Neat history.
And, the first politician at the federal level ever impeached (and, expelled!) was Tennessee U.S. Senator William Blount.
John Sevier was arrested and charged with treason. Eight years later he was elected the first governor of Tennessee.
In 1784, North Carolina gave its western lands to Congress to pay its war debt, then they changed their minds and took the land back.
The settlers out there felt the whiplash and decided to form their own state. They named it Franklin, after Benjamin Franklin.
Sevier, a Revolutionary War hero, was elected its governor. For about four years Franklin ran as its own country, with its own court system, capital and taxes paid in deerskins and tobacco.
But North Carolina never recognized it. In 1788 it declared Franklin in revolt and arrested Sevier outright. His friends broke him out of jail, and he was ultimately never brought to trial.
In the aftermath, he swore his loyalty back to North Carolina, and the state of Franklin fizzled out.
When that same territory became Tennessee in 1796, the man elected to lead it was none other than John Sevier.