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List of federal political sex scandals in the United States

Index List of federal political sex scandals in the United States

Many sex scandals in American history have involved incumbent United States federal elected politicians, as well as persons appointed with the consent of the U.S. Senate. [1]

192 relations: Abstinence, Access (U.S. TV series), Adam Laxalt, Advocate, Affair, Al Franken, Alexander Hamilton, Alienation of affections, Allan Turner Howe, Andrew Jackson, Anthony Weiner sexting scandals, Arlan Stangeland, Associated Press, Austin Murphy, Barney Frank, Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton sexual misconduct allegations, Blake Farenthold, Bob Barr, Bob Livingston, Bob Packwood, Brock Adams, Carrie Fulton Phillips, CBS News, Chandra Levy, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chicago Tribune, Child pornography, Chip Pickering, Chris Lee (New York politician), Chuck Robb, Clinton–Lewinsky scandal, Cynthia Ore, Dan Burton, Dan Crane, Dan Quayle, Daniel Webster, David Dreier, David I. Walsh, David Vitter, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Democratic Party (United States), Democratic-Republican Party, Dennis Hastert, Don Sherwood, Donald "Buz" Lukens, Donald Trump, Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations, Donna Rice Hughes, Ed Schrock, ..., Elizabeth Ray, Eric Massa, Ernie Konnyu, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, Family values, Fanne Foxe, Federalist Party, Franklin Pierce, Fred Richmond, Fundraising, Gary Condit, Gary Hart, George W. Bush, Gerry Studds, Grover Cleveland, Gus Savage, Hamilton–Reynolds affair, Helen Chenoweth-Hage, Henry Hyde, Herman Cain, Homophobia, Incumbent, Indictment, James Buchanan, James Henry Hammond, James T. Callender, Jane Swisshelm, Jefferson–Hemings controversy, Joe Barton, John Andrew Young, John B. Timberlake, John Birch Society, John Conyers, John Eaton (politician), John Edwards, John Ensign, John F. Kennedy, John G. Schmitz, Jon Hinson, Joseph P. Wyatt Jr., Judith Exner, Ken Calvert, Kenneth Vogel, Lavender scare, Lester C. Hunt, LGBT social movements, Library of Congress, List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes, List of American state and local politicians convicted of crimes, List of elections in 2016, List of federal political scandals in the United States, List of United States Representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded, List of United States Senators expelled or censured, Los Angeles Times, Marco Rubio, Maria Reynolds, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Quayle, Mark Foley, Mark Souder, Martha Jefferson, Martin Van Buren, Mel Reynolds, Michael Barone (pundit), Mimi Alford, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Miss Virginia, Monica Lewinsky, Nan Britton, National Journal, Newport sex scandal, Newt Gingrich, Outing, Outrage (2009 film), Pat Meehan, Paul Laxalt, Peggy Eaton, Pete Domenici, Petticoat affair, Playboy, Politician, Politico, President of the United States, Princeton University, Pseudonym, Rachel Jackson, Randall L. Tobias, Rape, Republican Revolution, Richard Mentor Johnson, Rielle Hunter, Robert Bauman, Robert Leggett, Rock Center with Brian Williams, Roy Moore, Sally Hemings, Salon (website), Same-sex marriage, Secretary of state, Senate Republican Policy Committee, Sex scandal, Sexism, Sexting, Sexual abuse, Smithsonian (magazine), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Star Tribune, Steve LaTourette, Strom Thurmond, Styles Bridges, Supreme Court of the United States, Tai Collins, The Almanac of American Politics, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, The New York Times, The Oregonian, The Washington Post, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Tim Huelskamp, Tim Mahoney, Tim Murphy (American politician), Tom Campbell (California politician), Tom Evans (Delaware politician), Tom Railsback, Twitter, United States Senate, Vance McAllister, Vanity Fair (magazine), Vito Fossella, Warren G. Harding, Washington, D.C., Wayne Hays, Whig Party (United States), Wilbur Mills, William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, William O. Douglas, William R. King, Woodrow Wilson, Yahoo!, 1983 congressional page sex scandal, 2017–18 United States political sexual scandals. Expand index (142 more) »

Abstinence

Abstinence is a self-enforced restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure.

