List of Massachusetts General Court members expelled or censured explained
The following is a list of Massachusetts General Court members that have been expelled or censured.
Massachusetts Senate
Expelled senators
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Expelled representatives
Year | Senator | Party | City or Town (District)1 | Vote Count | class=unsortable | Reason |
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1855 | | | Know Nothing | Boston | 230–30[3] | Sharing a hotel room with a woman who was not his wife during a controversial legislative investigative trip. |
1906 | | | Democratic | Boston (9th Suffolk) | 142–54 | Offering another representative money in exchange for his vote on bucket shop legislation.[4] [5] |
1916 | | | Republican | Gloucester (21st Essex) | Voice vote | Found to have committed conduct unbecoming a member of the General Court "by collecting money from persons he knew interested in legislation before said General Court" |
2014 | | | Democratic | Boston (5th Suffolk) | 146–5 | Convicted of assault and battery[6] | |
Censured representatives
Year | Senator | Party | City or Town (District)1 | Vote Count | class=unsortable | Reason |
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1906 | | | Republican | Taunton (3rd Bristol) | Voice vote | Making conflicting statements in relation to a representative under investigation (Frank J. Gethro)[7] |
1962 | | | Republican | Winchester (29th Middlesex) | 110–98 | Failing to substantiate the accusation he made on a television program that bookmakers had an influence the state legislature.[8] House voted to revoke the censure two years later.[9] | |
Notes and References
- News: Senate Gives Nutting Place . The Boston Globe . March 10, 1937.
- News: Turner. Robert L.. DiCarlo banished from the Senate. The Boston Globe. April 5, 1977.
- News: The Case of Joseph Hiss . The New York Times . May 10, 1855.
- News: Gethro Is Expelled . The Boston Daily Globe . June 22, 1906.
- News: Massachusetts House Expels Frank J. Gethro . The New York Times . June 22, 1906.
- News: bostonherald.com . February 6, 2014 . Jailed rep expelled from House by 146-5 vote . Jennifer Miller .
- News: Mild Censure for Swig . 2 January 2024 . Boston Evening Transcript . June 22, 1906.
- News: Kenney . Robert . Chadwick Reprimanded: House Votes Censure, but Refuses To Suspend Him . The Boston Globe . February 21, 1962.
- News: Rollins, Bryant. House Exonerates Chadwick. The Boston Globe. July 2, 1964.