REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED ON THE 20TH OF OCTOBER LAST, TO PREPARE AND REPORT ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT, AGAINST JOHN PICKERING, DISTRICT JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHO WAS IMPEACHED BY THIS HOUSE, DURING THE LAST SESSION, OF HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS. 27TH DECEMBER, 1803. READ, AND REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE, ON THURSDAY NEXT.
[Washington: 1803]. 9, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. Pickering enjoyed the dubious distinction of being the first federal judge removed from office by conviction in the Senate after impeachment in the House. A Federalist appointed to the bench in 1795, he was frequently absent from his court and..... More