Politicians in Trouble: 1970 to 1979
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- Bobby Lee Rush (b. 1946) — also known as Bobby L.
Rush — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga., November
23, 1946. Democrat. Candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1978; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1993-; candidate for
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1999; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 2000,
2004.
Black.
Protestant.
As a Black Panther, spent six months in prison on
a weapons
charge.
Still living as of 2006.
- Paul David Wellstone (1944-2002) — also known as
Paul Wellstone; "Senator Welfare" — of
Minnesota. Born in Washington,
D.C., July 21,
1944. Son of Leon Wexelstein and Minnie (Danishevsky) Wexelstein;
married 1963
to Sheila Ison (1944-2002). College
professor; arrested
during a Vietnam War
protest at the federal building in Minneapolis, 1970; arrested
again during a protest of
farm foreclosures at a bank in Paynesville, Minn., 1984;
candidate for Minnesota
state auditor, 1982; member of Democratic
National Committee from Minnesota, 1984-91; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1991-2002; died in office 2002; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 2000.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa. Killed in a plane
crash, along with his wife and daughter, near Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
25, 2002. Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
- Angela Yvonne Davis (b. 1944) — also known as
Angela Davis — Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., January
26, 1944. Daughter of Sallye E. Davis; brother of Ben Davis
(professional football player). Communist. Following a violent escape
attempt at the Marin County (California) Hall of Justice, August
7, 1970, in which several people were killed,
she was implicated
as an accomplice and fled;
later arrested
in New York, tried,
and acquitted in 1972; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1980, 1984; during the Communist
coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991, she supported Gorbachev, and
subsequently left the Communist Party; university
professor. Female. Black.
Still living as of 2008.
- Hulan Edwin Jack (1906-1986) — also known as
Hulan E. Jack — of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y. Born in St.
Lucia, December
29, 1906. Married to Almira Wilkinson. Democrat. Paper box
manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly, 1941-53, 1968-72 (New York County 17th District
1941-44, New York County 14th District 1945-53, 70th District
1968-72); defeated in primary, 1972; borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1954-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1956;
indicted
in 1960 on charges
of conspiracy to obstruct
justice and violation of the City Charter, over acceptance
of $4,400 from a real estate developer; the indictment was
dismissed, but then reinstated on appeal; a trial, in
June and July 1960, resulted in a hung jury; at a second trial was
convicted;
his sentence
was suspended, but he was automatically removed from
office as Borough President; indicted
in 1970 on federal charges
of conspiracy and conflict
of interest; tried, convicted,
and sentenced
to three months in prison,
and fined
$5,000. Black. Catholic.
Member, Elks; Phi
Beta Sigma. Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
19, 1986. Burial
location unknown.
- Lloyd Davis (c.1915-2001) — of South Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1967-70. Catholic.
Member, Sierra
Club. On October 26, 1969, he stabbed
his wife, Mary Troja Davis, with a 9-inch butcher knife; she
recovered. Charged
with felony assault to commit murder;
tried
in 1970 and found not guilty by reason of insanity. Years later, he
attributed the incident to a skin cancer drug. Died in South
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
22, 2001. Burial
location unknown.
- Helen Cobb (c.1922-1999) — of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif. Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan. Candidate in primary for mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1963. Female.
Member, League
of Women Voters. Indicted
in 1970 on bribery
conspiracy charges
in connection with the "Yellow Cab Scandal";
acquitted. Died, from complications of emphysema
and diabetes,
at Chase Medical
Center, El Cajon, San Diego
County, Calif., March 8,
1999. Burial
location unknown.
- Frank E. Curran — of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif. Mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1963-71. Indicted
in 1970 on bribery
and conspiracy charges
in connection with the "Yellow Cab Scandal".
Still living as of 1971.
- Paul Taylor Powell (1902-1970) — also known as
Paul Powell — of Vienna, Johnson
County, Ill. Born in Vienna, Johnson
County, Ill., January
21, 1902. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
chair of
Johnson County Democratic Party, 1950; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1959-63; secretary of
state of Illinois, 1965-70; died in office 1970. In 1966, his
office was investigated
for corruption; he was exonerated, but his chief investigator was
indicted for theft of state funds. Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., October
10, 1970; about $800,000 was found in shoeboxes in his room at
the St. Nicholas Hotel in Springfield, Ill. Interment at Fraternal
Cemetery, Vienna, Ill.
