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John Winthrop Chanler (1826-1877) —
also known as John W. Chanler —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1826.
Son of John White Chanler (1785-1853) and Elizabeth Sheriffe
(Winthrop) Chanler (1791-1866).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1863-69.
On May 14, 1866, he offered a resolution defending President Andrew
Johnson's veto of Reconstruction
enactments, which he called "the wicked and revolutionary acts of a
few malignant and mischievous men." On motion of Rep. Robert
C. Schenck, he was censured
for insulting the House of Representatives.
Died in Barrytown, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
19, 1877 (age 51 years, 35
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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David Smith Terry (1823-1889) —
also known as David S. Terry —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Christian County (part now in Todd
County), Ky., March 8,
1823.
Son of Joseph Royal Terry (1792-1877) and Sarah David (Smith) Terry
(1793-1837).
Lawyer;
went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; advocated the extension of
slavery to California; justice of
California state supreme court, 1855-59; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1857-59; killed U.S.
Senator David
C. Broderick in a duel
near San Francisco in 1859; tried for
murder,
but acquitted; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; candidate
for Presidential Elector for California, 1880;
his wife Sarah Althea Hill claimed to be the widow and heir of
wealthy U.S. Senator William
Sharon; in September, 1888, when her claim was finally rejected
by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen
J. Field (acting as a Court of Appeals judge for California), she
and Terry caused an altercation in the courtroom and were jailed
six months for contempt of court.
Five months after his release from jail, he encountered Justice Field
and slapped him in the face; he was then shot
through the heart and killed by
U.S. Deputy Marshal David Neagle, the justice's bodyguard, in the train
station dining
room at Lathrop, San Joaquin
County, Calif., August
14, 1889 (age 66 years, 159
days). Neagle was arrested by local authorities, but later
released on the demand of the U.S. government.
Interment at Stockton
Rural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif.
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Eugene Victor Debs (1855-1926) —
also known as Eugene V. Debs —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., November
5, 1855.
Son of Daniel Debs and Marguerite (Betterich) Debs.
Locomotive
fireman on the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad;
secretary-treasurer
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1880-93; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1885; founder in
1893 and president
(1893-97) of the American Railway Union; arrested
during a strike
in 1894 and charged
with conspiracy
to commit murder; the charges were dropped, but he was jailed
for six months for contempt of court; became a Socialist while
incarcerated; candidate for President
of the United States, 1900 (Social Democratic), 1904 (Socialist),
1908 (Socialist), 1912 (Socialist), 1920 (Socialist); in 1905, was a
founder of
the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies"), which hoped to
organize all workers in "One Big Union"; convicted
under the Sedition
and Espionage Act for an anti-war
speech he made in 1918, and sentenced
to ten years in federal prison;
released in 1921.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died in Lindlahr Sanitarium,
Elmhurst, DuPage
County, Ill., October
20, 1926 (age 70 years, 349
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Robert Philo Anibal (1845-1908) —
also known as Robert P. Anibal —
of Northville, Fulton
County, N.Y.; Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Benson, Hamilton
County, N.Y., February
22, 1845.
Son of Philo Anibal (1817-1878) and Mary (Orcutt) Anibal.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Hamilton
County Judge and Surrogate, 1872-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1896;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1901.
In May 1901, the Herkimer County District Attorney accused
him of offering a
bribe to a witness in a criminal trial; Anibal denied this.
Died in Northville, Fulton
County, N.Y., December
14, 1908 (age 63 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, April 24,
1872, to Frances E. Van Arnam (1859-1929). |
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William Warren Rose (1864-1931) —
also known as William W. Rose —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 12,
1864.
Architect;
mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1905-06, 1906; defeated, 1897 (Fusion),
1907 (Democratic); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1908,
1920.
Member, Freemasons.
An ouster
lawsuit was filed against him in 1905 over his refusal to
enforce the state's liquor
prohibition law; fined
$1,000 for contempt by the Kansas Supreme Court in 1907 for
trying to hold office as mayor.
