North Dakota Governor Thomas H. Moodie (D) impeached and removed from office for not meeting the constitutional requirements for office.(1935

Thomas H. Moodie

Thomas H. Moodie  was born in Winona, Minnesota. He served a brief term of less than a month as the 19th Governor of North Dakota in 1935. After he was inaugurated in January 1935, it was revealed that he had not officially been a resident of North Dakota for the mandatory five years, and he was removed from office in February 1935.

● After the election, it was alleged that Moodie did not meet the constitutional residency requirements for holding office.
● The attorney general brought a challenge to Moodie's eligibility for office in the state Supreme Court.
● The House narrowly passed an impeachment resolution that did not mention specific charges and authorized a committee to formulate the charges. Reports indicated that the charge would be a misdemeanor in office—that he took office with knowledge that he was not qualified.
● The attorney general blocked a plan to elevate the lieutenant governor, ruling that impeachment was not complete until the House presented the Senate with articles of impeachment.
● Impeachment proceedings halted when the state Supreme Court took up the case. The court later removed Moodie as unqualified for office.
● On the last day of session, the House voted to expunge the impeachment resolution and all references to it from the journal (“The Gubernatorial Controversy in North Dakota,” American Political Science Review, Vol. 29, No. 3, p. 418 (June 1935)).

SOURCE : http://www.cga.ct.gov/