- Jack Paul Faustin Gremillion (1914-2001) — also
known as Jack P. F. Gremillion — of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La. Born in Donaldsonville, Ascension
Parish, La., June 15,
1914. Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1956-72; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1960.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Lions.
While opposing New Orleans school desegregation in federal court in
1960, walked out of the courtroom, calling the court a "den of
iniquity"; convicted
of contempt
of court; sentence
was suspended. Indicted
in 1969 for fraud and
conspiracy over his dealings with the bankrupt Louisiana Loan and
Thrift Corp.; tried in
1971 and acquitted. Convicted
later that year on federal perjury
charges in a related case; sentenced
to three years in prison;
served 15 months. Pardoned
in 1976 by Gov. Edwin
Edwards. Died in Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical
Center, Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., March 2,
2001. Interment at Greenoaks
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
- Joseph Lawrence Alioto (1916-1998) — also known as
Joseph L. Alioto — of San
Francisco, Calif. Born in San
Francisco, Calif., February
12, 1916. Son of Guiseppe Alioto (1886-1961) and Domenica Mae
(Lazio) Alioto (1893-1971); married, June 2,
1941, to Angelina Genaro (divorced 1977); married 1978 to Kathleen
Sullivan; father of Angela
Mia Alioto; grandfather of Michela
Alioto-Pier. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1968-76; candidate in primary for Governor of
California, 1974. Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Indicted
in 1971 on federal charges
of bribery,
conspiracy, and mail fraud; acquitted in 1972. Died, of prostate
cancer and pneumonia,
in San
Francisco, Calif., January
29, 1998. Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
- Thomas J. Whelan (1922-2002) — of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J. Born January
28, 1922. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1963-71; removed 1971. Catholic.
Tried
on federal charges
of extortion
and conspiracy; convicted
and sentenced
to 15 years in prison.
Died following a heart
attack, in a nursing
home in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., July 31,
2002. Burial
location unknown.
- Kenneth O. Tompkins (born c.1907) — of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa. Republican. Mayor
of Johnstown, Pa., 1964-71; resigned 1971; indicted
in January 1971 on bribery-conspiracy
charges
over acceptance
of money from Teleprompter Corporation for a cable television
franchise; pleaded
guilty and testified against others. Still living as of 1971.
- W. Bernard Smith (b. 1930) — of Logan, Logan
County, W.Va. Born in Logan, Logan
County, W.Va., September
7, 1930. Son of B. H. Smith and Dolly (Chafin) Smith; married to
DeLena A. Powell. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1969-72; removed 1972.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon. Expelled
from West Virginia State Senate, January 27, 1972. Still living as of
1972.
- John Bowden Connally, Jr. (1917-1993) — also known
as John B. Connally — of Texas. Born near Floresville,
Wilson
County, Tex., February
27, 1917. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of
Texas, 1963-69; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1964;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1971-72; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1980.
Methodist.
Shot
and wounded in Dallas, Tex., November 22, 1963, in the same volley of
gunfire that killed President John
F. Kennedy. Prosecuted
for bribery
conspiracy in connection with milk price supports; acquitted.
Died of pulmonary
fibrosis, in Methodist Hospital,
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., June 15,
1993. Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher (b. 1921) — also known as
Neil Gallagher — of New Jersey. Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., March 2,
1921. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 13th District, 1959-73. Member,
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Elks; Knights
of Columbus. Accused
by Life magazine in 1968 of having made deals with New Jersey
Mafia
leader Joseph Zicarelli. Indicted
in 1972 on federal charges
of income tax income
tax evasion, conspiracy, and perjury.
After losing the primary that year, he pleaded
guilty to some of the charges, and was sentenced
to two years in prison
and a $10,000 fine.
Still living as of 1998.
- John V. Kenny (1894-1975) — also known as
"Little Guy" — of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., April 6,
1894. Mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1949-53; resigned 1953. Catholic.
Pleaded
guilty to six federal counts of tax
evasion in May 1972, and sentenced
to prison.
Died, of a heart
attack, in a nursing
home at Paramus, Bergen
County, N.J., June 2,
1975. Interment at Holy
Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
- Otto Kerner, Jr. (1908-1976) — of Glenview, Cook
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
15, 1908. Son of Rose Barbara (Chmelik) Kerner and Otto
Kerner; married, October
29, 1934, to Helena I. Cermak (daughter of Anton
Joseph Cermak). Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1947-54; county
judge in Illinois, 1954-60; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
Governor
of Illinois, 1961-68; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1968-74; resigned
1974. Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Military
Order of the World Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi. While serving as Governor, he and another official
made a gain of over $300,000 in a stock deal which prosecutors later
characterized as bribery.
