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John Williams (1752-1806) —
of New York.
Born in Barnstable, England,
1752.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state senate Eastern District, 1777-78, 1782-95; member of
New
York state assembly from Charlotte County, 1781-82; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Washington
and Clinton counties, 1788; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1795-99; county judge
in New York.
Expelled
for misconduct from the state senate in 1778.
Died in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., July 22,
1806 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Salem
Cemetery, Salem, N.Y.
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Memucan Hunt —
of Granville
County, N.C.
North
Carolina state treasurer, 1784-87.
In 1786, charges
of misconduct were brought against him and heard by the Legislature
in joint session; two days later, he was defeated for re-election.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas McKean (1734-1817) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New London Township, Chester
County, Pa., March 19,
1734.
Son of William McKean and Letitia (Finley) McKean.
Lawyer;
member of Delaware
colonial Assembly, 1765-76; common pleas court judge in Delaware,
1765-74; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-76; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1777-83; President
of Delaware, 1777; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777-99; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1781; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789-90; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1799-1808; impeached
by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1807, but no trial was ever held.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 24,
1817 (age 83 years, 97
days).
Original interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in
1843 at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Robert Potter (c.1800-1842) —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born near Williamsboro, Vance
County, N.C., about 1800.
Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1826, 1834-35; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1829-31; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Nacogdoches, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Navy, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Red River and Fannin, 1840-42;
died in office 1842.
Resigned
from the U.S. Congress in 1831 after maiming
two men in a jealous rage; convicted,
and sentenced
to six months in prison.
Expelled
in 1835 from the North Carolina House for cheating at cards.
Shot
and killed by
members of an opposing faction who surrounded his home, in Harrison
County (part now in Marion
County), Tex., March 2,
1842 (age about 42
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Marion County, Tex.; reinterment in
1928 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) —
also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of
Tennessee"; "King Andrew the
First" —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born, in a log
cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., March 15,
1767.
Son of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson
(1737-1781).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1821; President
of the United States, 1829-37.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also dueled
with Thomas
Hart Benton and Waightstill
Avery. Censured
by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from
the Bank of the United States. On January 30, 1835, while attending
funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren
R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot
at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a
house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity).
Died, of dropsy (congestive
heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 8,
1845 (age 78 years, 85
days). Elected in 1910 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans. His portrait appears on the U.S. $20
bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait appeared on on U.S.
notes
and certificates of various denominations from $5
to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait appeared on Confederate States
$1,000
notes.
Interment at The
Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette
Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson
Square, New Orleans, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson
(1737-1781); married, January
17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (1767-1828; aunt of Andrew
Jackson Donelson). See Donelson-Smith-Jackson
family of Tennessee. |
| | | Cross-reference: Francis
P. Blair |
| | | Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County,
Mo., are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Andrew
J. Donelson
— Andrew
Jackson Miller
— Andrew
J. Faulk
— Andrew
Jackson Titus
— Andrew
Jackson Isacks
— Andrew
Jackson Hamilton
— Andrew
Jackson Harlan
— Andrew
J. Kuykendall
— Andrew
J. Thayer
— Elam
A. J. Greeley
— Andrew
Jackson Ingle
— Andrew
J. Ogle
— Andrew
Jackson Carr
— Andrew
Jackson Bryant
— Andrew
J. Bentley
— Andrew
J. Rogers
— William
A. J. Sparks
— Andrew
Jackson Poppleton
— Andrew
J. Hunter
— A.
J. Clements
— Andrew
Jackson Baker
— Andrew
J. Felt
— A. J.
King
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
Jackson Caldwell
— Andrew
Jackson Gahagan
— Andrew
Jackson Biship
— Andrew
Jackson Houston
— Andrew
J. Cobb
— Andrew
J. Montague
— Andrew
J. Barchfeld
— Andrew
J. Kirk
— Andrew
J. Livingston
— Andrew
Jackson Stewart
— Andrew J.
May
— Andrew
J. McConnico
— Andrew
J. Brewer
— Andrew
Bettwy
— Andrew
J. Transue
— Andrew
Jackson Graves
— Andrew
Jackson Gilbert
— Andrew
J. Hinshaw
— Andy
Young
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| | | Campaign slogan: "Let the people
rule." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert
Vincent Remini, The
Life of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —
Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Democracy,
1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —
Andrew Burstein, The
Passions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & Jeanne
T. Heidler, Old
Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for
Empire — Donald B. Cole, The
Presidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands, Andrew
Jackson : His Life and Times |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Henry Smith (1788-1851) —
of Texas.
Born in Kentucky, May 20,
1788.
Son of James Smith and Magdalen (Woods) Smith.
Delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835; Provisional
Governor of Texas, 1835-36; impeached
as governor by the provisional council in 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1836-38; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 4,
1851 (age 62 years, 288
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Tyler (1790-1862) —
also known as "The Accidental
President" —
of Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Charles City
County, Va., March 29,
1790.
Son of John
Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary (Armistead) Tyler.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1811-16, 1823-25, 1839-40; served in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 23rd District, 1817-21; Governor of
Virginia, 1825-27; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1827-36; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; delegate to
Whig National Convention from Virginia, 1839 (Convention
Vice-President); Vice
President of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; President
of the United States, 1841-45; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
died in office 1862.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
A bill to impeach
him was defeated in the House of Representatives in January 1843.
Died, probably from a stroke, in
a hotel
room at Richmond,
Va., January
18, 1862 (age 71 years, 295
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary (Armistead) Tyler; son-in-law of David
Gardiner; married, March 20,
1813, to Letitia Christian; married, June 26,
1844, to Julia Gardiner (1820-1889); father of David
Gardiner Tyler. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Benjamin
Tappan |
| | | Tyler County,
Tex. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
T. Rich
— John
T. Cutting
— John
Tyler Cooper
— John
Tyler Hammons
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about John Tyler: Oliver P.
Chitwood, John
Tyler : Champion of the Old South — Norma Lois
Peterson, Presidencies
of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — Jane C.
Walker, John
Tyler : A President of Many Firsts — Edward P. Crapol,
John
Tyler, the Accidental President |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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John Louis Hargis (1802-1886) —
also known as "Bally John" —
of Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky.; Morehead, Rowan
County, Ky.
Born in Washington
County, Va., March 4,
1802.
Lawyer;
Breathitt
County Court Clerk; removed from
office as Court Clerk, 1846, over unspecified charges
against him; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1855-57.
Died in Morehead, Rowan
County, Ky., April 2,
1886 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment somewhere
in Morehead, Ky.
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Charles Edward Travis (1829-1860) —
also known as Charles E. Travis —
Born in Alabama, August 8,
1829.
Son of Rosanna (Cato) Travis and William
Barret Travis.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853-54.
Court-martialed
and discharged
from the U.S. Cavalry, on charges of conduct
unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, based on incidents of
alleged slander,
unauthorized
absence, and cheating at cards.
Died, of consumption
(tuberculosis)
in Washington
County, Tex., 1860
(age about
30 years).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Chappell Hill, Tex.
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Jay Gibbons —
of Albany
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1861; expelled
from the Assembly, April 18, 1861.
Burial
location unknown.
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John W. Dawson (1820-1877) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Cambridge, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
21, 1820.
Farmer;
lawyer;
newspaper
editor; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1854; candidate for secretary of
state of Indiana, 1856; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1858; Governor of
Utah Territory, 1861.
In December, 1861, after less than a month as territorial governor,
fled
Utah amid controversy and scandal.
Just east of Salt Lake City, he was attacked
by three men and badly injured.
Died in Indiana, September
10, 1877 (age 56 years, 324
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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James Henry Lane (1814-1866) —
also known as James H. Lane; "Liberator of
Kansas"; "Fighting Jim" —
of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind.; Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., June 22,
1814.
Son of Amos
Lane and Mary (Foote) Lane.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1849-53; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1853-55; delegate to
Kansas state constitutional convention, 1855, 1857; Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1855; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1861-66; died in office 1866; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Member, Freemasons.
Deranged and charged
with financial irregularities, he committed
suicide by gunshot
on July 1, 1866, and died ten days later, near Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., July 11,
1866 (age 52 years, 19
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) —
of Carthage, Moore
County, N.C.; Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
29, 1808.
Mayor
of Greeneville, Tenn., 1830; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1841; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1843-53; Governor of
Tennessee, 1853-57, 1862-65; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1857-62, 1875; died in office 1875; Vice
President of the United States, 1865; President
of the United States, 1865-69; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1868.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
In 1868, was impeached
by the House of Representatives; tried and
acquitted by the Senate, which voted 35 to 19 (short of the required
two-thirds) on three of the eleven articles of impeachment.
Died, after a series of strokes,
at his daughter's home in Carter
County, Tenn., July 31,
1875 (age 66 years, 214
days).
Interment at Andrew
Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tenn.
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Albert Cardozo (1828-1885) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
21, 1828.
Lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court; implicated
in a judicial corruption scandal in 1868, and resigned
from the bench.
Jewish.
Portugese
ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1885 (age 56 years, 322
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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W. M. Saunders —
Delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Gadsden and
Liberty counties, 1868; expelled
from convention.
Burial
location unknown.
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D. Richards —
Delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Gadsden and
Liberty counties, 1868; expelled
from convention.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Woods Holden (1818-1892) —
also known as William W. Holden —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
24, 1818.
Newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1860;
delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Governor of
North Carolina, 1865, 1868-70.
Methodist.
