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Here is probably the most wide-ranging look at presidential misbehavior ever published in a magazine.

Distinguished historians have written extensively on the misconduct in presidential administrations since George Washington.

Fierce debate among early political factions led to many allegations of misdeeds and abuse of power in Washington's administration, but there was no serious misconduct.

Congress debated a resolution to impeach Jefferson because of an appointment that Federalists thought suspicious — an early precedent that clarified Congressional roles in oversight.

President Monroe was considered guilty of impropriety, not wrongdoing. But his reputation suffered.

The censure of Andrew Jackson for replacing his Secretary of Treasury raised the question of a president's authority to control the actions of his cabinet members.

Representatives objected to Tyler’s vetoes, arguing that the president should be “dependent upon and responsible to” Congress.

Did James Buchanan know that his Secretary of War, a future Confederate general, sent 110,000 muskets to armories in the South in 1860?

Lincoln's first Secretary of War amassed a fortune at the start of the Civil War, forcing a congressional investigation. 

Although he was scrupulously honest, Andrew Johnson angered members of Congress by thwarting their plans for Reconstruction.