This article is organized by presidential terms in order, older to recent, and then divided into scandals of the federal Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of government. Members of both parties are listed … See more

Executive branch
• The XYZ Affair was the French seizure of over 300 US ships and demands for bribes and apologies, which led to a Quasi-War causing the US … See more

Legislative branch
• Corrupt Bargain was a supposed bargain by John Quincy Adams with Henry Clay. (1824) In the United States presidential election of 1824, in … See more

see Andrew Jackson administration controversies
Executive branch
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• Thomas Conway and Horatio Gates created a movement or conspiracy, known as the Conway Cabal, to remove George Washington as Commander of the Continental Army. … See more

Legislative branch
• Senator William Blount (Democratic-Republican-TN) was expelled from the Senate for conspiring … See more

Executive branch
• General James Wilkinson was appointed to be Governor of the upper Louisiana Purchase. He then conspired with Spain to get Kentucky to secede from the Union in order to allow shipping on the Mississippi to reach New … See more