Political scandals of the United States
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This is a list of major political scandals of the United States.

Sex Scandals

• Sally Hemings-Thomas Jefferson affair
• Rep. Wilbur Mills-Fanne Fox (1972)
• Gary Hart-Donna Rice scandal (1984)
• Bob Packwood sexual harassment scandal (1992)
• Lewinsky scandal (1998-2000)

Federal-level Scandals

• Yazoo land scandal
• Corrupt Bargain (1824)
• Simon Cameron, war profiteer (1860-1862)
• Tammany Hall (1854-1934)
• Gould-Fisk scandal (1869)
• Crédit Mobilier of America (1872)
• Panic of 1873 (1873)
• Whiskey Ring (1875)
• Teapot Dome scandal (1922)
• McCarthyism (1948-1954)
• Billy Sol Estes (1961)
• Pentagon Papers (1971)
• Watergate scandal (1972-1973)
• Spiro T. Agnew scandal (1973)
• Abscam (1980)
• October Surprise (1980)
• Iran-Contra affair (1985-1986)
• Savings and loan scandal (1980-1989)
• Travelgate (1993)
• Whitewater scandal (1994-2000)
• Dan Rostenkowski post office scandal
• Valerie Plame affair (2004)
• Halliburton Company (2000-2004)

State and Local-Level Scandals

• Louisiana Governor Earl Long committed to insane asylum while in office
• Washington, DC Mayor Marion Barry caught on videotape using drugs in an FBI sting

See also

• Scandal
• British political scandals
• German political scandals
• History of the United States

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