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Edward Allen Hannegan (1807-1859) —
also known as Edward A. Hannegan —
of Covington, Fountain
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton
County, Ohio, June 25,
1807.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832-33, 1841-42; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1833-37; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1843-49; U.S. Minister to Prussia, 1849-50.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
In May, 1852, during a drunken
argument, he stabbed
his brother-in-law, Captain Duncan, who died the next
day.
Died from overdose of
morphine (probably suicide),
in St.
Louis, Mo., February
25, 1859 (age 51 years, 245
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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John W. Dawson (1820-1877) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Cambridge, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
21, 1820.
Farmer;
lawyer;
newspaper
editor; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1854; candidate for secretary of
state of Indiana, 1856; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1858; Governor of
Utah Territory, 1861.
In December, 1861, after less than a month as territorial governor,
fled
Utah amid controversy and scandal.
Just east of Salt Lake City, he was attacked
by three men and badly injured.
Died in Indiana, September
10, 1877 (age 56 years, 324
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Jesse David Bright (1812-1875) —
also known as Jesse D. Bright —
of Madison, Madison
County, Ill.; Jeffersonville, Clark
County, Ind.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., December
18, 1812.
Democrat. State court judge in Indiana, 1834-39; member of Indiana
state senate, 1841-43; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1843-45; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1845-62; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1867-71; Presidential Elector for
Kentucky, 1868.
Presbyterian.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate, February 5, 1862, over alleged disloyalty
to the Union, as evidenced by a letter of introduction he wrote
for an arms merchant, addressed to Confederate president Jefferson
Davis.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 20,
1875 (age 62 years, 153
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Eccles G. Van Riper (b. 1841) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1841.
Democrat. Mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1870.
In 1862, while traveling on business in Arkansas, was captured
by the Confederate Army and charged
with being a spy;
tried
before a military court in Little Rock and sentenced
to death; reprieved by the arrival of a new military commander, but
imprisoned
until the end of the war.
Burial
location unknown.
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Donn M. Roberts (1867-1936) —
of Indiana.
Born in Annapolis, Crawford
County, Ill., September
28, 1867.
Mayor
of Terre Haute, Ind., 1913-15.
Convicted
of bribery
in 1915 and spent three and a half years in prison;
convicted
of embezzlement
in 1936 and sentenced
to prison.
Released from prison following a heart
attack, and died a few days later, in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., August 3,
1936 (age 68 years, 310
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Roy Lloyd Shattuck (1871-1915) —
also known as Roy Shattuck —
of Brazil, Clay
County, Ind.
Born in Clay
County, Ind., June 2,
1871.
Son of Volney B. Shattuck and Henrietta Bessie (Pearce) Shattuck.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1914.
Arrested
in February 1915, and arraigned
in federal court in Indianapolis, along with four other 1914
candidates, for attempting to corrupt
the election in Vigo County; pleaded not guilty, but died before
he could be tried.
Died in Brazil, Clay
County, Ind., August
15, 1915 (age 44 years, 74
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Claude E. Negley —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Marion
County, Ind.
Republican. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1927.
Pleaded
guilty in 1927 to bribery
charges
and fined.
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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John L. Duvall (1874-1962) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Tazewell
County, Ill., November
29, 1874.
Republican. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1926-27; resigned 1927.
Convicted
in 1927 of violating the state corrupt practices act by taking
bribes from Ku Klux
Klan leader leader D. C. Stephenson; sentenced
to 30 days in jail, fined
$1,000, and forced to
resign as mayor.
Died February
25, 1962 (age 87 years, 88
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Edward L. Jackson (1873-1954) —
also known as Ed Jackson —
of New Castle, Henry
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Orleans, Orange
County, Ind.
Born in Howard
County, Ind., December
27, 1873.
Son of Presley E. Jackson and Elizabeth (Howell) Jackson.
Republican. Lawyer; Henry
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1903-05; circuit judge in Indiana,
1909-14; secretary of
state of Indiana, 1917, 1921-25; defeated, 1914; served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of
Indiana, 1925-29.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
Charged
with bribery;
tried
and found not guilty.
Died November
18, 1954 (age 80 years, 326
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Orleans, Ind.
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