George W. English
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George Washington English (May 9, 1866, near Vienna, Illinois - July 1941, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) was a United States District Court judge for the Eastern District of Illinois.
English received an LL.B. from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1891. He was Chief deputy sheriff, Johnson County, Illinois, 1891-1892. Engaged in private law practice, Vienna, Illinois, 1893-1912 and was city attorney of Vienna for a time. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives, 1907-1912. Engaged in private practice, Centralia, Illinois, 1912-1914 and was a Special income tax attorney with the U.S. Treasury Department, 1914-1918
He was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on April 22, 1918, to a seat vacated by Francis M. Wright. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 3, 1918, and received commission on the same day.
He was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1926 for abusive treatment of lawyers and litigants appearing before him. He resigned from office on November 4, 1926, before his trial began. The U.S. Senate subsequently dismissed the charges against him.
John T. Rogers of St. Louis Post-Dispatch won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Reporting with his coverage of the inquiry leading to English's impeachment.
