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What is the historical significance of William Woods Holden's impeachment?

  • First governor to be impeached

  • First governor to be removed from office

  • First Republican governor impeached

  • First governor to be pardoned

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William Woods Holden was the second governor in American history to be impeached, and the first to be removed from office through that process. His impeachment was politically motivated due to his suppression of the Ku Klux Klan.
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