Died May 4,
1931 (age 67 years, 53
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Frank St. John Sidway (1869-1938) —
also known as Frank S. Sidway —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born December
15, 1869.
Son of Franklin Sidway and Charlotte (Spalding) Sidway.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
chair
of Erie County Republican Party, 1910; in 1912, he was found
guilty of civil contempt in connection with his brother's
divorce case, and fined
$900; later, an appellate court reversed this decision; candidate in
primary for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1914.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
17, 1938 (age 68 years, 33
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Amelia Roberts (died 1972). |
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article |
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Congress |
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John Edward Charles O'Sullivan Addicks
(1841-1919) —
also known as J. Edward Addicks; "Gas
Addicks"; "Napoleon of Gas";
"Frenzied Financier" —
of Claymont, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
21, 1841.
Son of John E. C. O'Sullivan Addicks and Margaretta McLeod (Turner)
Addicks.
Republican. Entrepreneur who monopolized the illuminating
gas industry in Boston and other cities; notorious for his
flagrant campaign in 1889-1905 to buy himself a seat in the U.S.
Senate; member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1904; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Delaware, 1904;
arrested
in New York, 1913, over his refusal to acknowledge money
judgements against him by creditors, and released on bond; jailed in
1915 for contempt of court.
Died August 7,
1919 (age 77 years, 259
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of John E. C. O'Sullivan Addicks and Margaretta McLeod (Turner)
Addicks; married 1864 to Laura
Wattson Butcher; married to Rosalie Butcher; married, December
14, 1898, to Ida (Carr) Wilson. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Congress |
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Hudson Snowden Marshall (1870-1931) —
also known as H. Snowden Marshall —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
15, 1870.
Son of Charles Marshall and Rebecca (Snowden) Marshall.
Lawyer;
law partner of Bartow
S. Weeks, George
Gordon Battle, and James
A. O'Gorman; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1913-17; in
1915-16, U.S. Rep. Frank
Buchanan (who was at the time being indicted by a federal grand
jury) introduced impeachment
resolutions against Marshall; the charges, including malfeasance
in the handling of past cases, were investigated
by a House Judiciary subcommittee, which held hearings in New York,
and inquired into the proceedings of the grand jury which had
indicted Rep. Buchanan; Marshall wrote a critical letter to the
subcommittee, impugning its motives; based on this letter, the full
House voted to find him in contempt of Congress, and ordered his
arrest; on appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the
authority of the House to punish for contempt extended only to
actions which directly interfered with its proceedings.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1931 (age 61 years, 134
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Bernard Ades (1903-1986) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Maryland, July 3,
1903.
Son of Harry Ades and Fannie Ades.
Communist. Lawyer; accountant;
defense attorney for Euel Lee (alias "Orphan Jones") in his 1932-33
trial for the murder of the Davis family; during the trial, Ades was
attacked
and injured by a mob in Snow Hill, Maryland; later, he was disbarred
for casting aspersions on the judicial system; candidate for
Governor
of Maryland, 1934; fought in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the
Spanish Civil War, 1937.
Jewish.
Died in New York, May 27,
1986 (age 82 years, 328
days).
Interment at Cemetery
of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Baltimore, Md.
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Corliss Lamont (1902-1995) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., March 28,
1902.
Son of Thomas William Lamont (1870-1948) and Florence Haskell
(Corliss) Lamont (died 1952).
Author;
lecturer;
arrested
on June 27, 1934, while picketing
in support of a labor
union at a furniture plant in Jersey City, N.J.; president,
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship; this organization and
its leaders were investigated
for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; charged
in 1946 with contempt of Congress for his refusal to provide
records demanded by the committee; in 1951, the U.S. State Department
denied a
passport to him, based on his membership in what were deemed "Communist-front
organizations"; on August 17, 1954, the U.S. Senate cited him
with contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before Sen.
