Impeachment in the United States a single vote in 1912. Several others, most recently Missouri's Eric Greitens, have resigned rather than face impeachment, when events seemed to make it inevitable. The most recent impeachment of a state governor occurred on January 14, 2009, when the Illinois House of Representatives voted 117–1 to impeach Rod Blagojevich on corruption charges; he was subsequently removed from office and barred from holding future office by the Illinois Senate on January 29. He was the eighth U.S. state governor to be removed from office. The procedure for impeachment, or removal, of local officials varies widely. For instance, in New York
2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis 2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis The 2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis was a political dispute that began on June 8, 2009. The State Senate was controlled by Democrats with a narrow 32–30 majority when a coalition of all 30 Senate Republicans and two Democrats, Sens. Hiram Monserrate and Pedro Espada Jr., voted to replace Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith with then-Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos. The other 30 Senate Democrats attempted to block the change, but it was uncertain whether they were successful or whether the Republicans had legally changed the Senate leadership. The coalition appeared