The following is a list of Massachusetts General Court members that have been expelled or censured.
Massachusetts Senate
Expelled senators
Year | Senator | Party | City or Town (District)1 | Vote Count | Reason |
1937 | George W. Stanton | | Democratic | Fitchburg (3rd Worcester) | 24–13 | Senate found his opponent to be the rightful winner of the 1936 election.[1] |
1977 | Joseph DiCarlo | | Democratic | Revere (Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex) | 28–8 | Convicted of extortion.[2] |
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Expelled representatives
Year | Senator | Party | City or Town (District)1 | Vote Count | Reason |
1855 | Joseph Hiss | | 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 | Frank J. Gethro | | Democratic | Boston (9th Suffolk) | 142–54 | Offering another representative money in exchange for his vote on bucket shop legislation.[4][5] |
1916 | Harry C. Foster | | 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 | Carlos Henriquez | | Democratic | Boston (5th Suffolk) | 146–5 | Convicted of assault and battery[6] |
Censured representatives
Year | Senator | Party | City or Town (District)1 | Vote Count | Reason |
1906 | Simon Swig | | Republican | Taunton (3rd Bristol) | Voice vote | Making conflicting statements in relation to a representative under investigation (Frank J. Gethro)[7] |
1962 | Harrison Chadwick | | 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] |
References
- ^ "Senate Gives Nutting Place". The Boston Globe. March 10, 1937.
- ^ Turner, Robert L. (April 5, 1977). "DiCarlo banished from the Senate". The Boston Globe.
- ^ "The Case of Joseph Hiss". The New York Times. May 10, 1855.
- ^ "Gethro Is Expelled". The Boston Daily Globe. June 22, 1906.
- ^ "Massachusetts House Expels Frank J. Gethro". The New York Times. June 22, 1906.
- ^ Jennifer Miller (February 6, 2014). "Jailed rep expelled from House by 146-5 vote". bostonherald.com.
- ^ "Mild Censure for Swig". Boston Evening Transcript. June 22, 1906. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Kenney, Robert (February 21, 1962). "Chadwick Reprimanded: House Votes Censure, but Refuses To Suspend Him". The Boston Globe.
- ^ Rollins, Bryant (July 2, 1964). "House Exonerates Chadwick". The Boston Globe.