List of New York State Legislature members expelled or censured
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List of New York State Legislature members expelled or censured

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Year	Image	Name	House	Sanction	Political party	Notes

1779	John Williams	Senate	Expulsion	Williams was a member of the Senate from the Eastern District during the First Session; he was also a militia Colonel and regimental commander during the American Revolutionary War.

1781	Ephraim Paine	Senate	Expulsion	Paine was elected in April 1779. He was expelled from the Senate on March 15, 1781, for "neglect of duty".

1861	Jay Gibbons	Assembly	Expulsion	Democrat	Gibbons was arrested on February 17, 1861, on charges of bribery. He was expelled from the Assembly for attempting to acquire bribes in order to vote for certain legislation.

1868	Elijah M. K. Glenn	Assembly	Censure	Republican	On April 9, Glenn accused fellow Assemblyman Alexander Frear of offering him a bribe of $500. On April 10, a select committee appointed to investigate concluded that "the evidence does not furnish any justification for the charges made by Mr.

1892	George Z. Erwin	Senate	Censure	Republican	Senators Erwin, Saxton, and O'Connor were held in contempt for refusing to vote on a piece of legislation before the Senate.

Charles T. Saxton

Edmund O'Connor

1913	Stephen J. Stilwell	Senate	Expulsion	Democrat	Stilwell was accused of demanding a bribe and was cleared by a Senate vote of 28 to 21, but lost his seat upon conviction for bribery in the New York Supreme Court.

1920	August Claessens	August Claessens	Assembly	Expulsion	Socialist	Assembly members Claessens, DeWitt, Orr, Solomon, and Waldman were members of the Socialist Party, and were suspended at the beginning of the session by Speaker Thaddeus C.

Samuel DeWitt	Samuel A. DeWitt

Samuel Orr	Samuel Orr

Charles Solomon	Charles Solomon

Louis Waldman	Louis Waldman

1991	Mel Miller	Assembly	Expulsion	Democrat	Speaker Miller lost his seat upon federal conviction for fraud and conspiracy. The conviction was later overturned on appeal.

2007	Mike Cole	Assembly	Censure	Republican	Assembly member Cole was censured and removed from his position as the ranking member of the Assembly's Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.

2008	Diane Gordon	Assembly	Expulsion	Democrat	Forfeited Assembly seat due to felony conviction.

2010	Hiram Monserrate	Senate	Expulsion	Democrat	Monserrate was convicted of misdemeanor assault in 2009. The Senate voted to expel Monserrate in February 2010.

2012	Vito Lopez	Assembly	Censure	Democrat	Lopez was censured by then-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in 2012 for violations of the Assembly's sexual harassment and retaliation policy; he was also stripped of his seniority, banned from having interns, and given a reduced staffing allotment.

2014	Eric Stevenson	Assembly	Expulsion	Democrat	Forfeited Assembly seat due to felony conviction.

2014	William Boyland	Assembly	Expulsion	Democrat	Forfeited Assembly seat due to felony conviction.

2015	John Sampson	Senate	Expulsion	Democrat	Forfeited Senate seat due to felony conviction.

2015	Sheldon Silver	Assembly	Expulsion	Democrat	Speaker Silver lost his seat upon his initial federal conviction of honest services fraud. Silver's conviction was overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on July 13, 2017.

2015	Dean Skelos	Senate	Expulsion	Republican	Senator Skelos was expelled automatically from the Senate upon his conviction for corruption. His son was convicted on related charges.

Sentence(s)

In 1861, Assembly member Jay Gibbons was expelled due to attempts to garner bribes in order for parties to receive his vote for a specific legislature.

final_sentence: In 1861, Assembly member Jay Gibbons was expelled due to attempts to garner bribes in order for parties to receive his vote for a specific legislature.