Political Corruption in America
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ABSCAM
Adams, Llewelyn Sherman (1899–1986)
Addonizio, Hugh Joseph (1914–1981)
Agnew, Spiro Theodore (1918–1996)
Ames, Adelbert (1835–1933)
Ames, Oakes (1804–1873)
Archbald, Robert Wodrow (1848–1926)
Archer, Stevenson (1827–1898)
Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, 494 U.S. 652
Axtell, Samuel Beach (1819–1881)
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Baker, Robert Gene (1928–)
Barry v. United States ex rel. Cunningham, 279 U.S. 597
Barstow, William Augustus (1813–1865)
Belknap, William Worth (1829–1890)
Biaggi, Mario (1917–)
Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore (1877–1947)
Bingham, Hiram (1875–1956)
Blaine, James Gillespie (1830–1893)
Blanton, Leonard Ray (1930–1996)
Brehm, Walter Ellsworth (1892–1971)
Brewster, Daniel Baugh (1923–)
Brooks, James (1810–1873)
Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1
Bullock, Rufus Brown (1834–1907)
Burton, Joseph Ralph (1852–1923)
Burton v. United States, 202 U.S. 344
Bustamante, Albert Garza (1935–)
Butler, David C. (1829–1891)
Butler, Roderick Randum (1827–1902)
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Caldwell, Alexander (1830–1917)
Campaign Finance Scandal 1996
Catron, Thomas Benton (1840–1921)
Censure
Chinagate
Choate, Joseph Hodges (1832–1917)
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Cianci, Vincent A, Jr. (1941–)
Claiborne v. United States, 465 U.S. 1305
Clark, William Andrews (1839–1925)
Clayton, Powell (1833–1914)
Clinton, William Jefferson (1946–)
Code of Official Conduct
Coelho, Anthony Lee (1942–)
Colfax, Schuyler, Jr. (1823–1885)
Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission, 116 S. Ct. 2309, 518 U.S.
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Colvin, Harvey Doolittle (1815–1892)
Coman, Thomas (1836–1909)
Common Cause
Congressional Ethics Code
Connally, John Bowden, Jr. (1917–1993)
Connelly, Matthew J. (1907–1976)
Contempt of Congress
Corrupt Practices Act, 36 Stat. 822 (1910)
Coughlin, John Joseph (1860–1938)
Covode, John (1808–1871)
Cox, Charles Christopher (1952–)
Cox Report
Cranston, Alan MacGregor (1914–2000)
Crédit Mobilier Scandal
Croker, Richard (1841–1922)
Curley, James Michael (1874–1958)
Curtis, George William (1824–1892)
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Daugherty, Harry Micajah (1860–1941)
Democracy: An American Novel
Dever, William Emmett (1862–1929)
Deweese, John Thomas (1835–1906)
Dewey, Thomas Edmund (1902–1971)
Diggs, Charles Coleman, Jr. (1922–1998)
Dodd, Thomas Joseph (1907–1971)
Dorsey, Stephen Wallace (1842–1916)
Duer, William (1747–1799)
Durenberger, David Ferdinand (1934–)
Dwyer, R. Budd (1939–1987)
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Eaton, Dorman Bridgman (1823–1899)
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Edwards, Edwin Washington (1927–)
Edwards, Francis Smith (1817–1899)
Eilberg, Joshua (1921–)
English, George Washington (1868–1941)
Espy, Michael Albert (1953–)
Ethics in Government Act, Public Law 95–521 (1978)
Ethics Reform Act of 1989, Public Law 101–194 (1989)
Expulsion
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Fall, Albert Bacon (1861–1944)
Fauntroy, Walter Edward (1933–)
Federal Corrupt Practices Act of 1925, 43 Stat. 1070; 2 U.S.C. § 241 (1925)
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, Public Law 92–225, 86 Stat. 3, 2 USC § 431 et seq.