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Access (U.S. TV series)

Access, formerly Access Hollywood, is an American weekday television entertainment news program that premiered on September 9, 1996.

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Adam Laxalt

Adam Paul Laxalt (born August 31, 1978) is an American attorney and politician serving as the 33rd and current Nevada Attorney General since 2015.

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Advocate

An advocate in this sense is a professional in the field of law.

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Affair

An affair is a sexual relationship, romantic friendship, or passionate attachment between two people without the attached person's significant other knowing.

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Al Franken

Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American comedian, writer, producer, author, and politician who served as a United States Senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018.

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Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757July 12, 1804) was a statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

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Alienation of affections

Alienation of affections is a common law tort, abolished in many jurisdictions.

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Allan Turner Howe

Allan Turner Howe (September 6, 1927 – December 14, 2000) was a U.S. Representative from Utah.

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Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.

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Anthony Weiner sexting scandals

Anthony Weiner is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from New York City who has been involved in multiple sex scandals related to sexting.

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Arlan Stangeland

Arlan Ingehart Stangeland (February 8, 1930 – July 2, 2013) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Austin Murphy

Austin John Murphy (born June 17, 1927) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1995.

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Barney Frank

Barnett "Barney" Frank (born March 31, 1940) is a former American politician and board member of the New York-based Signature Bank.

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Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

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Bill Clinton sexual misconduct allegations

Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States (1993–2001), has been publicly accused of sexual misconduct by three women: Juanita Broaddrick accuses Clinton of raping her in 1978; Kathleen Willey accuses Clinton of groping her without consent in 1993; and Paula Jones accuses Clinton of exposing himself to her in 1991 and sexually harassing her.

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Blake Farenthold

Randolph Blake Farenthold (born December 12, 1961) is an American politician and lobbyist.

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Bob Barr

Robert Laurence Barr Jr. (born November 5, 1948) is an American attorney and politician.

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Bob Livingston

Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. (born April 30, 1943) is a Washington, D.C.-based lobbyist and a former Republican U.S. Representative from Louisiana.

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Bob Packwood

Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American former attorney and politician from Oregon and a member of the Republican Party.

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Brock Adams

Brockman "Brock" Adams (January 13, 1927 – September 10, 2004) was an American politician and member of Congress.

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Carrie Fulton Phillips

Caroline "Carrie" Phillips (née Fulton; September 22, 1873 – February 3, 1960) was a mistress of Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States.

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CBS News

CBS News is the news division of American television and radio service CBS.

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Chandra Levy

Chandra Ann Levy (April 14, 1977 – May 1, 2001) was an American intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, D.C., who disappeared in May 2001.

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Chattanooga Times Free Press

The Chattanooga Times Free Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is distributed in the metropolitan Chattanooga region of southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.

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Child pornography

Child pornography is pornography that exploits children for sexual stimulation.

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Chip Pickering

Charles Willis "Chip" Pickering Jr. (born August 10, 1963) is a politician in the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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Chris Lee (New York politician)

Christopher John Lee (born April 1, 1964) is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for.

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Chuck Robb

Charles Spittal Robb (born June 26, 1939) is an American politician and former officer in the United States Marine Corps.

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Clinton–Lewinsky scandal

The Clinton–Lewinsky scandal was an American political sex scandal that involved 49-year-old President Bill Clinton and 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

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Cynthia Ore

Cynthia Mirella Ore (born 1970s) is a Maryland woman who gained brief notoriety in the second half of 2005 and during the 2006 midterm election, as a result of her widely publicized extramarital affair with Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district Representative Don Sherwood.

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Dan Burton

Danny Lee Burton (born June 21, 1938) is an American politician.

