Politicians in Trouble: 1980 to 1989
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- Leonard Ray Blanton (1930-1996) — also known as
Ray Blanton — of Adamsville, McNairy
County, Tenn. Born in Hardin
County, Tenn., April 10,
1930. Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1964-66; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1967-73; defeated,
1988; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1972; Governor of
Tennessee, 1975-79. Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Moose.
Ousted
as Governor amid charges of selling
pardons; later convicted
of conspiracy to sell
liquor licenses and served 23 months in prison.
Died, of kidney
disease, at Jackson-Madison County Hospital,
Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., November
22, 1996. Interment at Shiloh
Church Cemetery, Shiloh, Tenn.
- John Michael Murphy (b. 1926) — also known as
John M. Murphy — of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y. Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., August 3,
1926. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-81 (16th District 1963-73,
17th District 1973-81); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1964.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus. Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; indicted
June 18 and convicted
December 3, 1980, of conspiracy, conflict
of interest, and accepting an illegal
gratuity; sentenced
to three years in prison
and fined $20,000; paroled in 1985. Still living as of 1998.
- 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.
- John Patrick Murtha, Jr. (b. 1932) — also known as
John P. Murtha — of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa. Born in New Martinsville, Wetzel
County, W.Va., June 17,
1932. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the
Vietnam War; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1969-74; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1974-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2000,
2004.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; never charged, but cited by the grand jury in
1980 as an unindicted
co-conspirator. Still living as of 2004.
- Robert Edmund Bauman (b. 1937) — also known as
Robert E. Bauman — of Easton, Talbot
County, Md. Born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., April 4,
1937. Son of John Carl Bauman and Florence (House) Bauman;
married, November
19, 1960, to Carol Gene Dawson (annulled). Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1964,
1972
(alternate); member of Maryland
state senate, 1971-73; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1973-81; defeated,
1980. Catholic.
Gay.
Member, American Bar
Association; Humane
Society; Izaak
Walton League; Young
Americans for Freedom; Elks; Jaycees.
Pleaded
guilty in 1980 to a sex-solicitation
charge.
Still living as of 1998.
- Frank Thompson, Jr. (1918-1989) — of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J. Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., July 26,
1918. Son of Frank Thompson and Beatrice (Jameson) Thompson;
married, January
10, 1942, to Evelina Gleaves Van Metre. Democrat. Served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1950-54; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1955-80; defeated,
1980. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars. Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; indicted
on June 18 and convicted
on December 3, 1980, on bribery
and conspiracy charges; sentenced
to three years in prison.
Died in 1989.
Burial
location unknown.
- Richard Kelly (1924-2005) — of Florida. Born in
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 31,
1924. Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Florida, 1960-74; U.S.
Representative from Florida 5th District, 1975-81. Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; indicted
June 13, 1980, and convicted
January 26, 1981, on charges of bribery
conspiracy, and interstate travel to further illegal activities; the
conviction was overturned on appeal, then reinstated; served 13
months in prison.
Died in Stevensville, Ravalli
County, Mont., August
22, 2005. Burial
location unknown.
- Daniel John Flood (1903-1994) — also known as
Daniel J. Flood — of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa. Born in Hazleton, Luzerne
County, Pa., November
26, 1903. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1945-47, 1949-53,
1955-80; defeated, 1946, 1952. Member, American Bar
Association. Charged
in 1979 with taking
bribes; a trial
resulted in a hung jury; resigned
from the House in 1980; pleaded
guilty in February 1980 to a lesser charge of conspiracy to
violate federal campaign
finance laws, and sentenced
to one year probation.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., 1994.
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pa.
- John Wilson Jenrette, Jr. (b. 1936) — also known as
John W. Jenrette, Jr. — of South Carolina. Born in South
Carolina, May 19,
1936. Democrat. Member of South Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1975-80. Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; indicted
and convicted
on bribery
conspiracy charges
in 1980 and sentenced
to prison.
Still living as of 1998.
- Angelo J. Errichetti (b. 1928) — of Camden, Camden
County, N.J. Born in 1928.
Democrat. Mayor of
Camden, N.J., 1974-77; member of New Jersey
state senate, 1976-81. Italian
ancestry. Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; indicted
in 1980, later convicted
and sentenced
to prison.