Convicted
in 1973 on 17 counts of bribery,
conspiracy, perjury,
and related charges; sentenced
to three years in federal prison
and fined
$50,000. Died of cancer, May 9,
1976. Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
- Spiro Theodore Agnew (1918-1996) — also known as
Spiro T. Agnew; Spiro Theodore Anagnostopoulos;
"Spiro T. Eggplant"; "Nixon's
Nixon"; "The White Knight" — of
Towson, Baltimore
County, Md. Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
9, 1918. Son of Theodore Spiro Agnew and Margaret (Akers) Agnew;
married, May 27,
1942, to Elinor Isabel 'Judy' Judefind. Republican. Served in the
U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Army during the
Korean conflict; lawyer; Baltimore
County Executive, 1962-66; Governor of
Maryland, 1967-69; Vice
President of the United States, 1969-73. Episcopalian.
Greek
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Order of
Ahepa; Phi
Alpha Delta. Was charged
with accepting bribes
and falsifying federal income
tax returns; pleaded no
contest to tax
evasion and resigned
as Vice-President, October 10, 1973; disbarred
by a Maryland court in 1974. Died, of leukemia,
in Atlantic General Hospital,
Berlin, Worcester
County, Md., September
17, 1996. Interment at Dulaney
Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Md.
- John J. Peluso (b. 1923) — also known as
"Johnny TV" — of Newport, Campbell
County, Ky. Born June 1,
1923. Mayor of
Newport, Ky., 1964-68, 1976-80; defeated, 1971, 1983. Indicted
in 1973 on charges
of possession
of stolen bonds; later dismissed. Convicted
in 1983 of promoting
gambling. Indicted
in 1984 on federal charges
of bribery
and conspiracy; pleaded
guilty to perjury
in 1985; sentenced
to ten years in prison;
released in 1989. Still living as of 2001.
- Frank James Brasco (1932-1998) — also known as
Frank J. Brasco — of New York. Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
15, 1932. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1967-75. Catholic.
Indicted
in 1973, along with his uncle Joseph Brasco, on federal bribery
conspiracy charges,
over payoffs
received from a Bronx trucking company which was seeking mail hauling
contracts from the Post Office; the first trial led
to a hung jury; retried
and convicted;
sentenced
to five years in prison,
with all but three months suspended, fined
$10,000, and disbarred.
Died October
19, 1998. Burial
location unknown.
- Harry Lloyd Sears, Jr. (1920-2002) — also known as
Harry L. Sears — of Mountain Lakes, Morris
County, N.J.; Mt. Arlington, Morris
County, N.J. Born in Butler, Morris
County, N.J., January
16, 1920. Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1962-67; member of New Jersey
state senate, 1968-71; resigned 1971; candidate in primary for Governor of
New Jersey, 1969; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1972.
In 1972, he delivered a briefcase with $200,000 in cash from his
client Robert Vesco to President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign; indicted
in 1973 on bribery
conspiracy charges;
granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony
against co-defendants John
N. Mitchell and Maurice
H. Stans, who were both acquitted. His license to practice law
was suspended
for three years. Died in Denville, Morris
County, N.J., May 17,
2002. Burial
location unknown.
- Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr. (1911-1986) — also known as
Guy H. Jones, Sr.; Mutt Jones — of Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark. Born in Faulkner
County, Ark., June 29,
1911. Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1952-60, 1964-74; candidate in primary for Governor of
Arkansas, 1954. As a state senator, he was instrumental in
securing many state agencies for Conway and Faulkner County. Convicted
in 1973 on federal
tax charges;
expelled
from the Arkansas Senate in 1974. Suffered heart
attacks and a stroke,
and subsequently died, in Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark., August
10, 1986. Burial
location unknown.
- Maurice Hubert Stans (1908-1998) — also known as
Maurice H. Stans — of Washington,
D.C. Born in Shakopee, Scott
County, Minn., March 22,
1908. Son of J. Hubert Stans and Mathilda (Nyssen) Stans;
married, September
7, 1933, to Kathleen Carmody. Accountant;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1969-72. Catholic.
