Alcee Hastings

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Alcee Lamar Hastings (/ˈælsiː/ AL-see ; September 5, 1936 – April 6, 2021) was an American politician and judge from the state of Florida .

Hastings was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida by President Jimmy Carter in August 1979. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 31, 1979. In 1981, after an FBI sting operation, Hastings was charged with conspiracy to solicit a bribe. Following a 1983 criminal trial, Hastings was acquitted; however, he was impeached for bribery and perjury by the United States House of Representatives in 1988 and was convicted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial on October 20, 1989. While Hastings was removed from the bench, the Senate did not bar him from holding public office in the future.

A member of the Democratic Party , Hastings was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1992, serving until his death in 2021. His district, numbered as the 23rd district from 1993 to 2013 and the 20th district from 2013 until his death, included most of the majority-black precincts in and around Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach . Following Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 's departure from office in 2019, Hastings became the dean of Florida's congressional delegation ; he retained this title until his death.

Contents

• 1 Early life, education, and early career

  • 1.1 1970 U.S. Senate election

• 2 Judicial career (1977–1989)

  • 2.1 Allegations and impeachment

    • 2.1.1 Criminal trial

    • 2.1.2 Impeachment trial

    • 2.1.3 Appeal

• 3 1990 Secretary of State election

• 4 U.S. House of Representatives (1993–2021)

  • 4.1 Elections

  • 4.2 Tenure

    • 4.2.1 Impeachment matters

    • 4.2.2 Objection to the 2000 presidential election

    • 4.2.3 Objection to the 2004 presidential election

    • 4.2.4 Bid for chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee

    • 4.2.5 Comments about Sarah Palin

    • 4.2.6 Lexus lease

    • 4.2.7 Sexual harassment allegation

    • 4.2.8 Improper relationship investigation

  • 4.3 Committee assignments

  • 4.4 Leadership positions

  • 4.5 Caucus memberships

• 5 Political positions

  • 5.1 Animal welfare

  • 5.2 Foreign policy

  • 5.3 Gun policy

• 6 Personal life and death

• 7 See also

• 8 References

• 9 Sources

• 10 External links

Early life, education, and early career

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Alcee Lamar Hastings was born in Altamonte Springs, Florida , the son of Mildred L. (Merritt) and Julius "J. C." Hastings.

He was educated at Crooms Academy in Goldsboro (Sanford), Florida, before going on to attend Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee . He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in zoology and botany from Fisk in 1958. After being dismissed from Howard University School of Law , Hastings received his Juris Doctor from Florida A&M University College of Law in 1963. While in school, he became a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. He was admitted to the bar in 1963 and began to practice law .

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