Subjects – Censure
A fatal duel between Members in 1838
February 24, 1838
On this date, Jonathan Cilley of Maine was killed by Representative William Graves of Kentucky in a duel on the outskirts of D.C., in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
The Crédit Mobilier scandal
September 04, 1872
On this date, the New York Sun exposed the Crédit Mobilier scandal.