There were two prior to the current impeachment of Attorney General Paxton.
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In Texas, three officials have been impeached and two were removed from office after impeachment—Governor James Ferguson (D) in 1917 and State District Judge O.P. Carillo in 1975. Ferguson was indicted on charges including embezzlement while Carillo spent three years in jail following his impeachment.[5] The Texas House of Representatives voted to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on May 27, 2023.[6] Paxton's impeachment trial will be conducted by the state Senate beginning no later than August 28, 2023.[7]
In 2013 and 2014, the legislature conducted an investigation into the actions of Regent Wallace Hall. The House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations considered "whether he failed to disclose key information on his application to be a regent; whether he improperly handled sensitive student information; and whether he exceeded his authority in his private investigations of UT-Austin.[8] On August 11, 2014, that committee voted 6-1 to censure, rather than impeach, Hall.
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