Censured Senators
| Year | Senator | Party | State | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1811 | Timothy Pickering | Federalist | Massachusetts | Reading confidential documents in open Senate session before an injunction of secrecy was removed. |
| 1844 | Benjamin Tappan | Democratic | Ohio | Releasing to the New York Evening Post a copy of President John Tyler's message to the Senate regarding the treaty of annexation between the United States and the Republic of Texas. |
| 1902 | Benjamin R. Tillman | Democratic | South Carolina | Fighting on the Senate floor with John L. McLaurin. |
| John L. McLaurin | Fighting on the Senate floor with Benjamin R. Tillman. | |||
| 1929 | Hiram Bingham | Republican | Connecticut | Employing as a Senate staff member Charles Eyanson, who was simultaneously employed by the Manufacturers Association of Connecticut. |
| 1954 | Joseph McCarthy | Republican | Wisconsin | Abuse and non-cooperation with the Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections during a 1952 investigation of his conduct; for abuse of the Select Committee to Study Censure. |
| 1967 | Thomas J. Dodd | Democratic | Connecticut | Use of his office to convert campaign funds to his personal benefit. Conduct unbecoming a senator. |
| 1979 | Herman Talmadge | Democratic | Georgia | Improper financial conduct, accepting reimbursements for official expenses not incurred, and improper reporting of campaign receipts and expenditures. |
| 1990 | David Durenberger | Republican | Minnesota | Unethical conduct relating to reimbursement of Senate expenses and acceptance of outside payments and gifts. |
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