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Politicians in Trouble or Disgrace:
Arson
Setting Fires
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Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (1760-1833) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
11, 1760.
Son of Oliver
Wolcott, Sr..
Connecticut
state comptroller, 1788-90; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1795-1800; Governor of
Connecticut, 1817-27; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818.
Congregationalist.
Accused,
by political adversaries in 1800, of setting fire to the State
Department, and resigned
from the Cabinet in protest against the investigation.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1833 (age 73 years, 141
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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Tom Metzger —
of California; Warsaw, Kosciusko
County, Ind.
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 43rd District, 1980; candidate in
Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1982; convicted
in 1991 of burning a cross (as a form of hate speech
or intimidation) and sentenced
to prison;
in 1992, he was arrested
in Canada for violating immigration
laws.
Member, John
Birch Society; Ku Klux Klan.
Still living as of 2012.
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Scott Winfield Davis —
also known as Scott W. Davis —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Arrested
in 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, and charged
with killing
David Coffin and setting fire to his home; the charges were
later dropped for lack of evidence; Independent candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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