Still living as of 1981.
- Michael Joseph Myers (b. 1943) — also known as
Ozzie Myers — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, May 4,
1943. Democrat. Longshoreman;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1971-76; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1976-80; defeated,
1980. Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; indicted
on May 27, and convicted
on August 31, 1980 of bribery
and conspiracy; sentenced
to three years in prison
and fined
$20,000; expelled
from the House of Representatives on October 2, 1980. Still living as
of 1998.
- Harrison Arlington Williams, Jr. (1919-2001) — also
known as Harrison A. Williams; Pete Williams — of
Bedminster, Somerset
County, N.J. Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., December
10, 1919. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer;
candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1951; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1953-57; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1959-70, 1971-82; resigned 1982;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1980.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Elks. Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; allegedly accepted an 18% interest in a
titanium mine; indicted
on October 30, 1980; convicted
on May 1, 1981, of nine counts of bribery,
conspiracy, receiving an unlawful
gratuity, conflict
of interest, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering; resigned
his seat March 11, 1982, when it appeared that the Senate would vote
to expel
him; sentenced
to three years in prison
and fined
$50,000; released in 1986. Died, of cancer and
heart
ailments, in St. Clare's Hospital,
Denville, Morris
County, N.J., November
17, 2001. Burial
location unknown.
- R. Eugene Holley (c.1926-2000) — of Georgia. Served
in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1965-77. In 1980, he was convicted
of bank
fraud and sentenced
to ten years in prison
(later reduced to three years); served 16 months. Suffered a heart
attack, and died soon afterward, in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 19,
2000. Interment at Westover
Memorial Park, Augusta, Ga.
- Hosea Lorenzo Williams (1926-2000) — also known as
Hosea Williams — of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga. Born in Attapulgus, Decatur
County, Ga., January
5, 1926. Married to Juanita
Elizabeth Terry Williams. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; walked
with a cane due to wartime injury; ordained
minister; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1972; member of Georgia
state house of representatives 54th District, 1975-85; candidate
for mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1989. Black.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; Phi
Beta Sigma. Civil rights leader; active in sit-ins
and protest
marches in Savannah and elsewhere; arrested
at least 135 times. As Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "field general"
in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led the 1965
Selma-to-Montgomery march which helped galvanize support for black
voting rights. In 1968, he was present at the Lorraine Motel in
Memphis, Tenn., when King was assassinated. Convicted
in 1981 of leaving the
scene of an accident, and jailed
for six months. Died, of cancer, at
Piedmont Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
16, 2000. Entombed at Lincoln
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
- Jon Clifton Hinson (1942-1995) — of Mississippi.
Born in Mississippi, March 16,
1942. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1979-81. Gay.
Resigned
from Congress in 1981 after being arrested
in a men's
restroom and charged
with oral
sodomy. After leaving politics, became a gay rights activist.
Died, of acquired immune
deficiency syndrome, July 21,
1995. Burial
location unknown.
- Vincent Riccio (born c.1920) — of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y. Member of New York
state assembly 51st District, 1969-74; indicted
on charges
of taking kickbacks
from holders of no-show state jobs; convicted
of larceny in May 1981; sentenced
to one year in jail.
Still living as of 1981.
- Raymond Francis Lederer (b. 1938) — also known as
Raymond F. Lederer — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 19,
1938. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1974; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1977-81. Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; indicted
May 28, 1981; convicted
of bribery
January 9, 1981; sentenced
to three years in prison
and fined
$20,000; resigned
from Congress on April 29, 1981; began his prison sentence July 7,
1983. Still living as of 1998.
- 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.
- Joel Patterson — of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich. Mayor
of Benton Harbor, Mich., 1981; defeated, 1981. Indicted
in 1981, along with the City Attorney, on federal embezzlement
and bribery
charges
in connection with a housing program. Still living as of 1981.
- John George Schmitz (1930-2001) — also known as
John G. Schmitz — of California. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., August
12, 1930. Father of Mary Kay LeTourneau (Seattle teacher;
convicted of child rape over her affair with a 13-year-old student).
Member of California
state senate, 1965-70, 1979; U.S.
