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William Seeger —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.
Republican. Minnesota
state treasurer, 1872-73.
After disclosure that he had accepted his predecessor's note for
$112,000 of missing
state funds, and had concealed this fact from
investigators, he resigned;
in spite of that, he was subsequently impeached
and removed from
office. The lost money was recovered from Seeger's bondsmen, and
no criminal prosecution was made.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938) —
also known as Clarence S. Darrow —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kinsman, Trumbull
County, Ohio, April 18,
1857.
Son of Amirus Darrow and Emily (Eddy) Darrow.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1896; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 17th District, 1903-05; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1924.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Defense attorney for, among many others, Patrick Eugene Prendergast,
who murdered Chicago mayor Carter
H. Harrison. In 1911, he was charged
with bribing jurors in a California case; tried and
acquitted; a second trial
resulted in a hung jury. Famously cross-examined William
Jennings Bryan during the 1925 "Scopes Monkey Trial.".
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 13,
1938 (age 80 years, 329
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Frederick J. Harwood —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Socialist. State Secretary, New Jersey Socialist Party, 1919; when attempting
to speak to a Socialist
rally in Rahway, N.J., May 31, 1919, he was sprayed with a fire
hose by Mayor David
H. Trembley; charged
with opposing and obstructing a police officer, and fined
$50; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1938.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Joseph Fallon (1886-1927) —
also known as William J. Fallon; "The Great
Mouthpiece"; "Broadway's
Cicero" —
of Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1886.
Son of Joseph M. Fallon.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1918; charged
in 1924 with bribing
a juror; tried and
acquitted.
Died, of heart
disease, in the Hotel
Oxford, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 29,
1927 (age about 40
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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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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Tito Carinci (1928-2006) —
of Newport, Campbell
County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born December
15, 1928.
President and manager of the Glenn Hotel and
the Tropicana bar and
casino; arrested
in 1961 on obstruction of justice charges;
candidate in primary for mayor of
Newport, Ky., 1963.
Died November
12, 2006 (age 77 years, 332
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Wallace Barron (1911-2002) —
also known as Wally Barron —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va., December
8, 1911.
Son of Rev. Frederick H. Barron and Mary (Butler) Barron.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Randolph County, 1951-53;
resigned 1953; West
Virginia state attorney general; elected 1956; Governor of
West Virginia, 1961-65.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Civitan;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Convicted
of jury tampering in 1971, and sentenced
to five years in prison.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
12, 2002 (age 90 years, 339
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Maurice Hubert Stans (1908-1998) —
also known as Maurice H. Stans —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Shakopee, Scott
County, Minn., March 22,
1908.
Son of J. Hubert Stans and Mathilda (Nyssen) Stans.
Accountant;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1969-72.
Catholic.
Indicted
in 1973, along with John
N. Mitchell, for perjury
and obstruction over a contribution
from fugitive
financier Robert Vesco to President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign; tried and
acquitted; later pleaded
guilty to five violations of campaign
finance laws and paid a fine of
$5,000.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died five days later, at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 14,
1998 (age 90 years, 23
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Newton Mitchell (1913-1988) —
also known as John N. Mitchell —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
15, 1913.
Son of Joseph Charles Mitchell and Margaret Agnes (McMahon) Mitchell.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Attorney General, 1969-72.
Member, American Bar
Association.
A central figure in the Watergate scandal.
Indicted
in 1973, along with Maurice
Stans, for perjury
and obstruction over a contribution
from fugitive
financier Robert Vesco to President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign; tried and
acquitted. Convicted
in February 1975 of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury,
over his role in the Watergate
break-in, and sentenced
to two and a half to eight years in prison;
served 19 months.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died later the same day, at George Washington
University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., November
9, 1988 (age 75 years, 55
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Bradford Cook (b. 1936) —
also known as G. Bradford Cook —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., 1936.
Son of George Brash Cook (born 1910; insurance executive).
Chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1973; resigned
under fire from the SEC, following disclosure that he had
modified a commission complaint to delete references to a
secret $200,000 campaign
contribution to President Richard
Nixon's re-election campaign from fugitive
financier Robert Vesco; admitted that he testified
falsely to a Senate committee and to a grand jury investigating
the matter; his license to practice law in Illinois and Nebraska was
suspended
for three years.
Still living as of 1975.
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Relatives: Son
of George Brash Cook (born 1910; insurance executive); married to Jo
Anne Thatcher and Laura Armour. |
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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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J. Herbert Burke (1913-1993) —
of Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
14, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1967-79 (10th District 1967-73, 12th
District 1973-79); defeated, 1955 (6th District), 1978 (12th
District); delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,
1972.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Eagles; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; Moose; Kiwanis.
Arrested
in 1978 for being drunk
and disruptive in the parking lot of a strip
club; pleaded
guilty to public
drunkenness, disorderly conduct and witness tampering.
