Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Third Edition

Publisher’s Note

Abramoff, Jack (1959–)

ABSCAM

Adams, Llewelyn Sherman (1899–1986)

Addonizio, Hugh Joseph (1914–1981)

Agnew, Spiro Theodore (1918–1996)

Alexander, Lamar

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 (1990)

Axtell, Samuel Beach (1819–1881)

Baker, Robert Gene (1928–)

Barry v. United States ex rel. Cunningham, 279 U.S. 597 (1929)

Barstow, William Augustus (1813–1865)

Belknap, William Worth (1829–1890)

Biaggi, Mario (1917–2015)

Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore (1877–1947)

Bingham, Hiram (1875–1956)

Blagojevich, Milorad “Rod” R. (1956–)

Blaine, James Gillespie (1830–1893)

Blanton, Leonard Ray (1930–1996)

Brehm, Walter Ellsworth (1892–1971)

Brewster, Daniel Baugh (1923–2007)

Bridgegate (2013)

Brooks, James (1810–1873)

Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976)

Bullock, Rufus Brown (1834–1907)

Bundling

Burton, Joseph Ralph (1852–1923)

Burton v. United States, 202 U.S. 344 (1906)

Bustamante, Albert Garza (1935–)

Butler, David C. (1829–1891)

Butler, Roderick Randum (1827–1902)

Caldwell, Alexander (1830–1917)

Campaign Finance Scandal 1996

Catron, Thomas Benton (1840–1921)

Caudle, Theron Lamar

Censure

Chinagate

Chippewa Cree Tribal Scandals (2014–2016)

Choate, Joseph Hodges (1832–1917)

Cianci, Vincent Albert, Jr. (1941–2016)

Civil Service Act

Civil Service Reform

Claiborne, Harry Eugene

Claiborne v. United States, 465 U.S. 1305(1984)

Clark, William Andrews (1839–1925)

Clayton, Powell (1833–1914)

Clean Politics Act of 1939

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. 604(1996)

Colvin, Harvey Doolittle (1815–1892)

Coman, Thomas (1836–1909)

Common Cause

Congressional Ethics Code

Connolly, John Bowden, Jr. (1917–1993)

Connelly, Matthew J. (1907–1976)

Contempt of Congress

Corrupt Practices Act, 36 Stat. 822 (1910)

Corrupt Practices Acts (Congressional)

Cosby, William (c. 1690–1736)

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)

Cunningham, Randall Harold (1941–)

Curley, James Michael (1874–1958)

Curtis, George William (1824–1892)

Daugherty, Harry Micajah (1860-1941)

Democracy: An American Novel

Denby, Edwin (1870-1929)

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)

Eaton, Dorman Bridgman (1823–1899)

Edwards, Edwin Washington (1927–)

Edwards, Francis Smith (1817–1899)

Eilberg, Joshua (1921–2004)

English, George Washington (1868–1941)

EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Scandal (1983)

Espy, Michael Albert (1953–)

Ethics in Government Act, Public Law 95-521 (1978)

Ethics Reform Act of 1989, Public Law 101-194 (1989)

Evans v. United States (504 U.S. 255 [1992])

Executive Privilege

Expulsion

Fall, Albert Bacon (1861–1944)

Fattah, Chaka (1956–)

Fauntroy, Walter Edward (1933–)

Federal Corrupt Practices Act of 1910

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. (1971)

Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974, 88 Stat. 1263 (1974)

Federal Election Commission (FEC)

Federal Election Commission v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Inc., 479 U.S. 238 (1986)

Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee, 470 U.S. 480 (1985)

Federal Election Commission v. National Right to Work Committee, 459 U.S. 197(1982)

Ferguson, James Edward (1871–1944)

Ferguson, Miriam Amanda Wallace (1875–1961)

Filegate

Fletcher, Ernest Lee (1952–)

Flood, Daniel John (1903–1994)

Florida Right to Life, Inc. v. Lamar, 233 F. 3rd 1288 (11th Cir. 2001)

Ford, John N. (1942–)

Fortas, Abraham (1919–1982)

Foulke, William Dudley (1848–1935)

Garcia, Robert (1933–2017)

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)

Grunewald, Henry W.