Indicted
in 1973, along with John
N. Mitchell, for perjury
and obstruction
over a contribution
from fugitive financier Robert Vesco to President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign; tried and
acquitted; later pleaded
guilty to five violations of campaign
finance laws and paid a fine of
$5,000. Suffered a heart
attack, and died five days later, at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 14,
1998. Burial
location unknown.
- Richard Gordon Kleindienst (1923-2000) — also known
as Richard G. Kleindienst — of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz. Born in Winslow, Navajo
County, Ariz., August 5,
1923. Son of Alfred Kleindienst (postmaster, Winslow, Arizona).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1953-54; Arizona
Republican state chair, 1956-60, 1962-63; member of Republican
National Committee from Arizona, 1956-60, 1962-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Arizona, 1960,
1964;
candidate for Governor of
Arizona, 1964; U.S.
Attorney General, 1972-73. Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks. Pleaded
guilty in 1974 to failing to
testify fully in Senate investigation of favoritism toward ITT
Corporation; the sentence was suspended. Tried and
found not guilty of perjury
in 1981, but his license to practice law was suspended
for a year. Died, of lung
cancer, in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., February
3, 2000. Interment somewhere
in Phoenix, Ariz.
- Gerald Norman Springer (b. 1944) — also known as
Jerry Springer; "Sultan of Salaciousness"
— of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio. Born in London, England,
February
13, 1944. Married 1973 to Micki
Velton (divorced). Democrat. Resigned
from Cincinnati city council in 1974 after admitting he paid
a prostitute with a personal check, which was found in a police
raid on a massage parlor; won back his council seat in 1975 and went
on to become mayor; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977-78; candidate in primary for Governor of
Ohio, 1982; local television news
anchor; host of a raucus national television talk
show; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 2004.
Jewish.
Member, Tau
Epsilon Phi. Still living as of 2004.
- Harry Shuler Dent (1930-2007) — also known as
Harry S. Dent — of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C. Born in St. Matthews, Calhoun
County, S.C., February
21, 1930. Son of Hampton N. Dent and Sallie P. Dent; married to
Betty Francis. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean
conflict; South Carolina
Republican state chair, 1965-68; special counsel and political
advisor to President Richard
M. Nixon; pleaded
guilty in 1974 to a federal campaign
finance violation, and sentenced
to one month probation.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Pi
Kappa Alpha. Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., September
28, 2007. Burial
location unknown.
- Wilbur Daigh Mills (1909-1992) — also known as
Wilbur D. Mills — of Kensett, White
County, Ark. Born in Kensett, White
County, Ark., May 24,
1909. Democrat. State court judge in Arkansas, 1934-38; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1939-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940,
1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
In October 1974, he was driving late at night in Washington, D.C. without
lights on; when stopped by police, he was seen to be intoxicated
and his face was bloody from a scuffle; an Argentine striptease
artist named Fanne Fox leaped from his car and jumped into the
nearby Tidal Basin; after this incident highlighted his alcoholism,
he was forced to
resign his powerful chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee
and seek treatment. Died in 1992.
Interment at Kensett
Cemetery, Kensett, Ark.
- Nelson G. Gross (1932-1997) — of Saddle River, Bergen
County, N.J. Born January
9, 1932. Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1962; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1968;
chair of
Bergen County Republican Party, 1969; New Jersey
Republican state chair, 1969; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1970; real estate
developer; restaurant
owner. Jewish. Indicted
in May 1973 on charges
of falsifying
a $5,000 contribution to the 1969 campaign of Gov. William
T. Cahill, conspiring to commit tax
evasion by disguising the contribution as a business expense, and
counseling a witness to commit perjury;
convicted
in March 1974, and sentenced
to two years jail;
served six months. Kidnapped in Edgewater, N.J., robbed of $20,000,
taken to New York, and murdered,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1997. Burial
location unknown.
- John Newton Mitchell (1913-1988) — also known as
John N. Mitchell — of New York; Washington,
D.C. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
15, 1913. Son of Joseph Charles Mitchell and Margaret Agnes
(McMahon) Mitchell; married to Martha Beall. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Attorney General, 1969-72. Member, American Bar
Association. A central figure in the Watergate scandal.