Representative from California 35th District, 1970-73; defeated
in Republican primary, 1972, 1976, 1984; American Independent
candidate for President
of the United States, 1972; reprimanded
by the California Senate in 1982 over a press release issued by his
office, which characterized a critic and her supporters with crude
slurs; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1982. Catholic.
Member, John
Birch Society; National Rifle
Association; Young
Americans for Freedom; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Toastmasters.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
10, 2001. Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
- Ike Franklin Andrews (b. 1925) — also known as
Ike F. Andrews — of Siler City, Chatham
County, N.C. Born in Bonlee, Chatham
County, N.C., September
2, 1925. Son of Archie Franklin Andrews and Ina (Dunlop) Andrews;
married 1947
to Jo Anne Johnson. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World
War II; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 13th District, 1959-60; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-62, 1965-; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1973-85;
defeated, 1984. Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Jaycees.
In October 1982, he was arrested
and charged
with drunk
driving.
Still living as of 1998.
- John William Snow (b. 1939) — also known as John
W. Snow — of Richmond,
Va. Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August 2,
1939. Married to Frederica Wheeler (divorced). Lawyer; charged
with driving
while intoxicated,
in West Valley City, Utah, 1982; chairman and chief executive officer
of CSX railroad;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-06; director, Marathon Oil Co. Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta. Still living as of 2007.
- Frederick William Richmond (b. 1923) — also known as
Frederick W. Richmond; Fred Richmond — of
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y. Born in Massachusetts, November
15, 1923. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1975-82. Jewish. Arrested
in Washington, D.C., in 1978 for soliciting
sex from a minor and from an undercover police officer; pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor. In 1982, charged
with tax
evasion, marijuana
possession, and improper
payments to a federal employee, he pleaded
guilty and was sentenced
to a year and a day in prison;
served nine months. Still living as of 1998.
- James C. Green (c.1922-2000) — also known as
Jimmy Green — of Clarkton, Bladen
County, N.C. Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-77; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1975-77; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1977-85; candidate in primary for Governor of
North Carolina, 1984. Presbyterian.
Charged
in 1983 with accepting a
bribe from an undercover FBI agent, but acquitted; convicted
of tax
evasion in 1997, fined,
and sentenced
to home
confinement. Died at Bladen County Hospital,
Elizabethtown, Bladen
County, N.C., February
4, 2000. Interment at Clarkton
Cemetery, Clarkton, N.C.
- Louis Stokes (b. 1925) — of Warrensville Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
23, 1925. Brother of Carl
Burton Stokes. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1969-99 (21st District 1969-93, 11th
District 1993-99); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1972.
Black.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi. Arrested
for drunken
driving
in 1983; convicted
on a lesser charge
and fined.
Still living as of 1999.
- Gerry Eastman Studds (1937-2006) — also known as
Gerry E. Studds — of Cohasset, Norfolk
County, Mass. Born in Mineola, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 12,
1937. Democrat. Foreign Service officer; member of White House
staff during the administration of President John
F. Kennedy, 1962-63; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Harrison
A. Williams, 1964; state coordinator for U.S. Sen. Eugene
J. McCarthy's presidential primary campaign, 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1968;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1973-97 (12th District
1973-83, 10th District 1983-97). Episcopalian.
Gay.
First
openly gay member of Congress. Censured
by the House of Representatives on July 20, 1983, for having sexual
relations with a teenage House page ten years earlier. Died, of
respiratory
failure, in Boston Medical
Center, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
14, 2006. Burial
location unknown.
- James Anthony Traficant, Jr. (b. 1941) — also known
as James A. Traficant, Jr. — of Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio. Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, May 8,
1941. Democrat. Sheriff; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1985-2002; removed 2002;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 2000.
As sheriff in the 1980s, was charged
with accepting
bribes, tried and
acquitted. In May, 2001, he was indicted
on ten counts of bribery
and racketeering; tried and
convicted;
sentenced
to prison;
expelled
from the U.S. House of Representatives, July 24, 2002. Still living
as of 2002.
- Ernest Page — of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla. Orlando City Commissioner, 1980-83, 1996-2005; in
1983, he was indicted
and convicted
of grand
theft involving stolen equipment, and served eight months in jail; mayor of
Orlando, Fla., 2005. Black.