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Dan Crane

Daniel Bever Crane (born January 10, 1936) is a dentist and a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Dan Quayle

James Danforth "Dan" Quayle (born February 4, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 44th Vice President of the United States from 1989 to 1993.

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Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782October 24, 1852) was an American politician who represented New Hampshire (1813–1817) and Massachusetts (1823–1827) in the United States House of Representatives; served as a Senator from Massachusetts (1827–1841, 1845–1850); and was the United States Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison (1841), John Tyler (1841–1843), and Millard Fillmore (1850–1852).

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David Dreier

David Timothy Dreier (born July 5, 1952) is an American entrepreneur and Republican Party politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1981 to 2013.

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David I. Walsh

David Ignatius Walsh (November 11, 1872June 11, 1947) was a United States politician from Massachusetts.

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David Vitter

David Bruce Vitter (born May 3, 1961) is an American lobbyist, lawyer and politician who served as United States Senator for Louisiana from 2005 to 2017.

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Deborah Jeane Palfrey

Deborah Jeane Palfrey (March 18, 1956 – May 1, 2008) (dubbed the D.C. Madam by the news media) operated Pamela Martin and Associates, an escort agency in Washington, D.C. Although she maintained that the company's services were legal, she was convicted on April 15, 2008 of racketeering, using the mail for illegal purposes, and money laundering.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Democratic-Republican Party

The Democratic-Republican Party was an American political party formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison around 1792 to oppose the centralizing policies of the new Federalist Party run by Alexander Hamilton, who was secretary of the treasury and chief architect of George Washington's administration.

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Dennis Hastert

John Dennis Hastert (born January 2, 1942) is a former American congressman who served as the 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007, representing from 1987 to 2007.

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Don Sherwood

Donald L. "Don" Sherwood (born March 5, 1941) is an American politician.

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Donald "Buz" Lukens

Donald Edgar "Buz" Lukens (February 11, 1931 – May 22, 2010) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.

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Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017.

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Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations

Donald Trump, an American businessman and current President of the United States, has been accused of sexual assault and sexual harassment, including non-consensual kissing or groping, by at least nineteen women since the 1980s.

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Donna Rice Hughes

Donna Rice Hughes (born January 7, 1958) is president and CEO of Enough Is Enough, an author, speaker and film producer.

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Ed Schrock

Edward Lee Schrock (born April 6, 1941) is a retired naval officer (1964–1988) and Republican politician who served as a member of the Senate of Virginia from 1996 - 2001.

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Elizabeth Ray

Elizabeth Ray (born Betty Lou Ray on May 14, 1943, in Marshall, North Carolina) was the central figure in a much publicized sex scandal in 1976 that ended the career of U.S. Rep. Wayne Hays (D-Ohio).

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Eric Massa

Eric James Joseph Massa (born September 16, 1959) is a former U.S. Representative for the 29th Congressional District of New York, who served in Congress from January 2009 until his resignation in March 2010.

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Ernie Konnyu

Ernest Leslie Konnyu (born May 17, 1937) is a former Republican U.S. Representative from Silicon Valley, California, 12th congressional district, and a former California State Assembly Member from the 22nd district.

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Essie Mae Washington-Williams

Essie Mae Washington-Williams (October 12, 1925 – February 4, 2013) was an American teacher, author, and writer.

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Family values

Family values, sometimes referred to as familial values, are traditional or cultural values that pertain to the family's structure, function, roles, beliefs, attitudes, and ideals.

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Fanne Foxe

Fanne Foxe (born Annabelle Battistella on February 14, 1936, in Nueve de Julio, Argentina) is a former stripper, best known for being involved in a 1974 sex scandal surrounding Arkansas Congressman Wilbur Mills, in what is reputed to be one of the most reported political sex scandals of the 1970s.

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Federalist Party

The Federalist Party, referred to as the Pro-Administration party until the 3rd United States Congress (as opposed to their opponents in the Anti-Administration party), was the first American political party.

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Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th President of the United States (1853–1857), a northern Democrat who saw the abolitionist movement as a fundamental threat to the unity of the nation.