Impeached
and removed from
office as Governor in 1870, over corruption scandal.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., March 1,
1892 (age 73 years, 98
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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David Christy Butler (1829-1891) —
also known as David C. Butler —
of Nebraska.
Born December
15, 1829.
Republican. Member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1861; member
Nebraska territorial council, 1864; Governor of
Nebraska, 1867-71; removed 1871; member of University
of Nebraska board of regents, 1869-71; impeached
on March 4, 1871, and removed from
office as Governor on June 2, 1871.
Member, Freemasons.
Died May 25,
1891 (age 61 years, 161
days).
Interment at Pawnee
City Cemetery, Pawnee City, Neb.
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Abraham Oakey Hall (1826-1898) —
also known as A. Oakey Hall; "Elegant
Oakey" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 26,
1826.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1869-72; indicted
and tried in
1871-73 on charges
of covering up corruption during his mayoralty; acquitted.
Presbyterian;
later Catholic.
English,
Welsh,
and French
ancestry.
Died, of heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1898 (age 72 years, 73
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Henry Clay Warmouth (1842-1931) —
also known as Henry C. Warmouth —
of Lawrence, Plaquemines
Parish, La.
Born in McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill., May 9,
1842.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1868,
1888,
1896,
1900,
1908,
1912;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1868-72; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1888-92.
Episcopalian.
Impeached
as Governor in 1872 during election contest over successor.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
30, 1931 (age 89 years, 144
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Edmund Jackson Davis (1827-1883) —
also known as Edmund J. Davis —
of Texas.
Born in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., October
2, 1827.
Republican. District judge in Texas, 1856-61; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; Governor of
Texas, 1870-74; defeated, 1873, 1880; member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1872-74; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1882.
After his defeat as Governor, he refused to give up the office, and
barricaded
himself in the state capitol.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., February
7, 1883 (age 55 years, 128
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Joseph Williams Thorne (b. 1816) —
also known as J. Williams Thorne —
of Chester
County, Pa.; Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Pennsylvania, December
25, 1816.
Republican. Delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1875; member of
North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1875; expelled 1875;
member of North
Carolina state senate; elected 1876.
Expelled
in 1875 from the North Carolina House as an "infidel," reportedly for
his support of Darwin's theory of evolution.
Interment at Longwood
Cemetery, Longwood, Pa.
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Nehemiah George Ordway (1828-1907) —
also known as Nehemiah G. Ordway —
of Warner, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Warner, Merrimack
County, N.H., November
10, 1828.
Republican. New Hampshire
Republican state chair, 1860; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Warner, 1875-77;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1879-80; Governor of
Dakota Territory, 1880-84.
Indicted
on corruption charges
in 1883; his criminal trial in
1884 was cut short by a jurisdiction ruling; removed from
office by President Arthur.
Died July 1,
1907 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Warner, N.H.
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John Gayfer Berry (1838-1923) —
also known as John G. Berry —
of Berryville, Otsego
County, Mich.
Born in 1838.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1889-90; Michigan
land commissioner, 1893-94; defeated, 1890; removed 1894.
Removed
from office as land commissioner, March 20, 1894.
Died in 1923
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Hills Cemetery, Vanderbilt, Mich.
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Joseph F. Hambitzer —
of Michigan.
Michigan
state treasurer, 1893-94.
Removed
from office as state treasurer, March 20, 1894.
Burial
location unknown.
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John W. Jochim —
of Michigan.
Secretary
of state of Michigan, 1893-94.
Removed
from office, March 20, 1894.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank P. Demarest —
of Mont Moor, Rockland
County, N.Y.; West Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1888-89, 1900.
Indicted
several times on various offenses in 1891-03; tried in
1903 and acquitted; indicted
on fraud charges
in 1904; he had presented claims against the Town of Clarkstown for
services he had not provided; tried in
Rockland County and convicted
on November 18, 1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Miller Jenkins (1856-1941) —
also known as William M. Jenkins —
of Arkansas City, Cowley
County, Kan.; Kay
County, Okla.; Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla.
Born in Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio, April 25,
1856.
Son of William Jenkins and Lydia (Miller) Jenkins.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1888;
secretary
of Oklahoma Territory, 1897-1901; Governor of
Oklahoma Territory, 1901.
Presbyterian.
Removed
from office as Governor in a scandal
over a sanitarium contract; a later investigation exonerated him.
Died in Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla., October
19, 1941 (age 85 years, 177
days).
Interment at Southern
Heights Cemetery, Sapulpa, Okla.
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Charles Swayne (1842-1907) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Guyencourt, New Castle
County, Del., August
10, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1888; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1889-1907;
died in office 1907; impeached
by the U.S. House of Representatives in December 1904; acquitted in
the U.S. Senate.
Died July 5,
1907 (age 64 years, 329
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard J. Butler —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Saloon
keeper; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1903.