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Federal Election Commission v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Inc., 479 U.S. 238
Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee, 470 U.S. 480
Federal Election Commission v. National Right to Work Committee, 459 U.S. 197
Ferguson, James Edward (1871–1944)
“Filegate”
Flood, Daniel John (1903–1994)
Florida Right to Life, Inc. v. Lamar, 233 F. 3rd 1288 (11th Cir.)
Fortas, Abraham (1919–1982)
Foulke, William Dudley (1848–1935)
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Garcia, Robert (1933–)
Garfield, James Abram (1831–1881)
Gaynor, William Jay (1848–1913)
Gilbert, William Augustus (1815–1875)
Goebel, William (1856–1900)
Gore, Albert Arnold, Jr. (1948–)
Grover, La Fayette (1823–1911)
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Hague, Frank (1876–1956)
Hall, Abraham Oakey (1826–1898)
Hanna, Richard Thomas (1914–2001)
Hastings, Alcee Lamar (1936–)
Hatch Act, 53 Stat. 1147 (1939)
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Hays, Wayne Levere (1911–1989)
Hayt, Ezra Ayres (1823–1902)
Helstoski, Henry (1925–1999)
Henderson, John Brooks (1826–1913)
Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (1946)
Hoeppel, John Henry (1881–1976)
Hoffman, Harold Giles (1896–1954)
Hoffman, John Thompson (1828–1888)
Holden, William Woods (1818–1892)
Honoraria
Hopkinson, Francis (1737–1791)
House of Representatives Banking Scandal
House of Representatives Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
House of Representatives Post Office Scandal
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Scandal
Hubbard, Carroll, Jr. (1937–)
Hubbell, Levi (1808–1876)
Hunt, (Harold) Guy (1933–)
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Impeachment
Income Tax Scandal, Department of Justice (1951–1952)
Independent Counsel Statute, 28 U.S.C. 1826
Independent Expenditures
Influence Peddling
Ingersoll, Robert Green (1833–1899)
Iran-Contra Affair
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Jackson, Edward Franklin (1873–1954)
Jackson, James (1757–1806)
Jenckes, Thomas Allen (1818–1875)
Jerome, William Travers (1859–1934)
Johnson, Thomas Francis (1909–1988)
Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980, 28 U.S.C. § 372(c)
Jurney v. MacCracken, 294 U.S. 125 (1935)
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Keating Five
Kellogg, William Pitt (1830–1918)
Kerner, Otto, Jr. (1908–1976)
Kilbourn v. Thompson, 103 U.S. 168
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Kim, Jay C. (1939–)
King, Cecil Rhodes (1898–1974)
King, William Smith (1828–1900)
Koreagate
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Lance, Thomas Bertram “Bert” (1931–)
Langer, William (1886–1959)
Leche, Richard Webster (1898–1965)
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, Public Law 104–65, 109 Stat. 691, 2 U.S.C. § 1601
Lorimer, William (1861–1934)
Louderback, Harold (1881–1941)
Lyon, Caleb (1822–1875)
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Mandel, Marvin (1920–)
Manton, Martin Thomas (1880–1946)
Marshall, Humphrey (1760–1841)
Matteson, Orsamus Benajah (1805–1889)
Mavroules, Nicholas James (1929–)
May, Andrew Jackson (1875–1959)
McCray, Warren Terry (1865–1938)
McDade, Joseph Michael (1931–)
McGrain v. Daugherty, 273 U.S. 135
Mecham, Evan (1924–)
Miller, Thomas Woodnutt (1886–1973)
Mills, Wilbur Daigh (1909–1992)
Mitchell, John Hipple (1835–1905)
Mitchell, John Newton (1913–1988)
Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654
Mugwumps
Myers, Michael Joseph (1943–)
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Newberry v. United States, 256 U.S. 232
Nixon, Richard Milhous (1913–1994)
