1830 Letter from James H. Peck... explanation in answer to charges [Impeachment]

Description: Letter from James H. Peck to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, transmitting an explanation in answer to the charges preferred against him as judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Missouri by Luke E. Lawless.Series:United States, 21st Congress, 1st session, [Rep. No. 359] Ho. of Rep.Publisher: Printed by Duff Green, [Washington, D.C., 1830]Notes:Caption title"April 14, 1830." Physical Description: 53 pages ; 8vo.Original and authentic - not a reprint. James Hawkins Peck (January 12, 1790 – April 29, 1836) was a controversial judge of the United States District Court for the District of Missouri. Peck was impeached by the United States House of Representatives on April 24, 1830 for High Misdemeanors in Office, on a charge of abuse of the contempt power. The United States Senate began his impeachment trial on April 26, 1830, and acquitted him on January 31, 1831, with 21 voting guilty and 22 voting not guilty.

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