Scandals Involving the President
- Whiskey Ring -- U.S. Grant administration
- Teapot Dome -- Warren G. Harding administration
- Billy Sol Estes, Lyndon Baines Johnson administration
- Watergate, Richard Nixon administration
- Iran-Contra Affair, Ronald Reagan
- Impeachment of Bill Clinton and his sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky
Other Notable Political Scandals
- Louisiana Governor Earl Long committed to insane asylum while in office
- Fanne Fox, sex scandal involving Wilbur Mills
- Abscam FBI sting of several members of Congress.
- Donna Rice, sex scandal involving Gary Hart
- Washington, DC Mayor Marion Barry caught on videotape using drugs in an FBI sting
- Sexual misconduct allegations against Senator Robert Packwood