legal course of action at the time, although in no ...
Corrupt Bargain was a supposed bargain by John Quincy Adams with Henry Clay. (1824) [14] In the United States presidential election of 1824, in which John Quincy Adams was elected by the House of Representatives after Andrew Jackson won the most popular and electoral votes but failed to receive a majority. The matter was decided by the House of ...
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.
The Teapot Dome Scandal. This 1920s scandal had it all: “ornery oil tycoons, poker-playing politicians, illegal liquor sales, a murder-suicide, a womanizing president and a bagful for bribery ...
US Navy contractor Leonard Glenn Francis was sentenced to prison for one of the largest corruption scandals in US military history. Glenn Defense Marine Asia. Francis, 60, a former military ...
Political scandals in the United States (18 C, 63 P) A. ... Corrupt bargain; Countrywide Financial political loan scandal; D. Denali–Mount McKinley naming dispute;
Republican Mark Harris, a North Carolina pastor, was involved in a ballot-harvesting scandal during his 2018 congressional campaign that ended in a new election being called and a political ...
Pages in category "Political corruption scandals in the United States" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .