Censure is a formal rebuke that "registers the House's deep disapproval of member misconduct," according to the House.

It’s one of the more severe punishments in the House, worse than a reprimand but not as severe as an expulsion. The censure resolution was first used in 1832. It’s use has picked up in recent ...

In June 1832, two events stirred up political conflict ... Yesterday 34 corpses passed our house. Today, 23... not counting those in the old burial Ground and in the Catholic ground.

The first censure ever recorded was of Rep. William Stanbery in 1832 for insulting then-House Speaker Andrew Stevenson during a floor debate. The insult? Stanbery said that the speaker's eye might ...