Indicted
in 1973, along with Maurice
Stans, for perjury
and obstruction
over a contribution
from fugitive financier Robert Vesco to President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign; tried and
acquitted. Convicted
in February 1975 of conspiracy, obstruction
of justice and perjury,
over his role in the Watergate
break-in, and sentenced
to two and a half to eight years in prison;
served 19 months. Suffered a heart
attack, and died later the same day, at George Washington
University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., November
9, 1988. Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
- Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994) — also known as
Richard M. Nixon; "Tricky Dick";
"Searchlight" — of Whittier, Los
Angeles County, Calif. Born in Yorba Linda, Orange
County, Calif., January
9, 1913. Married, June 21,
1940, to Thelma Catherine 'Pat' Ryan (died 1993). Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 1947-50; U.S.
Senator from California, 1950-53; appointed 1950; resigned 1953;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1952,
1956;
Vice
President of the United States, 1953-61; President
of the United States, 1969-74; defeated, 1960; candidate for Governor of
California, 1962; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1964.
Quaker.
Member, American
Legion. Discredited by the Watergate scandal,
as many of his subordinates were charged with crimes; in July 1974,
the U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted three articles of
impeachment against him, over obstruction
of justice, abuse
of power, and contempt
of Congress; soon after, a tape recording emerged which directly
implicated
him in the Watergate
break-in; with impeachment certain, he resigned.
pardoned
in 1974 by President Gerald
R. Ford. Died, from a stroke, at
New
York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 22,
1994. Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
- Cross-reference: Maurice
H. Stans; John
H. Holdridge; Clark
MacGregor; Harry
L. Sears; Harry S.
Dent; Christian
A. Herter, Jr.; John
N. Mitchell
- See also: congressional
biography; Wikipedia
article; Internet
Movie Database profile.
- Books by Richard M.
Nixon: RN
: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (1978); Beyond
Peace (1994); 1999:
Victory Without War (1988); Leaders
(1982); Memoirs;
Six
Crises (1962); The
Challenges We Face (1960, out of print); In
the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat and Renewal (1990, out of
print); No
More Vietnams (1985, out of print); The
Poetry of Richard Milhous Nixon (1974, out of print); Real
Peace (1984, out of print); The
Real War (1980, out of print); Seize
The Moment: America's Challenge in a One-Superpower World (1992,
out of print)
- Books about Richard M. Nixon: Melvin
Small, The
Presidency of Richard Nixon; Joan Hoff, Nixon
Reconsidered; Jonathan Aitken, Nixon
: A Life; Garry Wills, Nixon
Agonistes : The Crisis of the Self-Made Man; Thomas Monsell, Nixon
on Stage and Screen : The Thirty-Seventh President As Depicted in
Films, Television, Plays and Opera; Stephen E. Ambrose, Nixon
: Education of a Politician, 1913-1962; Richard Reeves, President
Nixon: Alone in the White House; Roger Morris, Richard
Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician; Robert Mason,
Richard
Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority; Jules Witcover, Very
Strange Bedfellows : The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon
& Spiro Agnew
- Critical books about Richard M.
Nixon: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents; Lance Morrow, The
Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:
Learning the Secrets of Power
- Bertram L. Podell (1925-2005) — of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1925.
Married to Bernice Posen. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1955-67 (Kings County 21st District 1955-65, 53rd
District 1966, 44th District 1967); U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1968-75; charged
in 1974 with conspiracy, the solicitation
and acceptance
of bribes, criminal conflict
of interest, and perjury;
on the tenth day of his trial, he
pleaded
guilty to conspiracy and conflict
of interest; sentenced
to six months in prison;
the prosecutor was Rudolph
W. Giuliani. Jewish.
Died, of kidney
failure, at Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
17, 2005. Burial
location unknown.
- William Ewing Duffield (1922-2001) — also known as
William E. Duffield — of Pennsylvania. Born in Cherry
Tree, Indiana
County, Pa., January
7, 1922. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1971-78. Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks. Disbarred
in 1975 for mishandling
cases and client funds; reinstated to the bar in 1978. Convicted
in 1980 on 11 federal counts of mail fraud and one count of perjury;
served six months in federal prison.
Disbarred
again in 1994 for mishandling
a murder case. Died, of cancer and
strokes,
in Uniontown Hospital,
Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., January
14, 2001. Interment at Sylvan
Heights Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa.
- Deane Roesch Hinton (b. 1923) — also known as
Deane R. Hinton — of Illinois. Born in Fort Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., March 12,
1923. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Zaire, 1974-75; El Salvador, 1981; Pakistan, 1983-86; Costa Rica, 1987-90; Panama, 1990-94; declared
persona
non grata by the government of Zaire, June 18, 1975. Still living
as of 1994.