Still living as of 2005.
- Beryl W. Cohen (born c.1935) — of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass. Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1964;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1965-70; won fame for his representation of
long-term residents of a Massachusetts institution for the mentally
retarded; censured
in 1983 and disciplined
in 1988 for attorney misconduct, over neglect
of probate matters. Still living as of 2007.
- Daniel Bever Crane (b. 1936) — also known as Dan
Crane — of Illinois. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
10, 1936. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1979-85 (22nd District 1979-83,
19th District 1983-85). Censured
by the House of Representatives in 1983 for having sexual
relations with a teenage House page in 1980. Still living as of
1998.
- 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.
- 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.
- George Vernon Hansen (b. 1930) — also known as
George V. Hansen — of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho. Born in Tetonia, Teton
County, Idaho, September
14, 1930. Republican. Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1962 (primary), 1968, 1972 (primary); U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1965-69, 1975-85. Mormon.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Convicted
in 1984 of failing to include four transactions on federal
disclosure forms; sentenced
to 15 months in prison
and fined
$40,000; reprimanded
by the U.S. House; his conviction was reversed in 1995. Still living
as of 1998.
- James Patrick Moran, Jr. (b. 1945) — also known as
James P. Moran, Jr.; Jim Moran — of Alexandria,
Va.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va. Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 16,
1945. Brother of Bryan
Moran. Democrat. Mayor
of Alexandria, Va., 1985-91; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 2000,
2004.
Catholic.
Pleaded no
contest to a misdemeanor conflict
of interest charge
and was forced to
resign as vice mayor of Alexandria, in June 1984. Still living as
of 2004.
- Paul Louis Douglas (b. 1927) — also known as Paul
L. Douglas — of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb. Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., September
19, 1927. Lancaster
County Attorney, 1960-74; Nebraska
state attorney general, 1975-84. Eastern
Orthodox. Impeached
by the Legislature in 1984 over his conduct
in office and dealings with an officer of a failed savings and
loan; acquitted by the state supreme court. Convicted
of perjury
in December, 1984 and resigned
as Attorney General, but the conviction was later overturned. Still
living as of 1984.
- Daniel Grove (c.1924-1999) — of Colorado. Member of
Colorado
state house of representatives. Sponsored legislation to create
Colorado's prison work release program. Served ten years on
Colorado's State Adult Parole Board before being fired in
1984 over allegations of sexual
harassment; later reinstated; the sexual harassment allegations
were never substantiated. Died of bone
cancer, September
13, 1999. Burial
location unknown.
- Joseph R. Pisani — of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y. Member of New York
state assembly, 1966-72 (100th District 1966, 91st District
1967-72); member of New York
state senate 36th District, 1973-84. Indicted
on federal charges
of tax
evasion and embezzling
campaign
funds; convicted
in 1984 on 18 of the 39 counts; the conviction was later reversed on
appeal. Still living as of 1984.
- Vincent Cianci (born c.1941) — also known as
Buddy Cianci — of Providence, Providence
County, R.I. Mayor
of Providence, R.I., 1974-84, 1991-2002. Pleaded no
contest in 1984 to charges
that he beat
his estranged
wife's lover with a fireplace log. Charged
with twelve federal counts of bribery,
conspiracy and racketeering; convicted
in June, 2002 on two counts. Still living as of 2002.
- J. William Petro (c.1940-2002) — of Ohio. Brother of
James
M. Petro. U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1982-84. Fired as
U.S. attorney amid charges
that he leaked
confidential information; found
guilty of criminal
contempt of court in 1985. Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, May 23,
2002. Burial
location unknown.
- Edwin Washington Edwards (b. 1927) — also known as
Edwin Edwards; "Fast Eddie" — of
Crowley, Acadia
Parish, La. Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., August 7,
1927. Son of Clarence W. Edwards and Agnes (Brouillette) Edwards;
married, April 5,
1949, to Elaine
Schwartzenburg. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate 35th District, 1964-65; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1965-72; Governor of
Louisiana, 1972-80, 1984-88, 1992-96; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1980. Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Lions. Charged
in federal court in 1985 with racketeering involving hospital
licenses; his first trial ended in hung jury; acquitted in second
trial. Convicted
in federal court in 2000 on seventeen counts of fraud and
racketeering over a scheme to extort
money from applicants for casino licenses; sentenced
in 2001 to ten years in federal prison
and fined
$250,000. Still living as of 2000.