Joseph
R. McCarthy's subcommittee; subsequently indicted;
pleaded not guilty; the indictment was dismissed in 1955; the Court
of Appeals upheld the dismissal in 1956; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952 (American Labor), 1958 (Independent
Socialist).
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of heart
failure, in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 26,
1995 (age 93 years, 29
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas William Lamont (1870-1948) and Florence Haskell (Corliss)
Lamont (died 1952); married, June 8,
1928, to Margaret Hayes Irish (c.1905-1977); married 1962 to Helen
Lamb (died 1975); married 1986 to Beth
Keehner; uncle of Ned
Lamont. |
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dossier |
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George William Crockett, Jr. (1909-1997) —
also known as George W. Crockett, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., August
10, 1909.
Democrat. Recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1966-78; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980-91; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; National
Lawyers Guild.
Served four months in federal prison
for contempt of court in 1950, following his defense of a
Communist leader on trial in New York for advocating the overthrow of
the government. Among the founders of the nation's first
interracial law firm.
Ill with bone
cancer in 1997, he suffered a stroke and
died five days later, in Washington Home and Hospice,
Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1997 (age 88 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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Vincent Hallinan (1896-1992) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., December
16, 1896.
Progressive. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
innovator in courtroom tactics; defense attorney for longshoreman
union leader Harry Bridges, who had been accused of being a
Communist; jailed
six months for contempt of court in 1952; candidate for President
of the United States, 1952; indicted
in 1953 on income
tax evasion charges;
convicted
and sentenced
to 18 months in prison.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., October
2, 1992 (age 95 years, 291
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Lions; American Bar
Association; Disabled
American Veterans.
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 (age 86 years, 260
days).
Interment at Greenoaks
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
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James Patton Sutton (1915-2005) —
also known as Pat Sutton —
of Lawrenceburg, Lawrence
County, Tenn.
Born near Wartrace, Bedford
County, Tenn., October
31, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1949-55 (7th District 1949-53, 6th
District 1953-55); candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1954; Lawrence
County Sheriff; pleaded no
contest in 1964 to charges
related to his involvement in a counterfeiting
ring; imprisoned
for 10 months for violating a federal probation order.
Died, in the Lakeland Specialty Hospital,
Berrien Center, Berrien
County, Mich., February
3, 2005 (age 89 years, 95
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1908.
Son of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. (1865-1953; minister) and Mattie
(Fletcher) Powell.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,
16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1952,
1960,
1964.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks.
Cited
for contempt of court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a
lawsuit against him; on February 28, 1967, he was expelled
from the House of Representatives on charges
of unbecoming
conduct and misusing
public funds; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 4,
1972 (age 63 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Bahamas.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. (1865-1953; minister) and Mattie
(Fletcher) Powell; married, March 8,
1933, to Isabel Washington (divorced 1945); married, August 1,
1945, to Hazel Scott (divorced 1960); married, December
15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father of Adam
Clayton Powell IV. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.: Adam
by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:
Tisha Hamilton, Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American
Dilemma — Wil Haygood, King
of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
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Bobby Seale (b. 1936) —
also known as Robert George Seale —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., October
22, 1936.
Joined U.S. Air Force in 1955; charged
with insubordination
and being AWOL,
and dishonorably
discharged; sheet metal
worker; co-founder, with Huey Newton, of the Black Panther Party,
1966; one of eight defendants charged
in 1969 with crossing state lines to incite a
riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago; the
judge ordered him bound and
gagged during the trial, and sentenced
him to four years in prison
for contempt of court; Peace and Freedom candidate for California
state assembly 17th District, 1968; in 1970, he was charged
in New Haven, Conn., with ordering
the murder of Alex Rackley, a Black Panther who had confessed to
being a police informant; the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and
the charges were eventually dropped; candidate for mayor of
Oakland, Calif., 1973.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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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.