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Fred Richmond

Frederick William Richmond (born November 15, 1923) is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

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Fundraising

Fundraising or fund raising (also known as "development") is the process of gathering voluntary contributions of money or other resources, by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies (see also crowd funding).

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Gary Condit

Gary Adrian Condit (born April 21, 1948) is a former politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003.

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Gary Hart

Gary Warren Hart (born Gary Warren Hartpence; November 28, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Gerry Studds

Gerry Eastman Studds (May 12, 1937 – October 14, 2006) was an American Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts who served from 1973 until 1997.

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Grover Cleveland

Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was an American politician and lawyer who was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office (1885–1889 and 1893–1897).

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Gus Savage

Augustus Alexander "Gus" Savage (October 30, 1925 – October 31, 2015) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois.

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Hamilton–Reynolds affair

'''Alexander Hamilton''' The Hamilton–Reynolds affair involved Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton who had a one-year affair with Maria Reynolds, the wife of James Reynolds, which began in 1791 and occurred during the time of George Washington's presidency.

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Helen Chenoweth-Hage

Helen Palmer Chenoweth-Hage, born Helen Margaret Palmer (January 27, 1938 – October 2, 2006) was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Idaho, the only Republican woman to ever represent that state in the United States Congress.

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Henry Hyde

Henry John Hyde (April 18, 1924 – November 29, 2007), an American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2007, representing the 6th District of Illinois, an area of Chicago's northwestern suburbs which included O'Hare International Airport.

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Herman Cain

Herman Cain (born December 13, 1945) is an American author, business executive, radio host, syndicated columnist, and Tea Party activist from Georgia.

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Homophobia

Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT).

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Incumbent

The incumbent is the current holder of a political office.

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Indictment

An indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.

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James Buchanan

James Buchanan Jr. (April 23, 1791June 1, 1868) was an American politician who served as the 15th President of the United States (1857–61), serving immediately prior to the American Civil War.

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James Henry Hammond

James Henry Hammond (November 15, 1807November 13, 1864) was an attorney, politician and planter from South Carolina.

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James T. Callender

James Thomson Callender (1758 – July 17, 1803) was a political pamphleteer and journalist whose writing was controversial in his native Scotland and the United States.

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Jane Swisshelm

Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm (December 6, 1815 – July 22, 1884) was an American journalist, publisher, abolitionist, and women's rights advocate.

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Jefferson–Hemings controversy

The Jefferson–Hemings controversy is a historical debate over whether a sexual relationship between U.S. President Thomas Jefferson and his slave, Sally Hemings resulted in his fathering some or all of her six recorded children.

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Joe Barton

Joe Linus Barton (born September 15, 1949) is a Republican politician representing (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus.

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John Andrew Young

John Andrew Young (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2002) was a Democratic politician from Texas who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1957 to 1979.

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John B. Timberlake

John B. Timberlake (1777–April 2, 1828) was a protagonist in the American political scandal known as the Petticoat affair.

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John Birch Society

The John Birch Society (JBS) is a self-described conservative advocacy group supporting anti-communism and limited government.

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John Conyers

John James Conyers Jr. (born May 16, 1929) is a retired American politician of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. Representative for Michigan from 1965 to 2017.

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John Eaton (politician)

John Henry Eaton (June 18, 1790November 17, 1856) was an American politician and diplomat from Tennessee who served as U.S. Senator and as Secretary of War in the administration of Andrew Jackson.

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John Edwards

Johnny Reid "John" Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina.

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John Ensign

John Eric Ensign (born March 25, 1958) is an American veterinarian and former politician based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.

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John G. Schmitz

John George Schmitz (August 12, 1930 – January 10, 2001) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and California State Senate from Orange County, California.

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Jon Hinson

Jon Clifton Hinson (March 16, 1942 – July 21, 1995) was a Republican U.S. Representative for Mississippi's 4th congressional district from 1979 to 1981.

