The Impeachment and expulsion of Senator William Blount is little remembered today, but it represents an important legal watershed, and caused a literal brawl on the floor of congress. It was perhaps the greatest scandal in the history of America’s upper house.
By September of 1944, the Western Allies had broken out of the Normandy beachehead, and suddenly and quickly moved across northern France . By September 7th, the 90th division was stretched across the northern sector on Patton’s Third Army’s left, advancing slowly northeast. As they did so the German defenders made a risky attack in an effort to spoil the allied advance, cutting through Allied lines in a surprise action at the small town of Mairy-Mannville.