Son of Francis Anthony 'Frank' Nixon (1878-1956) and Hannah (Milhous)
Nixon (1885-1967).
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, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 22,
1994 (age 81 years, 103
days).
Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Anthony 'Frank' Nixon (1878-1956) and Hannah (Milhous)
Nixon (1885-1967); married, June 21,
1940, to Thelma
Catherine Ryan; father of Julie Nixon (granddaughter-in-law of Dwight
David Eisenhower; daughter-in-law of John
Sheldon Doud Eisenhower). See Eisenhower-Nixon
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: Maurice
H. Stans — John
H. Holdridge — Clark
MacGregor — Harry
L. Sears — Harry S.
Dent — Christian
A. Herter, Jr. — John
N. Mitchell — G.
Bradford Cook — Raymond
Moley — Patrick
J. Buchanan — Nils
A. Boe — Murray
M. Chotiner — Richard
Blumenthal |
| | | Campaign slogan (1968): "Nixon's the
One!" |
| | | Epitaph: "The greatest honor history
can bestow is the title of peacemaker." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | 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) — In
the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat and Renewal
(1990) — No
More Vietnams (1985) — The
Poetry of Richard Milhous Nixon (1974) — Real
Peace (1984) — The
Real War (1980) — Seize
The Moment: America's Challenge in a One-Superpower World
(1992) |
| | | 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 |
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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, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
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 (age 63 years, 92
days).
Interment somewhere
in Havana, Ill.
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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 (age 71 years, 337
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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J. William Petro (c.1940-2002) —
of Ohio.
Born about 1940.
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 (age about 62
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Matthew Eduardo Gonzalez (b. 1965) —
also known as Matt Gonzalez —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex., June 4,
1965.
Son of Mateo Gonzalez and Oralia Gonzalez.
Lawyer;
as trial attorney for San Francisco Office of Public Defender, was
twice jailed
for contempt of court; the contempt findings were overturned
on appeal; candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 2003; Independent candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2008.
Mexican
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Carl Christopher Perkins (b. 1954) —
also known as Carl C. Perkins; Chris
Perkins —
of Leburn, Knott
County, Ky.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August 6,
1954.
Son of Carl
Dewey Perkins.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1981-84; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1985-93; minister.
Baptist;
later Presbyterian.
Pleaded
guilty in 1994 to bank
fraud in connection with the House banking scandal;
he wrote overdrafts totaling about $300,000 (covered by the House
bank) and made false statements to obtain
loans from commercial banks; also pleaded
guilty to charges of filing false statements with the Federal
Election Commission and false financial
disclosure reports. Sentenced
to 21 months in prison.
In March 2000, pleaded
guilty to criminal contempt of court for lying to a
federal probation officer about his income.
Still living as of 2009.
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Abraham J. Hirschfeld (born c.1920) —
also known as Abe Hirschfeld —
of New York.
Born about 1920.
Real
estate developer; candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1974, 1976; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1992 (Independent
Fusion), 1994 (Democratic primary); Independence candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1998.
In 1998, offered Paula Jones $1 million to drop her sexual harassment
lawsuit against President Bill
Clinton; later sued by Jones when he tried to back out of the
offer. Convicted
in 2000 of trying to hire
a hit man to kill
his business partner; also charged
with tax
evasion; jailed
for violating a court order against discussing the trial with
the media.
Still living as of 2000.
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Addison Graves Wilson (b. 1947) —
also known as Joe Wilson —
of West Columbia, Lexington
County, S.C.; Springdale, Lexington
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 31,
1947.
Republican. Staff for U.S. Sen. Strom
Thurmond, and for U.S. Rep. Floyd
Spence; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1972,
2008;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1984-2001; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 2001-; rebuked
by the House of Representatives in September, 2009, for a breach
of decorum; he had shouted
"You Lie!" during an address by President Barack
Obama.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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