- John Burley Swainson (1925-1994) — also known as
John B. Swainson — of Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manchester, Washtenaw
County, Mich. Born in Windsor, Ontario,
July
31, 1925. Son of John
A. C. Swainson. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World
War II; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1955-58; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1959-60; Governor of
Michigan, 1961-62; defeated, 1962; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1963; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1965-70; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1971-75; resigned 1975. Member, American
Legion; Amvets; Disabled
American Veterans; Purple
Heart; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Lions; Delta
Theta Phi. Lost both
legs in a land mine explosion on November 15, 1944, near Metz,
Alsace-Lorraine, during World War II. Charged
in 1975 with accepting a
bribe; found not guilty, but convicted
of perjury
over his testimony to the grand jury. Died, of a heart
attack, in Manchester, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 13,
1994. Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, Mich.
- John Linebaugh Knuppel (1923-1986) — also known as
John L. Knuppel — of Petersburg, Menard
County, Ill. Born in Easton, Mason
County, Ill., August
15, 1923. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention, 1969-70; member of
Illinois
state senate, 1971-81 (42nd District 1971-73, 48th District
1973-81); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1980. Lutheran.
German
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars. Jailed
for contempt
of court for refusing to
wear a tie. Died, of heart
disease, in a hospital
at Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., November
15, 1986. Interment somewhere
in Havana, Ill.
- David Hall (b. 1930) — of Tulsa
County, Okla. Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., October
20, 1930. Son of William A. Hall; married to Jo Evans. Democrat.
Lawyer;
Tulsa
County District Attorney, 1962-66; law
professor; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1971-75; defeated in primary, 1966, 1974. Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Beta Kappa. Indicted
in 1975 on extortion
and conspiracy charges;
later convicted,
sentenced
to three years in prison,
and served 19 months; disbarred
in 1978. Still living as of 2007.
- Daniel Baugh Brewster (1923-2007) — also known as
Daniel B. Brewster — of Maryland. Born in Baltimore
County, Md., November
23, 1923. Married 1967 to Anne
Bullitt (daughter of William
Christian Bullitt); married 1976 to Judy
Lynn Aarsand. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World
War II; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1959-63; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1963-69; defeated, 1968; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association. Indicted
in 1969 on charges
of accepting
an illegal gratuity; after trial, conviction,
and reversal, pleaded no
contest, 1975. Died, of liver
cancer, in Owings Mills, Baltimore
County, Md., August
19, 2007. Cremated.
- Leonard Peltier (b. 1944) — Born in Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak., September
12, 1944. Son of Leo Peltier and Alvina (Robideau) Peltier.
American Indian activist and member of the American Indian Movement;
alleged to have been involved in a shoot-out at the Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation in South Dakota, June 26, 1975, in which three died,
including two FBI agents; fled
South Dakota, was arrested
in Canada, and extradited
to the U.S.; tried and
convicted
of murder
in 1977, and sentenced
to two life terms in prison;
Peace and Freedom candidate for President
of the United States, 2004. American
Indian ancestry. Still living as of 2008.
- Joe David Waggonner, Jr. (1918-2007) — also known as
Joe Waggonner, Jr. — of Plain Dealing, Bossier
Parish, La. Born near Plain Dealing, Bossier
Parish, La., September
7, 1918. Son of Joe David Waggonner and Elizzibeth (Johnston)
Waggonner; married, December
14, 1942, to Mary Ruth Carter. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean
conflict; wholesale petroleum
products distribution business; member, Louisiana state board of
education, 1960-61; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1961-79. Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions; Kappa
Sigma. Arrested
in Washington, D.C., 1976, for soliciting
a policewoman posing as a prostitute.
Died in 2007.
Interment at Plain
Dealing Cemetery, Plain Dealing, La.
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (1906-1994) — also known as
Robert L. F. Sikes — of Crestview, Okaloosa
County, Fla. Born in Isabella, Worth
County, Ga., June 3,
1906. Son of Benjamin Franklin Sikes and Clara Ophelia (Ford)
Sikes; married to Inez Tyner. Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1941-44, 1945-79 (3rd District
1941-44, 1945-63, 1st District 1963-79); resigned 1944. Methodist.
Member, National Rifle
Association; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Alpha
Gamma Rho; Alpha
Zeta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi. Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1976 over conflicts
of interest. Died while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, September
28, 1994. Interment at Liveoak
Park Memorial Cemetery, Crestview, Fla.