- Joseph L. Galiber (c.1924-1995) — of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; member of New York
state senate, 1969-95 (32nd District 1969-82, 31st District
1983-95); died in office 1995; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984.
Black.
Indicted
twice on fraud charges;
acquitted both times. Died at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
21, 1995. Burial
location unknown.
- Robert Budd Dwyer (1939-1987) — also known as R.
Budd Dwyer — of Pennsylvania. Born in St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., November
21, 1939. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1965-70; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1970; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1981-87; died in office 1987. Baptist.
Member, Eagles; Jaycees;
Theta
Chi. Convicted
in December 1986 of bribery
and conspiracy in federal court. About to be sentenced,
and widely expected to resign from office, he called a press
conference; there, in front of spectators and television cameras,
he insisted he was not guilty, and then shot
himself dead, in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., January
22, 1987. Interment at Blooming
Valley Cemetery, Blooming Valley, Pa.
- Richard Joyner Holland, Sr. (1925-2000) — also known
as Richard J. Holland, Sr. — of Windsor, Isle of
Wight County, Va. Born in Suffolk,
Va., August
12, 1925. Son of Shirley
T. Holland. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; banker;
member of Virginia
state senate 15th District, 1980-2000; died in office 2000. Congregationalist.
Acquitted of drunk
driving
in 1986, but convicted
of reckless
driving and refusal to
take a breath test; indicted
in federal court for 31 felony counts of bank
fraud; charges were dismissed in April 1998, and the prosecution
ruled to be vexatious; he and his son received a $570,000
reimbursement for legal fees. Died in Windsor, Isle of
Wight County, Va., April 16,
2000. Interment at Windsor
Cemetery, Windsor, Va.
- Henry Barbosa Gonzalez (1916-2000) — also known as
Henry B. Gonzalez — of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex. Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., May 3,
1916. Father of Charles
A. Gonzalez. Democrat. Member of Texas
state senate, 1956-61; candidate in primary for Governor of
Texas, 1958; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961; U.S.
Representative from Texas 20th District, 1961-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964.
Hispanic.
Catholic.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action. Was in the motorcade in Dallas, Tex., when
President John
F. Kennedy was shot. In a San Antonio restaurant in 1986, he
punched a man who called him a communist; he was charged
with assault,
but acquitted. Died, in Downtown Baptist Hospital,
San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., November
28, 2000. Interment at San
Fernando Cemetery II, San Antonio, Tex.
- Samuel Jerome Bronson (1930-1986) — also known as
S. Jerome Bronson — of Franklin, Oakland
County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 21,
1930. Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1960; Oakland
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1965-68; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1966; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1969-86; died in office
1986. Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association. Arrested
and charged
with soliciting and accepting a soliciting
and accepting a
bribe of $20,000 for his vote on a pending case; committed
suicide the same day, in Franklin, Oakland
County, Mich., November
14, 1986. Burial
location unknown.
- Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche, Jr. (b. 1922) — also known
as Lyndon LaRouche; Lyn Marcus — of New York City
(unknown
county), N.Y.; Loudoun
County, Va. Born in Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H., September
8, 1922. Son of Jessie Lenore (Weir) LaRouche (1893-1978) and
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Sr. (1896-1983); married 1954 to Janice
Neuberger (divorced 1963); married 1977 to Helga
Zepp. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Labor
candidate for President
of the United States, 1976; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1980,
1984,
1988,
1992,
1996,
2000;
indicted,
with others, on fraud and
conspiracy charges
in 1986 over solicitation of loans from supporters without intending
to repay them; also charged
with obstruction
of justice over destruction of financial records; tried in
federal court in Boston; a mistrial was declared in 1988; re-indicted
in federal court in Virginia on charges
of conspiracy, mail fraud, and tax
evasion; convicted
and sentenced
to fifteen years in prison;
released on parole in 1994; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1990. Still living as
of 2006.
