( CNN ) -- The U.S. Senate found Federal Judge G. Thomas Porteous of Louisiana guilty on four articles of impeachment on Wednesday , which will remove him from the federal bench . He had been accused of accepting kick-backs and lying to the Senate and FBI . The vote makes Porteous , 63 , only the eighth federal judge in the nation 's history to be impeached and convicted . Porteous is also `` forever disqualified to hold and enjoy any office of honor , trust or profit under the United States , '' Sen. Daniel Inouye said during Wednesday 's Senate hearing . The Senate adopted the motion barring Porteous from holding a future federal office by a vote of 94 to 2 . In March , the House of Representatives voted unanimously to impeach Porteous on corruption charges . `` Our investigation found that Judge Porteous participated in a pattern of corrupt conduct for years , '' U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff , D-California , chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Task Force on Judicial Impeachment . In a statement at the time , Porteous ' lawyer , Richard W. Westling , said the Justice Department had decided not to prosecute because it did not have credible evidence . `` Unfortunately , the House has decided to disregard the Justice Department 's decision and to move forward with impeachment , '' he said . `` As a result , we will now turn to the Senate to seek a full and fair hearing of all of the evidence . '' Porteous , who turns 64 this year , was appointed to the federal bench in 1994 . He has not worked as a judge since he was suspended with pay in the fall of 2008 , Westling said . The most recent previous impeachment of a federal judge by the House was last year . Judge Samuel B. Kent of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas resigned after being impeached on charges of sexual assault , obstructing and impeding an official proceeding and making false and misleading statements , according to the website of the Federal Judicial Center . Before then , Judge Walter L. Nixon of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi was impeached in 1989 on charges of perjury before a federal grand jury . The Senate convicted him and removed him from office that year .
NEW : Porteous barred from future federal office , accused of taking kick-backs , lying . Senate found Federal Judge guilty on all four articles of impeachment . Porteous is eighth federal judge in U.S. history to be impeached and convicted . House voted unanimously in March to impeach Porteous on corruption charges .