Mecham Is 8th Governor Removed

Evan Mecham is the first governor of Arizona ever to be impeached and the eighth in U.S. history to be removed from office, according to Dr. Thad Beyle, a political science professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill who has researched the subject.

The following governors were impeached, convicted and removed from office:

1870--William Holden, North Carolina

1871--David Butler, Nebraska

1876--Alexander Davis, Mississippi

1913--William Sulzer, New York

1917--James Ferguson, Texas

1923--John Walton, Oklahoma

1929--Henry Johnston, Oklahoma

Gov. Henry Warmoth of Louisiana was impeached in 1872 but completed his term before trial, and Gov. Adelbert Ames of Mississippi was impeached in 1876 but resigned to avoid trial.