Charged
in March 1904 with having received stolen property in the form
of three barrels of liquor found in the cellar of his saloon, but the
magistrate determined that they had been delivered without his
knowledge.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Green Brady (1848-1918) —
also known as John G. Brady —
of Alaska.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 25,
1848.
Governor
of Alaska Territory, 1897-1906.
Presbyterian.
Forced to
resign as governor in 1906, after an inquiry
about his involvement with the Reynolds-Alaska Development Company.
Ill with diabetes,
he suffered a stroke and
died in Sitka,
Alaska, December
17, 1918 (age 70 years, 206
days).
Interment at National
Cemetery, Sitka, Alaska.
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George B. Cox —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1900,
1904,
1908.
Political boss of Cincinnati at the turn of the century. Indicted
on corruption charges in 1906, but never convicted.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Cyprian Harper (1866-1948) —
also known as Arthur C. Harper —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., 1866.
Democrat. Hardware
business; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1906-09; resigned 1909; resigned
from office as mayor under threat of recall
over corruption scandals.
Died in Palmdale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
25, 1948 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Cornelius Hanford (1849-1926) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Van Buren
County, Iowa, April 21,
1849.
Son of Edward Hanford and Abby J. (Holgate) Hanford.
Republican. Lawyer; member
Washington territorial council, 1877; member of Washington
territorial House of Representatives, 1889-90; U.S.
District Judge for Washington, 1890-1905; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1905-12;
resigned 1912.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Resigned
as judge under threat of
impeachment, 1912.
Died in 1926
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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William Sulzer (1863-1941) —
also known as "Plain Bill" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., March 18,
1863.
Son of Thomas Sulzer and Lydia Sulzer.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1890-94, 1914 (New York County 14th District
1890-92, New York County 10th District 1893-94, New York County 6th
District 1914); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1893; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1895-1912 (11th District 1895-1903,
10th District 1903-09, 16th District 1909-11, 10th District 1911-12);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1912
(speaker);
Governor
of New York, 1913; removed 1913; defeated, 1914, 1914.
Presbyterian.
German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Impeached
and removed from
office as governor, 1913.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
6, 1941 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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Hiram Robert Fowler (1851-1926) —
also known as H. Robert Fowler —
of Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ill.
Born near Eddyville, Pope
County, Ill., February
7, 1851.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1893-95; member of Illinois
state senate, 1900-04; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 24th District, 1911-15; defeated,
1924; in 1915, when the U.S. was still neutral in World War I, he was
general counsel for "Labor's National Peace Council," which advocated
a weapons embargo against the countries then at war; the organization
secretly received funding from German agents; indicted
in December 1915, along with Frank
Buchanan, Frank
S. Monnett, and others, for restraint of trade over the
Peace Council's attempts to foment strikes in U.S. munitions
plants; stood
trial in May 1917, along with (ultimately) six co-defendants; the
jury convicted three, but deadlocked over the other four, including
Fowler; he was not re-tried.
Died January
5, 1926 (age 74 years, 332
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hill Cemetery, Harrisburg, Ill.
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Frank Buchanan (1862-1930) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind., June 14,
1862.
Son of Joseph Buchanan and Emeline (Connor) Buchanan.
Democrat. Ironworker;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1911-17; in 1915, when
the U.S. was still neutral in World War I, he was president of
"Labor's National Peace Council," which advocated a weapons embargo
against the countries then at war; the organization secretly received
funding from German agents; when a grand jury
investigation was announced, he retaliated by introducing
resolutions to impeach U.S. Attorney H.
Snowden Marshall; indicted
in December 1915, along with H.
Robert Fowler, Frank
S. Monnett, and others, for restraint of trade over the
Peace Council's attempts to foment strikes in U.S. munitions
plants; stood
trial in May 1917, along with (ultimately) six co-defendants; the
jury convicted three, but deadlocked over the other four, including
Buchanan; he was not re-tried.
Died, of heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 18,
1930 (age 67 years, 308
days).
Interment at Irving
Park Boulevard Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Frank Sylvestor Monnett (b. 1857) —
also known as Frank S. Monnett —
of Crawford
County, Ohio.
Born in Kenton, Hardin
County, Ohio, March 19,
1857.
Lawyer;
Ohio
state attorney general, 1896-1900; defeated in Democratic
primary, 1926; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1910; in 1915, when the
U.S. was still neutral in World War I, he was a committee chair in
"Labor's National Peace Council," which advocated a weapons embargo
against the countries then at war; the organization secretly received
funding from German agents; indicted
in December 1915, along with H.
Robert Fowler, Frank
Buchanan, and others, for restraint of trade over the
Peace Council's attempts to foment strikes in U.S. munitions
plants; stood
trial with seven co-defendants, but during the trial, the charges
against him were dismissed.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Interment at Monnett
Chapel Graveyard, Dallas Township, Crawford County, Ohio.
