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Clarendon Ministry

Lord Clarendon was impeached by the House of Commons and forced to flee; the Duke of Albemarle sold his position to George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; and Sir George Carteret simply left his position, eventually being forced out of the House two years later.

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William Sulzer (1863-1941) - Governor of New York in 1913 who was impeached and removed from office later that year.

Febo Moniz

At the Cortes of Almeirim, on 11 January 1580, as President of the Deputies of villages and cities, Febo Moniz vigorously impeached the suggestions of Cardinal Henry to consider with calm the pretensions of Philip II of Spain to successor of Sebastian.

Fung Chi-kin

He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Financial Services in 1998 and 2000, substituting for Chim Pui-chung who was jailed for conspiring to forge documents and was impeached and disqualified as a legislator by Legco.

Gerald Polley

In the run-up to the 2000 presidential election, Gerald Polley claimed that Jesus had left Heaven because Bill Clinton was not impeached, and would only return should George W. Bush win the election.

Governor of Illinois

Rod Blagojevich (D), governor from 2003 to 2009, and Ryan's successor, was impeached and removed from office by the Illinois General Assembly in a unanimous vote in January 2009 after being tied to multiple "pay to play" schemes, including attempting to sell the former Senate seat of recently elected President Barack Obama.

Iphicrates

He and two of his colleagues were impeached by Chares, the fourth commander, because they had refused to give battle during a violent storm.

James Peck

James H. Peck (1790–1836), American judge in Missouri impeached for abuse of power

José Marcelino Pessoa de Vasconcellos

Although Graciano dos Santos Neves was replaced by his vice-governor, Constante Gomes Sodré, the Brazilian Constitution of 1890 demanded a new election in case a chief of govern resigned, was impeached or died before the middle of the term, so Pessoa de Vasconcellos was elected to finish that term.

Lady Li

However, her grandson, Liu Bo's son, Prince He of Changyi, was notoriously enthroned as emperor; but, removed from his position after 27 days, impeached on 1127 charges of misconduct after being named emperor: afterwards, Li's grandson was not included on the official historical roll of Han emperors.

Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk

During the Wonderful Parliament of 1386 he was impeached on charges of embezzlement and negligence, a victim of increasing tensions between Parliament and Richard.

Movement to impeach Pervez Musharraf

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Musharraf must resign to avoid being impeached "by today or tomorrow, as there is no room for any delay".

Political aspects of Islam

Al-Mawardi said that if the rulers meet their Islamic responsibilities to the public, the people must obey their laws, but if they become either unjust or severely ineffective then the Caliph or ruler must be impeached via the Majlis ash-Shura.

Robert Wodrow Archbald

After an investigation by Wrisley Brown, Archbald was impeached by the United States House of Representatives on 13 Articles by a vote of 223 to 1 on July 13, 1912.

Roger Maynwaring

The immediate consequence was that Maynwaring was impeached by the House of Commons, which objected to the views expressed, and the House of Lords accused him and Robert Sibthorpe of subverting the commonwealth.

Rule of law in the United Kingdom

This immunity runs wider that the Head of State of other countries, for example, the President of the United States may be impeached then put on trial.

Soumitra Sen

He was the first judge in independent India to be impeached in India's Rajya Sabha for misappropriation of funds.

Viscount Maynard

Sir John Maynard, another son of Sir Henry Maynard, represented Essex in the Long Parliament but was impeached for high treason, expelled from the House of Commons and imprisoned in the Tower of London.


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