Hague, Frank (1876–1956)

Hall, Abraham Oakey (1826–1898)

Hanna, Richard Thomas (1914–2001)

Hansen, George Vernon (1930–2014)

Hastert, John Dennis (1942–)

Hastings, Alcee Lamar (1936–)

Hatch Act, 53 Stat. 1147 (1939)

Hays, Wayne Levere (1911–1989)

Hayt, Ezra Ayres (1823–1902)

Helstoski, Henry (1925–1999)

Helstoski v. Meanor

Henderson, John Brooks (1826–1913)

Hevesi, Alan G. (1940–)

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 (1933–2009)

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

IRS Targeting Scandal (2013)

Jackson, Edward Franklin (1873–1954)

Jackson, James (1757–1806)

Jackson, Jesse Louis, Jr. (1965–)

Jefferson, William Jennings (1947–)

Jenckes, Thomas Allen (1818–1875)

Jenrette, John Wilson, Jr.

Jerome, William Travers (1859–1934)

Johnson, Thomas Francis (1909–1988)

Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980, 28 U.S.C. § 372(c) (1980)

Jurney v. MacCracken, 294 U.S. 125 (1935)

Keating Five

Kellogg, William Pitt (1830-1918)

Kelly, Richard

Kerner, Otto, Jr. (1908-1976)

Kent, Samuel B. (1949–)

Kilbourn v. Thompson, 103 U.S. 168 (1881)

Kilpatrick, Kwame (1970–)

Kim, Jay Chang-jun (1939- )

King, Cecil Rhodes (1898-1974)

King, William Smith (1828-1900)

Kolter, Joseph Paul

Koreagate

Lance, Thomas Bertram “Bert” (1931–2013)

Langer, William (1886–1959)

Leche, Richard Webster (1898–1965)

Lederer, Raymond Francis (1938–2008)

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, Public Law 104-65,109 Stat. 691, 2 U.S.C. § 1601 (1995)

Lorimer, William (1861–1934)

Louderback, Harold (1881–1941)

Lyon, Caleb (1822–1875)

Mandel, Marvin (1920–2015)

Manton, Martin Thomas (1880–1946)

Marshall, Humphrey (1760–1841)

Matteson, Orsamus Benajah (1805–1889)

Mavroules, Nicholas James (1929–2003)

May, Andrew Jackson (1875–1959)

McCormick v. United States (500 U.S. 257 [1991])

McCotter, Thaddeus George (1965–)

McCray, Warren Terry (1865–1938)

McDade, Joseph Michael (1931–)

McDonnell v. United States, 529 U.S._ (2016)

McDonnell, Robert Francis (1954–)

McGrain v. Dougherty, 273 U.S. 135 (1927)

Mecham, Evan (1924–2008)

Miller, Thomas Woodnutt (1886–1973)

Mills, Wilbur Daigh (1909–1992)

Mitchell, John Hipple (1835–1905)

Mitchell, John Newton (1913–1988)

Mollohan, Alan Bowlby (1943–)

Morales, Daniel C. (1956–)

Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654 (1988)

Muckrakers

Mugwumps

Mulligan Letters

Myers, Michael Joseph (1943–)

1911 Amendments to the Publicity Act

1940 Amendments to the Hatch Act

Newberry v. United States, 256 U.S. 232(1921)

Ney, Robert William (1954–)

Nixon, Richard Milhous (1913–1994)

Nixon v. Shrink Missouri PAC, 528 U.S. 377 (2000)

Nixon v. United States, 506 U.S. 224 (1993)

Oakar, Mary Rose

Obstruction of Justice

Operation Greylord

Ordway, Nehemiah George (1828-1907)

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 (1883)

Perkins, Carl Christopher (1954–)

Pickering, John (1737?–1805)

Poindexter, George (1779–1853)

Poindexter Commission

Political Cartoons and Corruption

Political Corruption as Portrayed in Films and on Television

Political Corruption as Portrayed in Literature

Pomeroy, Samuel Clarke (1816–1891)

Porteous, G. Thomas, Jr. (1946–)

Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. (1908–1972)

Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486 (1969)

Publicity Act of 1910, 36 Stat

Rangel, Charles Bernard (1930–)

Rebuke

Recall

Reed, Harrison (1813–1899)

Reeder, Andrew Horatio (1807–1864)

Renzi, Richard George “Rick” (1958–)

Reynolds, Melvin Jay (1952–)

Rezko, Antoin “Tony’ (1955?–)

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–)

Rowland, John Grosvenor (1957–)

Russian Hacking Scandal (2016–)

Ryan, George Homer (1934–)

Schenck, Robert Cumming (1809–1890)

Schmitz, Eugene Edward (1864–1928)

Schock, Aaron (1981–)

Schumaker, John Godfrey (1826–1905)

Seabury, Samuel (1873?–1958)

Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People’s Republic of China

Senate Finance Committee Hearings 1997 (Thompson Committee)

Senate Select Committee on Ethics

Senate Select Committee on Standards of Conduct

Shepherd, Alexander Robey (1835–1902)

Shuster, Elmer Greinert “Bud” (1932–)

Siegelman, Donald Eugene (1946–)

Sikes, Robert Lee Fulton (1906–1994)

Silver, Sheldon (1944–)

Simmons, James Fowler (1795–1864)

Skelos, Dean G. (1948–)

Small, Lennington “Len” (1862–1936)

Smith, Frank Leslie (1867–1950)

Smith, John (1735?–1824)

Special Prosecutor (Federal)

Speech or Debate Clause of the U.S. Constitution

Star Route Frauds

Starr, Kenneth Winston (1946–)

Stevens, Theodore Fulton, Sr. (1923–2010)

Sullivan, Timothy Daniel (1863–1913)

Sulzer, William (1863–1941)

Swartwout-Hoyt Scandal

Swayne, Charles Henry (1842–1907)

Symington, John Fife, III (1945–)

Talmadge, Herman Eugene (1913–2002)

Tammany Hall

Tate, James Williams (1831–?)

Teapot Dome Scandal

Thomas, John Parnell (1895–1970)

Thompson, Fred Dalton (1942–2015)

Thompson, William Hale (1869–1944)

Tillman Act of 1907, 34 Stat. 864 (1907)

Tonry, Richard Alvin (1935–2012)

Torricelli, Robert Guy (1951–)

Traficant, James Anthony, Jr. (1941–2014)

Tucker, James Guy, Jr. (1943–)

Turner, George (1750?–1843)

Tweed, William Magear (1823–1878)

Tyner, James Noble (1826–1904)

United States v. Bramblett, 348 U.S. 503(1955)

United States v. Brewster, 408 U.S. 501 (1972)

United States v. Gillock, 445 U.S. 360 (1980)

United States v. Helstoski, 442 U.S. 477 (1979)

United States v. Johnson, 383 U.S. 169 (1966)

United States v. National Treasury Employees Union

United States v. Salinas (522 U.S. 52 [1997])

United States v. Shirey, 359 U.S. 255 (1959)

United States v. Worrall, 2 U.S. (2 Dall.) 384(1798)

Vare, William Scott (1867–1934)

Vermont Right to Life Committee v. Sorrell, 19 F. Supp. 2d 204 (1998), 216 F. 3d 264 (2000)

Veterans Administration Scandal (2014–)

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)

Worrall, Robert

Wright, James Claude, Jr. (1922–2015)

Yee, Leland (1948–)

Zenger, John Peter (1697–1746)

Primary Documents

1. Cases of Expulsion, Censure, and Condemnation in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, 1798-Present

2. Senate Cases Involving Qualifications for Membership

3. Independent Counsel Investigations/ Special Counsel Investigations

4. House Cases Involving Qualifications for Membership

5. United States Senators Tried and Convicted and Tried and Acquitted, 1806-Present

6. United States Governors in Ethical Trouble–Impeachments, Crimes, and Convictions, 1851-Present

7. Impeachments of Federal Officials, 1799-Present

8. Rules of Procedure and Practice in the Senate when Sitting on Impeachment Trials

9. United States Mayors Involved in Political Corruption

Chronology

Bibliography