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William Lloyd Harding (1877-1934) —
also known as William L. Harding —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Sibley, Osceola
County, Iowa, October
3, 1877.
Son of O. B. Harding and Emalyn (Moyer) Harding.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1907-13; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1913-17; Governor of
Iowa, 1917-21.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Censured
by legislature over pardons scandal,
and left office in disgrace
in 1921.
Died December
17, 1934 (age 57 years, 75
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Graceland
Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
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Harry Benjamin Wolf (1880-1944) —
also known as Harry B. Wolf —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 16,
1880.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1907-09.
Jewish.
Disbarred,
1922; reinstated, 1940.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., February
17, 1944 (age 63 years, 246
days).
Interment at Hebrew
Friendship Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Thomas B. Roush (born c.1861) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born in Ohio, about 1861.
Mayor
of Athens, Ohio, 1920-22; resigned 1922.
Resigned
as mayor after his son, the police chief, was caught soliciting and
accepting a bribe.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Calloway Walton (1881-1949) —
also known as John C. Walton; Jack C.
Walton —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 6,
1881.
Son of Lewis W. Walton (1850-1939) and Emma Sarah (Calloway) Walton
(1850-1934).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1919-23; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1923; impeached
and removed from
office as Governor, 1923; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1924.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., November
25, 1949 (age 68 years, 264
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Ernest Bamberger (1877-1958) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, August
11, 1877.
Son of Jacob Emanuel Bamberger (1852-1928) and Bertha (Greenwald)
Bamberger (1858-1939).
Republican. Mining
executive; member of Republican
National Committee from Utah, 1920-24, 1935; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1922, 1928.
Jewish.
Member, Chi Psi.
Arrested
in 1923, along with three friends, for smoking cigars in the
Vienna Cafe, Salt Lake City; however, on March 9, Utah's ban on
public smoking was repealed.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
11, 1958 (age 80 years, 153
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Frank Leslie Smith (1867-1950) —
also known as Frank L. Smith —
of Dwight, Livingston
County, Ill.
Born in Dwight, Livingston
County, Ill., November
24, 1867.
Republican. Candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1920,
1924,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 8th Illinois District, 1909; member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910-25; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 17th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1930; Illinois
Republican state chair, 1919-25; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1926-28; defeated, 1920; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1932.
Not
seated as a U.S. Senator in 1927 due to charges
of 'fraud and corruption' in his campaign.
Died in Dwight, Livingston
County, Ill., August
30, 1950 (age 82 years, 279
days).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Dwight, Ill.
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Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935) —
also known as Huey P. Long; "The
Kingfish" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born near Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., August
30, 1893.
Son of Huey Pierce Long and Caledonia (Tison) Long.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Louisiana, 1928-32; member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 1928; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1932-35; died in office 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Elks.
Impeached
by the Louisiana House in 1929 over multiple charges including his
attempt to impose an oil tax and his unauthorized demolition of the
governor's mansion, but not convicted by the Senate.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dr. Carl Weiss (who was immediately killed at the
scene), in the Louisiana State
Capitol Building, September 8, 1935, and died two days later at
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital,
Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., September
10, 1935 (age 42 years, 11
days).
Interment at State
Capitol Grounds, Baton Rouge, La.
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Henry Simpson Johnston (1867-1965) —
also known as Henry S. Johnston —
of Perry, Noble
County, Okla.
Born near Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., December
30, 1867.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,
1912;
Governor
of Oklahoma, 1927-29.
Impeached
and removed from
office as Governor in 1929.
Died in Perry, Noble
County, Okla., January
7, 1965 (age 97 years, 8
days).
Interment somewhere
in Perry, Okla.
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William Scott Vare (1867-1934) —
also known as William S. Vare —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
24, 1867.
Son of Augustus Vare and Abigail (Stites) Vare.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1911; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1912-23, 1923-27;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1923; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1927-29.
Political boss of Philadelphia in the 1920's; unseated
as U.S. Senator in 1929 over charges
of corruption and fraud in his election.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August 7,
1934 (age 66 years, 226
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Ralph W. Chandless —
of Bergen
County, N.J.
Member of New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1929-30.
Expelled
from the state senate, December 5, 1930.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank E. Edwards —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1928-31; recalled 1931.
Recalled
from office as mayor in 1931.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Bruckner (1871-1942) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., June 17,
1871.
Son of John A. Bruckner and Katharine (Schmidt) Bruckner.
Democrat. President, Bruckner Beverages;
director, Milton Realty
Co.; director, American Metal Cap Co.; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1901; New York
City Commissioner of Public Works, 1902-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1932
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1913-17; resigned
1917; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1918-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks.