Died in Fern Park, Seminole
County, Fla., June 16,
1993 (age 80 years, 153
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche, Jr. (b. 1922) —
also known as Lyndon LaRouche; Lyn Marcus —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Leesburg, 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).
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 2009.
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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.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
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 then-unrecognized
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;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1994; host of a radio talk
show in 1995-2003, and is a television
commentator.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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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 2009.
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Ricardo Jerome Bordallo (1927-1990) —
also known as Ricardo J. Bordallo; Ricky
Bordallo —
of Agana (now Hagatna), Guam.
Born in Agana (now Hagatna), Guam, December
11, 1927.
Son of B. J. Bordallo.
Democrat. Restaurant
owner; member of Guam
legislature, 1956-70; Guam
Democratic Party chair, 1960-63, 1971-73; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Guam, 1964;
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 committed suicide
by pistol
shot to the head; he was 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 (age 62 years, 52
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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).
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.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Kappa
Alpha Psi; Freemasons;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1988.
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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).
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.
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Evan Mecham (1924-2008) —
of Ajo, Pima
County, Ariz.; Glendale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Duchesne, Duchesne
County, Utah, May 12,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; automobile
dealer; newspaper
publisher; candidate for Arizona
state house of representatives, 1952; member of Arizona
state senate, 1960-62; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1962 (Republican), 1992 (Independent); Governor of
Arizona, 1987-88; defeated, 1964, 1974, 1978, 1982.
Mormon.
Member, John
Birch Society.
Indicted
in 1988 on six felony counts of perjury
and filing a false
campaign report, specifically of failing
to report a $350,000 loan to his campaign by Barry Wolfson, a
real estate developer; later acquitted of these charges. Impeached
by the Arizona House of Representatives on February 5, 1988, on charges
of obstructing justice and illegally lending
state money to his business; convicted and
removed from office by the Arizona Senate on April 4, 1988. A recall
election was scheduled against him, but it was cancelled by the
Arizona Supreme Court.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
22, 2008 (age 83 years, 286
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arch Alfred Moore, Jr. (b. 1923) —
also known as Arch A. Moore, Jr. —
of Glen Dale, Marshall
County, W.Va.; Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va., April 16,
1923.
Son of Arch A. Moore and Genevieve (Jones) Moore.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1953-54;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1957-69;
defeated, 1954; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from West Virginia, 1960,
1972;
member of Republican
National Committee from West Virginia, 1963-73; Governor of
West Virginia, 1969-77, 1985-89; defeated, 1980, 1988; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1978.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Eagles; Elks; Rotary; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Theta Pi.
Pleaded
guilty in 1990 to five felonies,
over findings that he had accepted illegal
contributions to his 1984 and 1988 election campaigns, had extorted
over $500,000 from a coal company, and obstructed the
investigation; served two years and eight months in prison.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert William Packwood (b. 1932) —
also known as Bob Packwood —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Lake Oswego, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., September
11, 1932.
Son of Frederick William Packwood and Gladys (Taft) Packwood.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Multnomah County Republican Party, 1960-62; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1963-68; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1969-95; resigned 1995; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1972.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Jaycees;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Resigned
from the U.S. Senate in 1995, after the Select Committee on Ethics recommended
his expulson for sexual
misconduct, attempting to obstruct the committee's
investigation, and using his position to solicit employment for his
wife.
Still living as of 2009.
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Henry Gabriel Cisneros (b. 1947) —
also known as Henry G. Cisneros —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., June 11,
1947.
Son of George Cisneros and Elvira Cisneros.
Mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1981-89; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1993-97.
Hispanic
ancestry.
In 1995, an independent counsel was appointed to investigate
allegations that he had made false
statements to the FBI about payments he made to his mistress;
indicted
in 1997 on 18 counts of conspiracy, making false
statements, and obstruction of justice; pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor count of lying to
the FBI, and was fined
$10,000; pardoned
in 2001 by President Bill
Clinton.
Still living as of 2009.
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Melvin Jay Reynolds (b. 1952) —
also known as Mel Reynolds —
of Illinois.
Born in Mound Bayou, Bolivar
County, Miss., January
8, 1952.
Democrat. University
professor; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1993-95; defeated in
primary, 1988, 1990; resigned 1995.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Convicted
in 1995 on sexual
misconduct and obstruction of justice charges and sentenced
to five years in prison.
Convicted
in federal court in 1997 of 15 counts of bank
fraud, wire fraud, and lying to the Federal
Election Commission; sentenced
to 78 more months in prison.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Jefferson Clinton (b. 1946) —
also known as Bill Clinton; William Jefferson Blythe
IV; "Slick Willie"; "Bubba";
"Elvis"; "Eagle"; "The Big
Dog" —
of Arkansas; Chappaqua, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Hope, Hempstead
County, Ark., August
19, 1946.