- Richard Thomas Hanna (1914-2001) — also known as
Richard T. Hanna; "The Little Leprechaun"
— of Fullerton, Orange
County, Calif.; Anaheim, Orange
County, Calif. Born in Kemmerer, Lincoln
County, Wyo., June 9,
1914. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1956-62; while in the Assembly, he helped bring
about the establishment
of the University of California at Irvine and California State
University at Fullerton; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1960;
U.S.
Representative from California 34th District, 1963-74; resigned
1974. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Lions. In
the 1970s, he received
payments of about $200,000 from Korean businessman Tongsun Park
in what became known as the "Koreagate" influence buying scandal;
pleaded
guilty; sentenced
to 6-30 months in federal
prison; served one year. Died in Tryon, Polk
County, N.C., June 9,
2001. Cremated; ashes
scattered.
- Henry Helstoski (1925-1999) — of East Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J. Born in Wallington, Bergen
County, N.J., March 21,
1925. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War
II; mayor of East Rutherford, N.J., 1957-64; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1965-77; defeated,
1976, 1978, 1980; candidate in primary for Governor of
New Jersey, 1969. Indicted
in 1976 on charges
of receiving a
bribe; never tried. Died December
16, 1999. Burial
location unknown.
- Allan Turner Howe (1927-2000) — of Utah. Born in
Utah, 1927.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Utah 2nd District, 1975-77; defeated, 1976.
Arrested
in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1976, for soliciting
a policewoman posing as a prostitute.
Died December
14, 2000. Burial
location unknown.
- Abraham J. Gellinoff (c.1903-1994) — of Manhattan,
New
York County, N.Y. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1961-76. Resigned
during an inquiry
into the appointment of his
son-in-law as an arbitrator. Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1994. Burial
location unknown.
- Earl Lauer Butz (1909-2008) — also known as Earl
L. Butz — of West Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind. Born in Albion, Noble
County, Ind., July 3,
1909. Son of Herman Lee Butz and Ada Tillie (Lower) Butz;
married, December
22, 1937, to Mary Emma Powell; uncle of Dave Butz (professional
football player). Economist;
university
professor; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1971-76. Member, Kiwanis;
Alpha
Gamma Rho; Alpha
Zeta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Sigma
Xi; Tau
Kappa Alpha. Resigned
in 1976 following a furor
over a racist
joke. In 1981, he pleaded
guilty to income
tax evasion; sentenced
to five years in prison
(served 30 days) and fined
$10,000. Died in Washington,
D.C., February
2, 2008. Burial
location unknown.
- Irving H. Saypol (1905-1977) — of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
3, 1905. Son of Louis Saypol and Minnie (Michakin) Saypol;
married, September
29, 1925, to Adele D. Kaplan. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1949-51;
prosecuted Ethel and Julius Rosenberg on espionage charges; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1952-68. Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Knights
of Pythias. Indicted
in May 1976, along with Surrogate S.
Samuel DiFalco, on bribery
and perjury
charges,
in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain appraisal and auction
commissions for Saypol's son;
the charges were later dismissed. Died, of cancer, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 30,
1977. Burial
location unknown.
- S. Samuel DiFalco (1906-1978) — of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y. Born in Italy,
July
26, 1906. Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for New York
state assembly, 1935; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1949-56; New York
County Surrogate, 1957-76. Italian
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall. Indicted
in May 1976, along with Justice Irving
Saypol, on official
misconduct charges,
in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain appraisal and auction
commissions for Saypol's son; the charges were later dismissed. Indicted
in February 1978 for criminal
contempt, in connection with his statements to a grand jury, but
died before trial. Died, from a heart
attack, while dining
with friends at the Columbus Club, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1978. Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
- Henry J. Cianfrani (1923-2002) — also known as
"Buddy Brown"; "The Pizza" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in a hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 19,
1923. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956,
1960,
1964;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1963-66; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1967-76. Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
Italy. Convicted
in 1977 on federal charges of racketeering and mail fraud for padding
his Senate payroll; sentenced
to five years in federal prison;
served 27 months; released in 1980. Died, following a stroke, in
Hahnemann University Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 3,
2002. Burial
location unknown.