In 1932, the Seabury investigating committee, looking into corruption
in New York City, called him to testify about the wealth he had
accumulated; at the conclusion of the investigation, the committee called for
his removal as Borough President. The Bruckner Expressway in the
Bronx is named for
him.
Died, from chronic
nephritis, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., April 14,
1942 (age 70 years, 301
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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James John Joseph Walker (1881-1946) —
also known as James J. Walker; Jimmy Walker;
"Beau James"; "The Night
Mayor" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 19,
1881.
Son of William
H. Walker.
Democrat. Lawyer; songwriter;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1910-14; member
of New
York state senate, 1915-25 (13th District 1915-18, 12th District
1919-25); resigned 1925; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1924,
1928,
1932;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1926-32; resigned 1932.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Resigned
as mayor during an investigation
of corruption in his administration.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1946 (age 65 years, 152
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Frank Hague (1876-1956) —
also known as "Sphinx of Jersey City"; "The
Boss"; "The Leader" —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
17, 1876.
Son of John D. Hague and Maragaret (Fagen) Hague.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1916,
1932;
mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1917-47; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Jersey, 1922-52; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1929.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Powerful leader of Hudson County Democratic "machine"; famously
quoted as declaring "I am the law!" Indicted
for various crimes but never convicted.
Died, from complications of bronchitis
and asthma, in
New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 1956 (age 79 years, 349
days).
Entombed at Holy
Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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William C. Hunt —
of Cape
May County, N.J.
Member of New Jersey
state senate from Cape May County, 1937.
Resigned
in April 1937 after a court investigation
of his election.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank L. Shaw (1877-1958) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Canada,
February
1, 1877.
Mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1933-38; defeated, 1941.
Removed
from office by recall in 1938.
Died January
24, 1958 (age 80 years, 357
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Sol Ullman (c.1893-1941) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1893.
Son of Samuel Ullman and Kate Ullman.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1919-23;
defeated, 1923; indicted
by a Federal grand jury in 1921 on charges
of conspiring to create a falsified income tax return for a
manufacturing company; a trial
resulted in a directed verdict of acquittal due to insufficient
evidence; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1928.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Arrested
and indicted
in 1939 on charges
of protecting a physician who performed illegal abortions; in
1941, a dentist was convicted as Ullman's agent in soliciting
protection money from physicians, and during the pendency of the
criminal charges, disbarment
proceedings were brought against him. However, he was never tried,
and his obituary states that he was "exonerated".
Died, in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 6,
1941 (age about 48
years).
Entombed at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Esther or Estelle Blau. |
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Irving Daniel Neustein (1901-1979) —
also known as Irving D. Neustein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1931-37;
member, New York Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, 1938-41; when
his political activities came under investigation
by the U.S. Civil Service Commission as violating the Hatch
Act, he resigned;
though he was no longer a member, his ouster
from the appeal board was ordered two years later.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Tammany
Hall.
Died, in Jewish Home
for the Aged, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1979 (age 78 years, 7
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter B. Carey (1886-1943) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
3, 1886.
Democrat. President, Chicago Board of Trade, 1932-35; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932,
1936,
1940;
delegate
to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Cook
County Sheriff, 1942-43.
Died, amidst a scandal
in his department, from a heart
ailment, in Sacred Heart Sanitarium,
Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
1, 1943 (age 56 years, 363
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Frances Angsten. |
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Herbert E. Lewis (d. 1972) —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Ontario.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1945-47.
A member of the "Solid Five," a bloc on the Long Beach city council;
all were recalled
from office in 1947.
Died in 1972.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clark E. Tucker (1897-1971) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born December
1, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1947-55; indicted
in 1952, along with two city commissioners, on charges
related to city procurement of asphalt.
Died December
18, 1971 (age 74 years, 17
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Hugh W. Cross (b. 1896) —
of Jerseyville, Jersey
County, Ill.
Born in Jerseyville, Jersey
County, Ill., August
24, 1896.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 38th District, 1933-40; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1939-40; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1941-49; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1944,
1948;
member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1949-55; resigned
under fire from the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1955,
following a unanimous vote of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations to open an
inquiry into the propriety of his actions influencing the
award of a Chicago transportation contract; the committee later
reported that he had "made a mistake and acted
indiscreetly".
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Elks; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles G. Johnson (1880-1957) —
also known as Gus Johnson —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born October
12, 1880.
Republican. California
state treasurer, 1923-56; resigned 1956; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1932.
Resigned
under fire in 1956, while subject of an inquiry
into over $100,000 in unpaid personal loans from banks with
state-deposited funds; no charges were ever filed.
Died, four days after suffering a stroke, at
Sutter Hospital,
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., October
14, 1957 (age 77 years, 2
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John F. Scibetta —
of Lodi, Bergen
County, N.J.
Mayor of
Lodi, N.J., 1960.
