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Robert Wodrow Archbald (1848-1926) —
also known as Robert W. Archbald —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Carbondale, Lackawanna
County, Pa., September
10, 1848.
Son of James Archbald and Augusta (Frothingham) Archbald.
Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1884-88; district judge in
Pennsylvania, 1888-1901; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1901-11;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1911-13; removed
1913.
Impeached
by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1912 on conflict of
interest charges; convicted
(removed
from office) by the U.S. Senate on four articles of impeachment.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., August
19, 1926 (age 77 years, 343
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Everett McCall (1863-1924) —
also known as Edward E. McCall —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
6, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1903-13; resigned 1913;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1913; chair, New York State Public
Service Commission, 1913-15; removed from
office in November, 1915, because he owned stock in a
company under commission jurisdiction; president, New Jersey Life
Insurance Company, 1916.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 12,
1924 (age 61 years, 66
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Edward
Everett |
| | | Relatives: Married 1886 to Ella
Frances Gaynor; brother of John A. McCall (president, New York Life
Insurance Company). |
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William H. Reynolds (1868-1931) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
29, 1868.
Son of William Reynolds and Margaret (McChesney) Reynolds.
Republican. Builder;
real
estate developer; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1894-95; indicted
by a grand jury in August 1917 for perjury,
over his 1912 expert testimony on the value of land sought by the
city for a park; the grand jury alleged that he falsely
denied any personal interest in the realty company which
owned the property; also indicted
in October 1917, with three others, for conspiracy defraud
the city of $500,000 by inflating the appraisal; the indictments were
dismissed in May 1920 over the prosecutor's delay of the trial; village
president of Long Beach, New York, 1921-22; mayor
of Long Beach, N.Y., 1922-24; removed 1924; defeated, 1925; indicted
on May 1, 1924, along with the Long Beach city treasurer, for misappropriating
city funds in connection with a bond issue; tried in
June 1924, convicted,
sentenced
to six months in the county
jail, and automatically removed from
office as mayor; released pending appeal; the Appellate Division
reversed the conviction in June 1925 and ordered a new trial; the
indictment was dismissed in June 1927.
English
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1931 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Elise Guerrier. |
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John Charles Doerfer (1904-1992) —
also known as John C. Doerfer —
of West Allis, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
30, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1953-60; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 1957-60; in 1960, he spent a week-long Florida
vacation on the yacht Lazy Girl, owned by his friend George B.
Storer, president of Storer Broadcasting; as a result, he was accused
of conflict of interest and forced to
resign.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 5,
1992 (age 87 years, 188
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Francis Johnson (1909-1988) —
also known as Thomas F. Johnson —
of Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md.
Born in Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md., June 26,
1909.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1936,
1940
(alternate); member of Maryland
state senate, 1939-50; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1959-63; defeated,
1950.
Episcopalian.
Convicted
of conspiracy and conflict of interest, 1968.
Died in Seaford, Sussex
County, Del., February
1, 1988 (age 78 years, 220
days).
Interment at All
Hallows Cemetery, Snow Hill, Md.
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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.
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.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Sigma; Elks.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
19, 1986 (age 79 years, 355
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Almira Wilkinson. |
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Bertram L. Podell (1925-2005) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; 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 (age about 80
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation chair).
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Military
Order of the World Wars; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Alpha
Zeta; Alpha
Gamma Rho; Elks.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1976 over conflicts of
interest.
Died while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, September
28, 1994 (age 88 years, 117
days).
Interment at Liveoak
Park Memorial Cemetery, Crestview, Fla.
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Joshua Eilberg (1921-2004) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
12, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1952-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1967-79; defeated,
1978.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; Disabled
American Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Pleaded
guilty in federal court to conflict of interest charges,
February 1979; sentenced
to five years probation
and fined
$10,000.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 24,
2004 (age 83 years, 41
days).
Interment at Montefiore
Cemetery, Jenkintown, Pa.
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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 2009.
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Harrison Arlington Williams, Jr. (1919-2001) —
also known as Harrison A. Williams; Pete
Williams —
of Westfield, Union
County, N.J.; 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, 1964,
1980.
Member, Elks; Americans
for Democratic Action.
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 (age 81 years, 342
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Patrick Moran, Jr. (b. 1945) —
also known as James P. Moran, Jr.; Jim
Moran —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 16,
1945.
Democrat. Mayor
of Alexandria, Va., 1985-91; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
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 2009.
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Charles Quackenbush (b. 1954) —
also known as Chuck Quackenbush —
Born in 1954.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 22nd District, 1986-94; California
insurance commissioner, 1995-2000; resigned 2000; news media in
2000 reported that he had received large campaign
contributions from the insurance companies his office
regulated; rather than fine companies who underpaid claims
following the 1994 Northridge earthquake, he persuaded them to donate
to an "educational fund" which promoted his own political ambitions;
under threat of
impeachment and recall,
he resigned,
and left office in July 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Eddie Alberto Perez (born c.1957) —
also known as Eddie A. Perez —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Corozal, Corozal
Municipio, Puerto Rico, about 1957.
Democrat. Mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 2001-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 2004;
investigated
in 2007 over possible conflict of interest in hiring a city
contractor for renovations at his home.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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