- Jello Biafra (b. 1958) — also known as Eric Reed
Boucher — of San
Francisco, Calif. Born in Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo., June 17,
1958. Son of Stanley Biafra and Virginia Biafra; married, October
31, 1981, to Therese Soder. Co-founder, lead
singer, and songwriter
for the punk rock
band Dead Kennedys (1978-86); founder of the Alternative
Tentacles record
label; candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1979; charged,
in Los Angeles in 1986, with distributing obscene
"harmful matter" in the form of a sexually
explicit print distributed with a Dead Kennedys record album;
following a trial,
the jury deadlocked, a mistrial was declared, and charges were
dismissed; Biafra went on to become a spoken
word performer; on May 7, 1994, he was assaulted
and injured at a music club in Berkeley, Calif., by five or six
attackers who called him a "sellout". Still living as of 2006.
- Robert B. Asher — of Pennsylvania. Republican. Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1985. Along with state treasurer R. Budd
Dwyer, was convicted
in federal court in 1986, on bribery
and conspiracy charges.
Still living as of 1987.
- James N. Canham — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1961-77; appointed 1961. Acted as
a go-between between Michigan Court of Appeals Judge S.
Jerome Bronson and an attorney from whom a bribe was
solicited. Arrested
in November 1986; in return for immunity from prosecution, he helped
to implicate Judge Bronson, who killed himself the same day he was
arrested. Because he aided and
abetted bribery, Canham's license to practice law was
subsequently revoked.
Still living as of 1986.
- Donald R. Manes (1934-1986) — also known as
"The King of Queens" — of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
18, 1934. Married to Marlene Warshofsky. Democrat. Lawyer; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1971-86; resigned 1986; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984.
On January 10, 1986, he was found driving erratically and bleeding
from slashes to his wrist and ankle; at first he claimed he had been
abducted, but then admitted his wounds were self-inflicted; while he
was hospitalized, a criminal investigation
against him became public. Stabbed
himself in the heart, and died soon after, at Booth Memorial Medical
Center, Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March 13,
1986. Burial
location unknown.
- Oliver Laurence North (b. 1943) — also known as
Oliver L. North; Ollie North — of Virginia. Born
in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
7, 1943. Married 1967 to Betsy
Stuart. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the
Vietnam War; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1994. Central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal
of 1986; he was in charge of a secret (and illegal) government
operation to sell weapons to Iran and provide the profits to the
Nicaraguan "contras", who were fighting a civil war against the
"Sandinista" government there. Convicted
in 1989 on federal charges of obstructing
Congress, destroying documents, and accepting an illegal
gratuity; an appeals court later overturned the guilty verdict.
Still living as of 2002.
- William A. Wilson (b. 1914) — of California. Born in
1914.
U.S. Ambassador to Vatican, 1984-86; reprimanded
by the State Department for his unathorized
diplomatic mission to Libya. Still living as of 1991.
- D. Michael Boyle (b. 1944) — of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
19, 1944. Mayor of
Omaha, Neb., 1981-87. Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association. Recalled from
office as mayor in 1987. Still living as of 1997.
- Mario Biaggi (b. 1917) — of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y. Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
26, 1917. Police
officer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1969-88 (24th District 1969-73,
10th District 1973-83, 19th District 1983-88); defeated, 1988
(Republican), 1992 (Democratic primary); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1972,
1980,
1984.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Indicted
in 1987 on federal charges
that he had accepted bribes
from former Brooklyn political boss Meade
Esposito in in return for influence on federal contracts for a
Brooklyn ship-repair company; convicted
on September 22, 1987 of obstructing
justice and accepting illegal
gratuities; sentenced
to prison
and fined.
Tried
in 1988 on federal racketeering charges in connection with the
Wedtech Corporation; convicted
on August 4, 1988 on 15 felony counts. Resigned
from Congress following the Wedtech conviction; served more than two
years in prison.
Still living as of 1998.
- Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) — also known as
Robert B. Anderson — of Texas. Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910. Son of Robert Lee Anderson and Elizabeth Haskew
"Lizzie" Anderson; married, April 10,
1935, to Ollie Mae Rawlins (died 1987). School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61. Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi. Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988. Died, of complications from surgery on cancer of the
esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989. Burial
location unknown.