Nixon v. Missouri PAC, 528 U.S. 377
Nixon v. United States, 506 U.S. 224
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Obstruction of Justice
Ordway, Nehemiah George (1828–1907)
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Pardongate
Patterson, James Willis (1823–1893)
Peck, James Hawkins (1790?–1836)
Pendergast, Thomas Joseph (1872–1945)
Pendleton, George Hunt (1825–1889)
Pendleton Civil Service Act, 22 Stat. 403
Perkins, Carl Christopher (1954–)
Pickering, John (1737?–1805)
Political Cartoons and Corruption
Political Corruption as Portrayed in Films and on Television
Political Corruption as Portrayed in Literature
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. (1908–1972)
Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486
Publicity Act of 1910, 36 Stat. 822
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Recall
Reed, Harrison (1813–1899)
Reeder, Andrew Horatio (1807–1864)
Reynolds, Melvin Jay (1952–)
Richmond, Frederick William (1923–)
Ritter, Halsted Lockwood (1868–1951)
Roach, William Nathaniel (1840–1902)
Roberts, Owen Josephus (1875–1955)
Robinson, Charles (1818–1894)
Ross, Robert Tripp (1903–1981)
Rostenkowski, Daniel David (1928–)
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Schenck, Robert Cumming (1809–1890)
Schmitz, Eugene Edward (1864–1928)
Schumaker, John Godfrey (1826–1905)
Seabury, Samuel (1873?–1958)
Senate Finance Committee Hearings (Thompson Committee)
Senate Select Committee on Ethics
Shepherd, Alexander Robey (1835–1902)
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Shuster, Elmer Greinert “Bud” (1932–)
Sikes, Robert Lee Fulton (1906–1994)
Simmons, James Fowler (1795–1864)
Small, Lennington “Len” (1862–1936)
Smith, Frank Leslie (1867–1950)
Smith, John (1735?–1824)
Speech or Debate Clause of the U.S. Constitution
Star Route Frauds
Starr, Kenneth Winston (1946–)
Sullivan, Timothy Daniel (1863–1913)
Sulzer, William (1863–1941)
Swartwout-Hoyt Scandal
Swayne, Charles Henry (1842–1907)
Symington, John Fife, III (1945–)
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Talmadge, Herman Eugene (1913–2002)
Tammany Hall
Tate, James Williams (1831–?)
Teapot Dome Scandal
Thomas, John Parnell (1895–1970)
Thompson, Fred Dalton (1942–)
Thompson, William Hale (1869–1944)
Tillman Act of 1907, 34 Stat. 864 (1907)
Torricelli, Robert Guy (1951–)
Traficant, James A., Jr. (1941–)
Tucker, James Guy, Jr. (1943–)
Tweed, William Magear (1823–1878)
Tyner, James Noble (1826–1904)
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United States v. Bramblett, 348 U.S. 503
United States v. Brewster, 408 U.S. 501
United States v. Gillock, 445 U.S. 360
United States v. Helstoski, 442 U.S. 477
United States v. Johnson, 383 U.S. 169
United States v. Shirey, 359 U.S. 255
United States v. Worrall, 2 U.S. (2 Dall.) 384
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Vare, William Scott (1867–1934)
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Vermont Right to Life Committee v. Sorrell, 19 F. Supp. 2d 204 (1998), 216 F. 3d 264
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Walker, James John (1881–1946)
Walsh, Thomas James (1859–1933)
Walton, John Callaway (1881–1949)
Warmoth, Henry Clay (1842–1931)
Watergate
Welch, William Wickham (1818–1892)
Whiskey Ring Scandal
Whitewater
Whittemore, Benjamin Franklin (1824–1894)
Willett, William Forte, Jr. (1869–1938)
Williams, Harrison Arlington, Jr. (1919–2001)
Williams, John James (1904–1988)
Williamson, John Newton (1855–1943)
Wilson, Charles Herbert (1917–1984)
Wright, James Claude, Jr. (1922–)
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Zenger, John Peter (1697–1746)
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