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Politicians in Trouble or Disgrace:
Debt
Imprisoned for Debt
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in chronological order
Robert Morris (1734-1806) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Liverpool, England,
January
31, 1734.
Son of Robert Morris and Elizabeth (Murphet) Morris.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1785; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789-95.
Episcopalian.
Financier of the American Revolution, but went broke in the process.
Imprisoned
for debt from February 1798 to August 1801. His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $10
silver certificate in the 1870s and 1880s.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 8,
1806 (age 72 years, 97
days).
Entombed at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue at Independence
National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Nathaniel Peabody (1741-1823) —
of Atkinson, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Topsfield, Essex
County, Mass., March 1,
1741.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1776-79, 1781-85,
1787-90, 1793-96; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1779-80, 1785; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1782-83; member
of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1784-86; member of New
Hampshire state senate from Rockingham County, 1785-86, 1790-93.
Confined
in a debtor's prison
for about twenty years.
Died in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 27,
1823 (age 82 years, 118
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Cutts (1771-1845) —
of Pepperell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, June 28,
1771.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1801-13 (at-large 1801-05,
14th District 1805-13); imprisoned
for debt, 1828.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1845 (age 73 years, 283
days).
Original interment at St.
John's Church Cemetery, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.;
reinterment in 1857 at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Israel DeWolf Andrews (d. 1871) —
also known as Israel D. Andrews —
of Maine.
Born in Campbell Island, New
Brunswick.
Son of Israel Andrews and Elizabeth Andrews.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; imprisoned
for debt more than once; U.S. Consul in SAINT John, 1843-48; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Canada, 1849-54; U.S. Consul General in Toronto, 1855-57; successfully advocated for reciprocal trade
agreements.
Died, reportedly due to alcoholism,
in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
17, 1871.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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