- George Ryoichi Ariyoshi (b. 1926) — also known as
George R. Ariyoshi — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, March 12,
1926. Son of Ryozo Ariyoshi and Mitsue (Yoshikawa) Ariyoshi;
married, February
5, 1955, to Jean Miya Hayashi. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Hawaii
territorial House of Representatives, 1954-58; member of Hawaii
territorial senate, 1958-59; member of Hawaii
state senate, 1959-70; delegate to
Hawaii state constitutional convention, 1968; Lieutenant
Governor of Hawaii, 1970-73; Governor of
Hawaii, 1974-86; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Hawaii, 1980,
2000.
Protestant.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Lions. Detained
by U.S. Customs in 1987 for failing
to declare jewelry brought from Japan, and fined
$11,389. Still living as of 2000.
- Ezola Broussard Foster (b. 1938) — also known as
Ezola B. Foster; Ezola Broussard — of Los
Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif. Born in Louisiana, August 9,
1938. Married 1977 to Chuck
Foster. School
teacher; Republican candidate for California
state assembly, 1984; arrested
with others while protesting
recognition of the gay Log Cabin Republican organization, at the
California Republican state convention, 1987; Reform candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2000. Female. Black. Catholic.
Still living as of 2007.
- Lee Alexander (1927-1996) — of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y. Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., May 18,
1927. Son of Peter Alexander and Rita (Rouatcos) Alexander;
married 1957
to Elizabeth Strates. Democrat. Mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1970-85; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1974; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1980.
Was indicted
in July 1987 over a $1.5 million kickback
scandal,
and pleaded
guilty in January 1988 to racketeering and tax
evasion charges;
served six years in prison.
Died, of cancer, in
Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., December
25, 1996. Burial
location unknown.
- Ricardo Jerome Bordallo (1927-1990) — also known as
Ricardo J. Bordallo; Ricky Bordallo — Born in
Agana (now Hagatna), Guam, December
11, 1927. Son of B. J. Bordallo; married 1953 to Madeleine
Mary Zeien. Democrat. Restaurant
owner; member of Guam
legislature, 1956-70; Guam
Democratic Party chair, 1960-63, 1971-73; Governor of
Guam, 1975-78, 1983-86; defeated, 1970; Convicted
in 1987 on corruption charges,
including bribery,
obstruction
of justice, and witness
tampering; sentenced
to nine years in prison
and fined;
some of the charges were overturned on appeal in 1988; resentenced
to four years in prison in
December, 1989. Just before he was to report to prison, he shot
himself in the head with a .38 caliber pistol, while wrapped in a
Guam flag, wearing a sign saying "I regret I have but one life to
give for my island," and chained to a statue of Chief Quipuha, in a
busy traffic circle at rush hour, in Agana (now Hagatna), Guam, February
1, 1990. Burial
location unknown.
- Stanley Simon (born c.1930) — of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y. Borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1979-87; resigned 1987. In 1987, he
was charged
by a federal grand jury with extorting
cash and benefits from Wedtech, a military contractor; tried in
1988 and convicted;
sentenced
to five years in prison
and fined $50,000. Still living as of 1987.
- Clarence M. Mitchell III (b. 1939) — of Baltimore,
Md. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
14, 1939. Son of Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. (1911-1984) and
Juanita Elizabeth (Jackson) Mitchell (1913-1992); nephew of Parren
James Mitchell; brother of Michael
Bowen Mitchell; father of Clarence
M. Mitchell IV; uncle of Keiffer
Jackson Mitchell, Jr.. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-66; member of Maryland
state senate, 1967-86; Indicted
in 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury in
connection with the a bribery
investigation of Wedtech Corporation; convicted
of accepting
$50,000 to stop
the Congressional investigation of Wedtech; sentenced
to two and a half years in prison;
convicted
in 1988 of obstructing
an investigation of Baltimore drug
dealer Melvin D. 'Little Melvin' Williams, and sentenced
to two years in prison;
charged
in 1988 with failure to file income
tax returns; tried and
acquitted. Black.
Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Freemasons;
Jaycees;
Kappa
Alpha Psi. Still living as of 1988.
