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Impeachment of Cabinet Secretaries in US History

The process and outcomes of impeaching Cabinet secretaries in the US, including the cases of William W. Belknap and Alejandro Mayorkas

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What are the historical outcomes of impeachment efforts against Cabinet secretaries in U.S. history?

is vanishingly rare in history: the post-Civil War case of in 1876 is the canonical example, and the House’s 2024 impeachment of reopened a long-dormant tool of whose practical outcome—Senate acquitta...