the awarding process. Sheffield was not indicted. The grand jury report urged the impeachment of Sheffield. The report was leaked to the public after an anonymous source alerted the members of the news media that a waste receptacle in the court building in which grand jury deliberations had been held contained a copy of the report. After the report was made leaked, deliberations about an impeachment began. The Alaskan Constitution requires for an impeachment inquiry to be held before the Alaska Senate can impeach (after which point an impeachment trial would be held by the Alaska House of Representatives). By a 3–2 vote, the committee running the inquiry voted to send the Senate a report concluding that there was insufficient evidence against Sheffield to warrant an impeachment. Instead of impeachment, Senate opted to instead pass a resolution condemning Sheffield's gubernatorial administration for favoritism. After leaving the position of Governor, Sheffield served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Alaska Railroad from 1985 to 1997. In 1997 he was promoted to President and CEO of the railroad, where he served until 2001. As of 2008, he was on the railroad's Board of Directors as Vice Chairman. References Authored book External links |- |- 1928 births 2022 deaths 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American railroad executives 21st-century American memoirists 21st-century American railroad executives American Presbyterians Democratic Party governors of Alaska DeVry University alumni Politicians from Anchorage, Alaska Politicians from Spokane, Washington Military personnel from Spokane, Washington Writers from Anchorage, Alaska Writers from Spokane, Washington