- Marvin Mandel (b. 1920) — of Maryland. Born in Baltimore,
Md., April 19,
1920. Married 1941 to Barbara
'Bootsie' Oberfield (divorced 1974); married 1974 to Jeanne
Blackistone Dorsey. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World
War II; lawyer;
member of Maryland
Democratic State Central Committee, 1951; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1952-69; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1963-69; Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1968-69; Governor of
Maryland, 1969-77, 1979; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1976.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; Omicron
Delta Kappa. Charged
with mail fraud, over his acceptance
of gifts from owners of the Marlboro Race Track, in return for
his support for legislation benefiting the track; tried and
convicted
in 1977; sentenced
to prison;
his conviction was later overturned. Still living as of 2001.
- Philip C. Bellfy (b. 1946) — also known as Phil
Bellfy — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich. Born, in a hospital
at Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 7,
1946. College
teacher; Human Rights candidate for Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1976; Human Rights candidate
for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1976;
after refusing to
remove his hat, was arrested
for trespassing in Michigan state capitol building, 1977; candidate
for Michigan
state house of representatives, 1978; Independent candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1986; Workers League
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1988.
Chippewa
Indian ancestry. Still living as of 2004.
- Richard McGarrah Helms (1913-2002) — also known as
Richard Helms — of Washington,
D.C. Born in St. Davids, Delaware
County, Pa., March 30,
1913. Married 1939 to Julia
Bretzman Shields (divorced 1968); married 1968 to Cynthia
McKelvie. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Director, U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency, 1966-73; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1973-77; pleaded
guilty in 1977 to perjury
charges,
over his testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Member, Chi Psi;
Phi
Beta Kappa. Died, of multiple
myeloma, in Washington,
D.C., October
22, 2002. Cremated; ashes
interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
- Larry Flynt (b. 1942) — also known as "The
King of Smut" — of California. Born in Salyersville,
Magoffin
County, Ky., November
1, 1942. Married 1976 to Althea
Leasure (1953-1987). Democrat. Owner of night
clubs; publisher of Hustler, a pornographic magazine;
convicted
in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977 on obscenity
and organized
crime charges,
and sentenced
to 25 years in prison,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; shot by a
sniper in Lawrenceville, Georgia, 1978, and paralyzed
from the waist down; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003. Still living as of 2007.
- Charles Herbert Wilson (1917-1984) — also known as
Charles H. Wilson — of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif. Born in Magna, Salt Lake
County, Utah, February
15, 1917. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of California
state assembly, 1955-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960;
U.S.
Representative from California 31st District, 1963-81. Member,
American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1978 for accepting a $1,000
wedding gift from a key figure in the Koreagate scandal;
censured
by the House of Representatives in 1980 for financial
misconduct; no criminal charges were filed. Died, of a heart
attack, at Southern Maryland Hospital,
Clinton, Prince
George's County, Md., July 21,
1984. Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
- J. Herbert Burke (1913-1993) — of Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
14, 1913. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1967-79 (10th District 1967-73, 12th
District 1973-79); defeated, 1955 (6th District), 1978 (12th
District); delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,
1972.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles; Elks; Kiwanis;
Moose.
Arrested
in 1978 for being drunk
and disruptive in the parking lot of a strip
club; pleaded
guilty to public
drunkenness, disorderly conduct and witness
tampering. Died June 16,
1993. Burial
location unknown.
- Robert Bullock (1929-1999) — also known as Bob
Bullock — of Texas. Born in Hillsboro, Hill
County, Tex., July 10,
1929. Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives; elected 1956, 1958; secretary of
state of Texas, 1971-72; Texas state
comptroller, 1975-90; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1991-99. Investigated
by a grand jury in 1978, but no indictment resulted. Died in Austin,
Travis
County, Tex., June 18,
1999. Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
- Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. (1922-1998) — also known as
Charles C. Diggs, Jr. — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
2, 1922. Son of Charles
Coles Diggs, Sr.. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; mortician;
member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1955-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1956.
Black.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks. First
chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus; charged
in March 1978 with taking kickbacks
from staff whose salaries he raised; convicted,
October 7, 1978, on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing false
payroll forms; insisted he had done nothing wrong, and was re-elected
while awaiting sentencing; censured
by the House on July 31, 1979; sentenced
to three years in prison
and served 14 months. Died, of a stroke, at
Greater Southwest Community Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1998. Interment at Detroit
Memorial Park, Warren, Mich.
- Otto Ernest Passman (1900-1988) — also known as
Otto E. Passman — of Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La. Born near Franklinton, Washington
Parish, La., June 27,
1900. Son of Ed Passman and Pheriby (Carrier) Passman; married to
Willie Bateman. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; furniture
business; U.S.
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