Halsted Ritter

Halsted Lockwood Ritter (July 14, 1868–October 15, 1951) was an American lawyer and judge. He served in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida from 1929, but was impeached and removed from office in 1936, on charges of income tax evasion and other financial irregularities, only the fourth official to be removed.

Halsted Ritter in "News From the Front"
Judge Halsted Ritter's impeachment, leading to his removal from office, was achieved partly due to the efforts of Congressman Hatton Sumners. In 1942, Sumners called for impeachment proceedings against President Franklin D. Roosevelt.