Recalled
from office on corruption charges in 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Paul Taylor Powell (1902-1970) —
also known as Paul Powell —
of Vienna, Johnson
County, Ill.
Born in Vienna, Johnson
County, Ill., January
21, 1902.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
chair
of Johnson County Democratic Party, 1950; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1959-63; secretary of
state of Illinois, 1965-70; died in office 1970.
In 1966, his office was investigated
for corruption; he was exonerated, but his chief investigator was
indicted for theft of state funds.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., October
10, 1970 (age 68 years, 262
days); about $800,000 was found in shoeboxes in his room at the
St. Nicholas Hotel in Springfield, Ill.
Interment at Fraternal
Cemetery, Vienna, Ill.
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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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W. Bernard Smith (b. 1930) —
of Logan, Logan
County, W.Va.
Born in Logan, Logan
County, W.Va., September
7, 1930.
Son of B. H. Smith and Dolly (Chafin) Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1969-72; removed 1972.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Expelled
from West Virginia State Senate, January 27, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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Relatives:
Married to DeLena A. Powell. |
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John J. Peluso (b. 1923) —
also known as "Johnny TV" —
of Newport, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born June 1,
1923.
Mayor
of Newport, Ky., 1964-68, 1976-80; defeated, 1971, 1983.
Indicted
in 1973 on charges
of possession of stolen bonds; later dismissed. Convicted
in 1983 of promoting
gambling. Indicted
in 1984 on federal charges
of bribery
and conspiracy; pleaded
guilty to perjury
in 1985; sentenced
to ten years in prison;
released in 1989.
Still living as of 2001.
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Henry J. Cianfrani (1923-2002) —
also known as "Buddy Brown"; "The
Pizza" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in a hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 19,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956,
1960,
1964;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1963-66; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1967-78.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Sons of
Italy.
Convicted
in 1977 on federal charges of racketeering and mail fraud for padding
his Senate payroll; sentenced
to five years in federal prison;
served 27 months; released in 1980.
Died, following a stroke, in
Hahnemann University Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 3,
2002 (age 79 years, 106
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Bullock (1929-1999) —
also known as Bob Bullock —
of Texas.
Born in Hillsboro, Hill
County, Tex., July 10,
1929.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives; elected 1956, 1958; secretary of
state of Texas, 1971-72; Texas state
comptroller, 1975-90; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1991-99.
Investigated
by a grand jury in 1978, but no indictment resulted.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., June 18,
1999 (age 69 years, 343
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Frederick Waldron Phelps (b. 1929) —
also known as Fred Phelps —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., November
13, 1929.
Son of Frederick Wade Phelps (1893-1977) and Catherine Idalette
(Johnson) Phelps (c.1907-1935).
Democrat. Lawyer; disbarred
by the state of Kansas in 1979 over harassment of a court
reporter and perjury
during the proceedings; in 1985, nine Federal judges filed a
disciplinary complaint against him over alleged false
accusations, which led to an agreement that he cease law
practice in Federal court; pastor of
the Westboro Baptist Church, which is widely
reviled for its extreme hatred
of homosexuals, and its tactics, such as picketing at military
funerals; candidate in primary for Governor of
Kansas, 1990, 1994, 1998; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1992; candidate for mayor of
Topeka, Kan., 1993, 1997.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2011.
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Edwin Washington Edwards (b. 1927) —
also known as Edwin Edwards; "Fast
Eddie" —
of Crowley, Acadia
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., August 7,
1927.
Son of Clarence W. Edwards and Agnes (Brouillette) Edwards.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate 35th District, 1964-65; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1965-72; Governor of
Louisiana, 1972-80, 1984-88, 1992-96; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1980.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Lions.
Charged
in federal court in 1985 with racketeering involving hospital
licenses; his first trial ended in hung jury; acquitted in second
trial. Convicted
in federal court in 2000 on seventeen counts of fraud and
racketeering over a scheme to extort
money from applicants for casino licenses; sentenced
in 2001 to ten years in federal prison
and fined
$250,000.
Still living as of 2009.
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Donald R. Manes (1934-1986) —
also known as "The King of Queens" —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
18, 1934.
Democrat. Lawyer; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1971-86; resigned 1986; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984.
On January 10, 1986, he was found driving erratically and bleeding
from slashes to his wrist and ankle; at first he claimed he had been
abducted, but then admitted his wounds were self-inflicted; while he
was hospitalized, a criminal investigation
against him became public.
Stabbed
himself
in the heart, and died soon after, at Booth Memorial Medical
Center, Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March 13,
1986 (age 52 years, 54
days).
Interment at Mt.
Ararat Cemetery, near Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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D. Michael Boyle (b. 1944) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
19, 1944.
Mayor
of Omaha, Neb., 1981-87.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Recalled
from office as mayor in 1987.
