Time Name.  Office.  Charge.  Result.
1798 William Blount.  U.S.  Senator Intrigues with Case dismissed;
                      from Tennessee.  Indians. not an
          
                                              “officer”

1803 John Pickering.  U.S. district Intemperance Removed from
                      judge, N.H. and malfeasance office.[1]
                                        in office.

1804 Samuel Chase.  Associate Just.  Partiality and Acquitted.[1]
                      U.S.  Sup.  Ct. injustice.

1830 James Peck.  U.S. district Abuse of power.  Acquitted.
                       judge, Mo.

1860 West W. U.S. district Treason in Removed and
      Humphreys judge, Tenn. advocating and disqualified.
                                         aiding secession.

1868 Andrew Johnson.  President of the Violation of Acquitted by
                       United States.  Tenure of one vote. 
                                         Office act and
                                         other crimes.

1876 William W. Sec’y of war.  Malfeasance in Acquitted. 
      Belknap. office and
                                          accepting
                                          bribes.

[Footnote 1:  See Thomas Jefferson, American Statesmen Series, pp. 259-63.]

HOW UNITED STATES SENATORS ARE ELECTED.

“The senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof.”—­Constitution, I. 3:  1.

The time of this election is the second Tuesday after the meeting and organization of the legislature.  If a vacancy occurs in the senate during the session of the legislature, the election occurs on the second Tuesday after notice of the vacancy is received by the legislature.

On the day appointed, the roll of each house being called, each member responds by naming one person for the senatorship.  The result of the vote is entered on the journal of each house by the clerk thereof.

The next day at noon, the members of both houses convene in joint assembly, and the journal of each house is read.  If the same person has received a majority of all the votes in each house, he is declared elected.

But if no person has received such majority, the joint assembly proceeds to choose, by viva voce vote of each member present, a person for senator.  A quorum consists of a majority of each house, and a majority of those present and voting is necessary to a choice.

If no one receives such majority on the first day, the joint assembly meets daily at noon, and takes at least one vote, until a senator is elected.