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Section sizes

Section size for List of federal political scandals in the United States (123 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	241	241
Scope and organization of political scandals	2,548	2,548
Government under the Articles of Confederation (1777–1789)	830	830
George Washington administrations (1789–1797)	55	753
Legislative branch	698	698
John Adams administration (1797–1801)	47	1,382
Executive branch	624	624
Legislative branch	711	711
Thomas Jefferson administrations (1801–1809)	54	3,260
Executive branch	1,274	1,274
Judicial branch	1,932	1,932
James Monroe administrations (1817–1825)	49	902
Legislative branch	853	853
Andrew Jackson administrations (1829–1837)	158	2,039
Executive branch	1,083	1,083
Legislative branch	798	798
John Tyler administration (1841–1845)	47	1,838
Legislative branch	1,791	1,791
Zachary Taylor administration (1849–1850)	51	529
Executive branch	478	478
Franklin Pierce administration (1853-1857)	48	1,522
Legislative branch	1,474	1,474
James Buchanan administration (1857–1861)	51	907
Legislative branch	856	856
Abraham Lincoln (R) administration (1861–1865)	56	5,552
Executive branch	1,680	1,680
Legislative branch	3,816	3,816
Andrew Johnson (R) administration (1865–1869)	55	405
Executive branch	350	350
Ulysses S. Grant (R) administrations (1869–1877)	198	18,880
Executive branch	6,936	6,936
Legislative branch	6,270	6,270
Judicial branch	5,476	5,476
Rutherford B. Hayes (R) administration (1877–1881)	60	2,053
Executive branch	922	922
Judicial branch	1,071	1,071
James A. Garfield (R) administration (1881)	469	469
Chester A. Arthur (R) administration (1881–1885)	58	2,838
Executive branch	2,780	2,780
Grover Cleveland (D) administration (1885–1889)	57	1,814
Legislative branch	1,757	1,757
William McKinley (R) administration (1897–1901)	57	3,823
Executive branch	3,120	3,120
Legislative branch	646	646
Theodore Roosevelt (R) administrations (1901–1909)	60	6,767
Legislative branch	6,139	6,139
Judicial branch	568	568
William Howard Taft (R) administration (1909–1913)	60	3,140
Legislative branch	2,093	2,093
Judicial branch	987	987
Woodrow Wilson (D) administrations (1913–1921)	56	1,428
Judicial branch	1,372	1,372
Warren G. Harding (R) administration (1921–1923)	137	6,990
Executive branch	3,637	3,637
Legislative branch	2,133	2,133
Judicial branch	1,083	1,083
Calvin Coolidge (R) administrations (1923–1929)	57	5,249
Executive branch	1,766	1,766
Legislative branch	2,372	2,372
Judicial branch	1,054	1,054
Herbert Hoover (R) administration (1929–1933)	55	3,193
Legislative branch	1,856	1,856
Judicial branch	1,282	1,282
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D) administrations (1933–1945)	67	11,183
Executive branch	2,303	2,303
Legislative branch	2,590	2,590
Judicial Branch	6,223	6,223
Harry S. Truman (D) administrations (1945–1953)	136	4,744
Executive branch	630	630
Legislative branch	3,978	3,978
Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) administrations (1953–1961)	141	5,381
Executive branch	2,877	2,877
Legislative branch	2,363	2,363
John F. Kennedy (D) administration (1961–1963)	135	2,109
Legislative branch	1,974	1,974
Lyndon B. Johnson (D) administrations (1963–1969)	58	3,940
Executive branch	772	772
Legislative branch	2,635	2,635
Judicial branch	475	475
Richard Nixon (R) administrations (1969–1974)	134	25,950
Executive branch	16,292	16,292
Legislative branch	8,358	8,358
Judicial branch	1,166	1,166
Gerald Ford (R) administration (1974–1977)	131	10,359
Executive branch	1,817	1,817
Legislative branch	7,495	7,495
Judicial branch	916	916
Jimmy Carter administration (D) (1977–1981)	132	9,302
Executive branch	416	416
Legislative branch	7,215	7,215
Judicial branch	1,539	1,539
Ronald Reagan (R) administrations (1981–1989)	192	52,654
Executive branch	37,711	37,711
Legislative branch	11,399	11,399
Judicial branch	3,352	3,352
George H. W. Bush (R) administration (1989–1993)	137	8,610
Executive branch	3,944	3,944
Legislative branch	2,757	2,757
Judicial branch	1,772	1,772
Bill Clinton (D) administrations (1993–2001)	54	19,984
Executive branch	3,630	3,630
Legislative branch	16,300	16,300
George W. Bush (R) administrations (2001–2009)	56	82,904
Executive branch	60,448	60,448
Legislative branch	22,400	22,400
Barack Obama (D) administrations (2009–2017)	54	68,721
Executive branch	11,846	11,846
Legislative branch	49,120	49,120
Judicial branch	7,701	7,701
Donald Trump (R) administration (2017–2021)	587	77,182
Executive branch	15,623	46,316
Cabinet and Assistants (17)	15,626	15,626
Lawyers (5)	6,396	6,396
Advisors and Staff (7)	8,671	8,671
Legislative branch	27,909	27,909
Judicial branch	2,370	2,370
Joe Biden (D) administration (2021–present)	52	15,040
Executive branch	4,562	4,562
Legislative branch	8,584	8,584
Judicial branch	1,842	1,842
See also	688	688
References	30	30
Bibliography	832	832
Total	478,965	478,965

