What's True In 1861, the House and Senate expelled a combined total of 14 members for taking part in Southern secessionist efforts or supporting the Confederacy. What's False None of the House and Senate motions to expel the 14 members cited their attitude toward Lincoln's election, which — since the men were attempting to secede from the Union — was of little relevance anyway. Comparisons with present-day political events were therefore stretched. Origin Voting in the 2020 U.S. Election may be over, but the misinformation keeps on ticking. Never stop fact-checking. Follow our post-election coverage here. In December 2020, 126 Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed on to an effort led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend the certification of electoral college votes in four states where President-elect Joe Biden won — Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.