Son of William Jefferson Blythe II and Virginia (Cassidy) Clinton
(1923-1994).
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1974; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1977-79; Governor of
Arkansas, 1979-81, 1983-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1996,
2000;
speaker, 1984,
1988;
President
of the United States, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2004,
2008.
Baptist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Sigma Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association.
On October 29, 1994, Francisco Duran fired 27 shots from the sidewalk
at the White House in an apparent assassination
attempt against President Clinton. Impeached
by the House of Representatives in December 1998 over allegations of
perjury
and obstruction of justice in connection with his sexual
contact with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, but acquitted
by the Senate.
Still living as of 2011.
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Relatives: Third
cousin twice removed of James
Alexander Lockhart; son of William Jefferson Blythe II and
Virginia (Cassidy) Clinton (1923-1994); step-son of Roger Clinton;
married, October
11, 1975, to Hillary
Diane Rodham (sister of Hugh
Edwin Rodham); father of Chelsea Clinton (daughter-in-law of Edward
Maurice Mezvinsky and Marjorie
Margolies-Mezvinsky). See Polk-Ashe
family of North Carolina. |
| | | Cross-reference: Abraham
J. Hirschfeld — Kenneth
W. Starr — Rahm
Emanuel — Henry
G. Cisneros — Maria
Echaveste — Thurgood
Marshall, Jr. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Bill Clinton: Between
Hope and History : Meeting America's Challenges for the 21st
Century (1996) — My
Life (2004) |
| | | Books about Bill Clinton: David
Maraniss, First
in His Class : The Biography of Bill Clinton — Joe
Conason, The
Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and
Hillary Clinton — Gene Lyons, Fools
for Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater —
Sidney Blumenthal, The
Clinton Wars — Dewayne Wickham, Bill
Clinton and Black America — Joe Klein, The
Natural : The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill
Clinton — Nigel Hamilton, Bill
Clinton: An American Journey — Bob Woodward, The
Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House — George
Stephanopolous, All
Too Human — John F. Harris, The
Survivor : Bill Clinton in the White House — Mark
Katz, Clinton
& Me: A Real Life Political Comedy — Tim O'Shei, Bill
Clinton (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Bill Clinton:
Barbara Olson, The
Final Days : The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White
House — Meredith L. Oakley, On
the Make : The Rise of Bill Clinton — Robert
Patterson, Dereliction
of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Endangered
America's Long-Term National Security — Ambrose
Evans-Pritchard, The
Secret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories —
Ann Coulter, High
Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill
Clinton — Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, Because
He Could — Jack Cashill, Ron
Brown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and
Hillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens, No
One Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —
Rich Lowry, Legacy:
Paying the Price for the Clinton Years — Richard
Miniter, Losing
Bin Laden : How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global
Terror |
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Paul J. Silvester (born c.1963) —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born about 1963.
Republican. Connecticut
state treasurer, 1997-99; appointed 1997.
In September 1999, pleaded
guilty to federal charges
of racketeering, money
laundering and bribery.
His bail
was revoked in January 2002 for improper contacts with a
defendant in another corruption trial.
Still living as of 2002.
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Sara B. Bost (born c.1948) —
of Irvington, Essex
County, N.J.
Born about 1948.
Mayor
of Irvington, N.J., 1994-2002.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Indicted
in April 2002 on federal bribery
and witness tampering charges;
pleaded
guilty in April 2003 to one count of witness tampering; sentenced
to one year in prison.
Still living as of 2004.
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William Shannon Lerach (b. 1946) —
also known as William S. Lerach; Bill
Lerach —
of Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in 1946.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1996.
Plead
guilty in 2007 to federal charges
of conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice and making false
declarations under oath in connection with a kickback
scheme; sentenced
to two years in prison, fined $250,000, and ordered to do 1,000 hours
of community service.
Still living as of 2010.
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Kwame Malik Kilpatrick (b. 1970) —
also known as Kwame M. Kilpatrick —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 8,
1970.
Son of Bernard Kilpatrick and Carolyn
Cheeks Kilpatrick.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 9th District, 1997-2001; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 2002-08; resigned 2008; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 2004-08; charged
in 2008 with obstruction of justice, perjury,
and misconduct
in office, in connection with his denial under oath of an affair
with his chief of staff, Christine Beatty, and misleading the city
council over a payment of $8.4 million to settle a whistleblower
lawsuit filed by two police officers, which included a secret deal to
prevent evidence of the affair from being disclosed; later charged
with assaulting
two police officers who were serving a subpoena; pleaded
guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of justice and
no
contest to one assault
charge;
he also agreed to four months in jail,
payment of $1 million in restitution,
to resign as
mayor, and to give up his law license and pension.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2009.
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