1927 Oklahoma impeachment effort

On December 12, 1927, the Oklahoma House of Representatives met in a self-called special session and voted to impeach three oficials: Henry S. Johnston (governor), Fred P. Branson (chief justice of the Supreme Court), and Harry Cordell (commissioner of agriculture). The validity of the impeachment votes was contested, however, as the Oklahoma Supreme Court had days before the vote ruled that the Oklahoma Legislature lacked the authority to call itself into a special session. On December 29, the Oklahoma Senate voted to judge all three impeachments as void.