Fun Fact: The Expulsion of Senator Jesse D. Bright

Senator Jesse D Bright

Jesse D. Bright was a U.S. Senator for the state of Indiana during the U.S. Civil War. The U.S. Senate impeached and expelled him for being a sympathizer to the Confederacy. Making him the only expelled senator during the Civil War era to be from a northern state.

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  1. That’s a fun fact I didn’t know.
    Have a great one.

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