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Joseph P. Wyatt Jr.

Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. (born October 12, 1941) served as a U.S. Representative from Texas.

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Judith Exner

Judith Exner (January 11, 1934 – September 24, 1999) was an American woman who claimed to be the mistress of U.S. president John F. Kennedy and Mafia leaders Sam Giancana and John Roselli.

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Ken Calvert

Kenneth Stanton Calvert (born June 8, 1953) is the U.S. Representative for, and previously the 44th and 43rd, serving since 1993.

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Kenneth Vogel

Kenneth Paul Vogel (born 1975) is an American journalist.

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Lavender scare

The lavender scare refers to a witch hunt and the mass firings of homosexual people in the 1950s from the United States government.

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Lester C. Hunt

Lester Callaway Hunt, Sr. (July 8, 1892June 19, 1954), was a Democratic politician and dentist from the state of Wyoming.

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LGBT social movements

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) social movements are social movements that advocate for LGBT+ people in society.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States.

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List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes

This list consists of American politicians convicted of crimes either committed or prosecuted while holding office in the federal government.

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List of American state and local politicians convicted of crimes

This list includes American politicians at the state and local levels who have been convicted of felony crimes committed while in office.

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List of elections in 2016

The following elections occurred in the year 2016.

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List of federal political scandals in the United States

This article provides a list of political scandals that involve officials from the government of the United States, sorted from most recent date to least recent.

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List of United States Representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded

The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 5) gives the House of Representatives the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote.

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List of United States Senators expelled or censured

The United States Constitution gives the Senate the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Marco Rubio

Marco Antonio Rubio (born May 28, 1971) is an American politician, attorney, and the junior United States Senator for Florida.

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Maria Reynolds

Maria Reynolds (née Lewis) (March 30, 1768 – March 25, 1828) was the wife of James Reynolds, and was Alexander Hamilton's mistress between 1791 and 1792.

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Marilyn Monroe

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Marilyn Quayle

Marilyn Tucker Quayle (born July 29, 1949) is an American lawyer and novelist.

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Mark Foley

Mark Adam Foley (born September 8, 1954) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives.

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Mark Souder

Mark Edward Souder (born July 18, 1950) is an American Republican politician who was a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1995 to 2010.

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Martha Jefferson

Martha Skelton Jefferson (October 30, 1748 – September 6, 1782) was the wife of Thomas Jefferson.

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Martin Van Buren

Maarten "Martin" Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American statesman who served as the eighth President of the United States from 1837 to 1841.

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Mel Reynolds

Melvin "Mel" Reynolds (born January 8, 1952) is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois.

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Michael Barone (pundit)

Michael D. Barone (born September 19, 1944) is an American conservative political analyst, historian, pundit and journalist.

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Mimi Alford

Marion Fay "Mimi" Alford (née Beardsley; born May 7, 1943) is an American woman who had an affair with President John F. Kennedy while she served as an intern in the White House press office in 1962 and 1963.

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Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport

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Miss Virginia

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Monica Lewinsky

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Nan Britton

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National Journal

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Newport sex scandal

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Newt Gingrich

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Outing

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Outrage (2009 film)

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Pat Meehan

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Paul Laxalt

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Peggy Eaton

Margaret O'Neill (or O'Neale) Eaton (December 3, 1799 – November 8, 1879), better known as Peggy Eaton, was the daughter of Rhoda Howell and William O'Neale, the owner of Franklin House, a popular Washington, D.C. hotel.

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Pete Domenici

Pietro Vichi Domenici (May 7, 1932 – September 13, 2017) was an American politician from New Mexico.

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Petticoat affair

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Playboy

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Politician

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Politico

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Pseudonym

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Rachel Jackson

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Randall L. Tobias

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Rape

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Republican Revolution

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Richard Mentor Johnson

Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 – November 19, 1850) was the ninth Vice President of the United States from 1837 to 1841.

