In 1980, Michael Myers became the first congressman expelled since the Civil War
The 1980 expulsion of Michael Myers from the House of Representatives marked the first time in over a century that Congress took its most drastic disciplinary action against a member.
Michael Myers made history in 1980 when he became the first member of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War era. His downfall came during the FBI's Abscam sting operation, where undercover agents posing as representatives of an Arab sheik caught Myers on tape accepting a 50,000 dollar bribe.
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