Question: What North Carolina governor was the first in the U.S. to be impeached, convicted, and removed from office?
Answer: In 1871, Republican Gov. William Holden was the first U.S. governor to be impeached, convicted, and removed from office due to his efforts to combat rising activity by the Ku Klux Klan. While Holden was the first to be impeached and convicted, two other U.S. governors were impeached before him, but not convicted: Kansas Gov. Charles Robinson (1862) and Florida Gov. Harrison Reed (1868).