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Rielle Hunter

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Robert Bauman

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Robert Leggett

Robert Louis Leggett (July 26, 1926 – August 13, 1997) was a U.S. Representative from California.

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Rock Center with Brian Williams

Rock Center with Brian Williams was an American weekly television newsmagazine that was broadcast on NBC and hosted by NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams.

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Roy Moore

Roy Stewart Moore (born February 11, 1947) is an American politician and jurist who served as the 27th and 31st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama.

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Sally Hemings

Sarah "Sally" Hemings (1773 – 1835) was an enslaved woman of mixed race owned by President Thomas Jefferson of the United States.

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Salon (website)

Salon is an American news and opinion website, created by David Talbot in 1995 and currently owned by the Salon Media Group.

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Same-sex marriage

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Secretary of state

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Senate Republican Policy Committee

The Senate Republican Policy Committee is the policy research arm of the Republican Conference.

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Sex scandal

A sex scandal is a scandal involving allegations or information about possibly-immoral sexual activities being made public.

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Sexism

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Sexting

Sexting is sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually explicit messages, photographs, or images, primarily between mobile phones.

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Sexual abuse

Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is usually undesired sexual behavior by one person upon another.

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Smithsonian (magazine)

Smithsonian is the official journal published by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The first issue was published in 1970.

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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

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Star Tribune

The Star Tribune is the largest newspaper in Minnesota.

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Steve LaTourette

Steven Clare "Steve" LaTourette (July 22, 1954 – August 3, 2016) was an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for and then from 1995 to 2013.

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Strom Thurmond

James Strom Thurmond Sr.

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Styles Bridges

Henry Styles Bridges (September 9, 1898November 26, 1961) was an American teacher, editor, and Republican Party politician from Concord, New Hampshire.

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Supreme Court of the United States

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Tai Collins

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The Almanac of American Politics

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The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles

The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles is an independent, nonprofit community weekly newspaper serving the Jewish community of greater Los Angeles, published by TRIBE Media Corp.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Oregonian

The Oregonian is a daily newspaper based in Portland, Oregon, owned by Advance Publications.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson Randolph

Thomas Jefferson Randolph (September 12, 1792 – October 8, 1875) of Albemarle County was a planter and politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates, was rector of the University of Virginia, and was a colonel in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

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Tim Huelskamp

Timothy Alan Huelskamp (born November 11, 1968) is the president of The Heartland Institute.

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Tim Mahoney

Timothy Edward "Tim" Mahoney (born August 16, 1956) is a former U.S. Representative for and a member of the Democratic Party.

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Tim Murphy (American politician)

Timothy Francis Murphy (born September 11, 1952) is an American psychologist, author, and former politician.

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Tom Campbell (California politician)

Thomas John Campbell (born August 14, 1952) is an American academic, educator and former politician.

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Tom Evans (Delaware politician)

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Tom Railsback

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Twitter

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United States Senate

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Vance McAllister

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Vanity Fair (magazine)

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Vito Fossella

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Warren G. Harding

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Washington, D.C.

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Wayne Hays

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party active in the middle of the 19th century in the United States.

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Wilbur Mills

Wilbur Daigh Mills (May 24, 1909 – May 2, 1992) was an American politician in the Democratic Party who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1977.

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William Campbell Preston Breckinridge

William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (August 28, 1837 – November 18, 1904) was a lawyer and Democratic politician from Kentucky; a U.S. Representative from 1885-1895.

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William O. Douglas

William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898January 19, 1980) was an American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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William R. King

William Rufus DeVane King (April 7, 1786 – April 18, 1853) was an American politician and diplomat.

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Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was an American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921.

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Yahoo!

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1983 congressional page sex scandal

The 1983 Congressional Page sex scandal was a political scandal in the United States involving members of the United States House of Representatives.

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2017–18 United States political sexual scandals

The 2017–18 United States political sexual scandals are a string of allegations of sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment and sexual assault, and subsequent firings and resignations of American politicians in 2017 and 2018.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_sex_scandals_in_the_United_States

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