Suggested addition to this list

Based on the narrative in Wikipedia about Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. 2600:1700:47D0:E920:3D26:9E74:1C4:4897 (talk) 18:41, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hillary not mentioned one time!

Hillary not mentioned one time! 35.136.72.92 (talk) 01:48, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Because she did nothing wrong.Johnsagent (talk)

Obama Drones/Extrajudicial killing

The Obama administration extensive use of drones in countries the US was not at war with, as well as the killing U.S. citizens Anwar Al-Aulaqi, Samir Khan, and 16-year-old Abdulrahman Al-Aulaqi is not mentioned at all. 192.223.236.130 (talk) 15:47, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

George W. Bush used drones to kill Al Qaeda and Taliban forces based in Northern Pakistan, setting the precedent.Johnsagent (talk) 16:25, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mayorkas

Would the impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas constitute a scandal? NathanBru (talk) 00:50, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No. Mayorkas has not been impeached at all. Only the House has voted.Johnsagent (talk) 16:17, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No. The House does impeach, the Senate convicts. For Donald Trump, both the first and second impeachments are listed as scandals. NathanBru (talk) 18:48, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Quite a few people missing

Gary Condit? Bob Menendez? Henry Cuellar? Sure seems a lot of prominent Democrats are missing from this list. All of them made headlines in the newspapers, so they were kind of hard to miss. Sure seems intentional to me. And those were just a few off the top of my head.173.73.32.10 (talk) 19:28, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The entire article seems to be biased in this manner. 66.219.250.133 (talk) 06:07, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In the Scope and organization of political scandals section, the article uses the standard where:

"Many decisions are controversial, many decisions are unpopular, that alone does not make them scandals. Breaking the law is a scandal. The finding of a court is the sole method used to determine a violation of law, but it is not the sole method of determining a scandal. Also included as scandals are politicians who resign, quit, run, or commit suicide while being investigated or threatened with investigation."

Gary Condit was never indicted and never resigned under the suspicion for his alleged actions, instead he lost his primary. For the cases of Henry Cuellar and Bob Menendez, so far they have been indicted but not convicted, and neither have resigned, quit, ran, or committed suicide as of my post.

Separately, I am confused why the ATF gunwalking scandal is missing from the Obama administration section DerpyContributor (talk) 16:05, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the ATF gunwalking scandal?

I read the Obama section of this article a few years ago and it was noted on it at the time, why am I not able to find it now? DerpyContributor (talk) 15:51, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I was looking for it too 96.91.78.177 (talk) 17:17, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That’s because you have not read ATF gunwalking scandal which clearly shows it was a lower level operation of the ATF begun in 2006 under Attorney General Michael Mukasey (R) and George W. Bush (R). Attorney General Eric Holder (D) was not informed until 2010 and the program was finally ended in 2011 by Barack Obama (D). No one was ever held responsible.Johnsagent (talk) 16:35, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]