1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web98-897 AOctober 30, 1998Impeachment Grounds:Part 4B: Articles of Past Impeachments(name redacted)Senior SpecialistAmerican Law DivisionSummaryThis is a collection of selected background materials
2、 pertinent to the issue of whatconstitutes impeachable misconduct for purposes of Article II, section 4 of the UnitedStates Constitution. It includes summaries and excerpts of impeachments under thissection. It is the fourth of six segments that together with footnotes comprise,Impeachment Grounds:
3、A Collection of Selected Materials, CRS Report 98-882. Dueits length, this part has itself been divided in half and consists of two reports, Parts 4Aand 4B.American Impeachment Experience (Cont.)Appellate Court Judge Robert ArchbaldA. Proceedings1. The House impeached Judge Archbald on July 11, 1912
4、, VI CANNONSPRECEDENTS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (CANNONS) 500.2. The Senate convicted him on articles I, III, IV, V, and XIII on January 13, 1913,and acquitted him on the others, VI CANNONS 512.B. Articles of Impeachment“Article I charged that Archbald willfully, unlawfully, and corruptly too