- Michael Bowen Mitchell (b. 1945) — also known as
Michael B. Mitchell — of Baltimore,
Md. Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
7, 1945. Son of Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. (1911-1984) and Juanita
Elizabeth (Jackson) Mitchell (1913-1992); nephew of Parren
James Mitchell; brother of Clarence
M. Mitchell III; uncle of Clarence
M. Mitchell IV and Keiffer
Jackson Mitchell, Jr.. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state senate 39th District, 1987; indicted
in 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury in
connection with the a bribery
investigation of Wedtech Corporation; convicted
of accepting
$50,000 to stop
the Congressional investigation of Wedtech; sentenced
to two and a half years in prison;
convicted
in 1988 of forging
documents to obtain
$77,000 in life insurance proceeds intended for the child of a murder
victim, and sentenced
to six years in prison.
Methodist.
Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 1988.
- Raymond James Donovan (b. 1930) — Born August
31, 1930. U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1981-85. Charged
with fraud on
a subway construction project in the Bronx, New York City; tried in
1987 and found not guilty. Still living as of 1994.
- Marvin Leon Warner (1919-2002) — also known as
Marvin L. Warner — Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., 1919.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1977-79. One of 13 part-owners of the New York
Yankees baseball
team in 1973-75, and was also part owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
and Birmingham Stallions football
teams. Horses he owned or bred competed in the Kentucky Derby. His
first wife later married Albert Sabin, inventor of the oral polio
vaccine. Head of the Cincinnati-based Home State Savings Bank when it
collapsed in 1985, touching off a run on other Ohio banks. Convicted
on fraud
charges in 1987 and served 28 months in prison.
Also charged
in federal court, but acquitted. On a visit to witness a launch of
the space shuttle Atlantis, suffered a heart
attack and died, at Cape Canaveral, Brevard
County, Fla., April 8,
2002. Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Miami, Fla.
- Meade Henry Esposito (1909-1993) — also known as
Meade H. Esposito; Amadeo Henry Esposito — of
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
28, 1909. Son of Felicia Esposito; married to Anne De Cunzo.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
vice-president, Lafayette National Bank, 1965;
insurance
broker; leader of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1969-83. Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, NAACP. Indicted
in 1987 on federal charges
that he had given bribes
to U.S. Rep. Mario
Biaggi in in return for influence on federal contracts for a
Brooklyn ship-repair company; convicted
on September 22, 1987 of giving an illegal
gratuity; fined
$500,000; indicted
in 1988 on bribery
and tax
charges,
but the case was dismissed due to his age and poor health. Died, from
renal
failure caused by a heart
attack, while suffering from lung
cancer and bladder
cancer, in North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
3, 1993. Burial
location unknown.
- Nick Joe Rahall II (b. 1949) — of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va. Born in Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va., May 20,
1949. Democrat. Staff assistant to U.S. Sen. Robert
Byrd, 1972-74; director of Rahall Communications, family
business, owning radio and TV
stations; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1972,
1976,
1980,
1984,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1977-2004 (4th District
1977-93, 3rd District 1993-2004); arrested
in California for drunk
driving,
1988. Presbyterian.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, NAACP; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Eagles;
Elks; Moose; Rotary.
Still living as of 2004.
- Carl Thomas Rowan (1925-2000) — also known as
Carl T. Rowan — of Washington,
D.C. Born in Ravenscroft, White
County, Tenn., August
11, 1925. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Finland, 1963-64. Black.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action. Widely syndicated newspaper
columnist,
author,
biographer,
television
and radio
commentator, founder of the Project Excellence scholarship program.
In 1988, he shot
and wounded an intruder in his backyard in Washington, D.C.; he
was arrested,
charged
with a weapons
violation, and tried;
the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and a mistrial was declared.
Died, of heart and
kidney
ailments and diabetes,
at the Washington Hospital
Center, Washington,
D.C., September
23, 2000. Burial
location unknown.
- Harold Joseph Scott (b. 1938) — also known as
Harold J. Scott — of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich. Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., October
5, 1938. Brother of Thomas
E. Scott. Democrat. School
teacher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 80th District, 1973-77; resigned
1977; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1977-82. Catholic.
Member, Eagles; Knights
of Columbus. Convicted on rape
charges
and sentenced
to prison in
1988. Still living as of 1988.