Still living as of 1997.
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Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia (b. 1937) —
also known as Fofó I. F. Sunia —
of Pago Pago, American
Samoa.
Born in Fagasá, Pago Pago, American
Samoa, March 13,
1937.
Son of Fiti Sunia.
Democrat. Member of American
Samoa senate, 1970-78; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from American Samoa, 1981-88; resigned 1988; indicted
in 1988 on charges
of running a payroll padding scheme, and resigned
as Delegate.
Samoan
ancestry.
Still living as of 1989.
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Alan MacGregor Cranston (1914-2000) —
also known as Alan Cranston —
of Los Altos Hills, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 19,
1914.
Son of William Cranston and Carol (Dixon) Cranston.
Democrat. Journalist;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; real estate
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1972,
1988
(speaker);
California
state controller, 1959-67; U.S.
Senator from California, 1969-93; defeated in primary, 1964;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1984.
Protestant.
Member, United
World Federalists.
Sued by Adolf Hitler over his unexpurgated translation into English
of Mein Kampf. Reprimanded
by the Senate in 1991 over his dealings with Lincoln Savings and Loan
president Charles Keating.
Died in Los Altos, Santa Clara
County, Calif., December
31, 2000 (age 86 years, 195
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Caspar Willard Weinberger (1917-2006) —
also known as Caspar W. Weinberger; Cap Weinberger;
"Cap the Knife" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
18, 1917.
Son of Herman Weinberger.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1953-56; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); California
Republican state chair, 1964; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1969-70; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1970; chair, Federal Trade Commission; director, U.S.
Office of Management and Budget; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1973-75; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1981-87.
Episcopalian.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1987. To forestall any prosecution
for alleged misdeeds in connection with the Iran-Contra affair, he
was pardoned
by President George
Bush in 1992.
Died, of kidney
ailments and pneumonia,
in Eastern Maine Medical
Center, Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March 28,
2006 (age 88 years, 222
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Daniel David Rostenkowski (b. 1928) —
also known as Dan Rostenkowski; "Rosty";
"Chicago Powerhouse" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
2, 1928.
Son of Joseph
P. Rostenkowski.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member
of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1953-55; member of Illinois
state senate, 1955-59; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1959-95 (8th District 1959-93, 5th
District 1993-95); defeated, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1960,
1964,
1968,
1976,
1984,
1988,
1992.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Kiwanis;
Moose.
Indicted
in 1994 on 17 felony charges;
pleaded
guilty in April 1996 to two counts of misuse of public funds; sentenced
to seventeen months in federal prison;
released in 1997.
Still living as of 2009.
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Carroll Hubbard, Jr. (b. 1937) —
of Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky.
Born in Murray, Calloway
County, Ky., July 7,
1937.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1960;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1968-75; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1975-93; candidate in
primary for Governor of
Kentucky, 1979.
Baptist.
Pleaded
guilty in 1994 to conspiring to defraud the Federal Elections
Commission, and to theft of government property; sentenced
to three years in prison.
Still living as of 2009.
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Judith K. Moriarty (b. 1942) —
of Pettis
County, Mo.
Born February
2, 1942.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Missouri, 1993-94; removed 1994.
Female.
Impeached
and removed from
office, 1994.
Still living as of 1994.
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Sam Solon (1931-2001) —
also known as "Senator Sam" —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., June 25,
1931.
School
teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1971-72; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1973-2001; died in office 2001.
Eastern
Orthodox. Greek
ancestry.
Pleaded
guilty in 1995 to telecommunications fraud for letting his
ex-wife make $2,430 in calls on his State Senate telephone line; reprimanded
by the Senate in 1996.
Died, of liver
cancer, in St. Mary's Medical
Center, Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., December
28, 2001 (age 70 years, 186
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Doris Allen (1936-1999) —
of California.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 26,
1936.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1982-95; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1995; candidate for California
state senate, 1990.
Female.
Was recalled from
office in 1995 after becoming Speaker with mainly Democratic
support.
Died, of stomach
and colon
cancer, at a hospice
in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., September
22, 1999 (age 63 years, 119
days).
Interment somewhere
in Cripple Creek, Colo.
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James Guy Tucker, Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as Jim Guy Tucker, Jr. —
of Arkansas.
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., June 13,
1943.
Democrat. Arkansas
state attorney general, 1973-77; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1977-79; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1978; Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1991-92; Governor of
Arkansas, 1992-96.
Presbyterian.
Resigned
in July 1996 after his conviction
on federal charges
brought by independent counsel Kenneth
Starr.
Still living as of 2009.
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Newt Gingrich (b. 1943) —
also known as Newton Leroy McPherson; "Nuclear
Newt" —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., June 17,
1943.
Son of Newton Searles McPherson and Kathleen (Daugherty) McPherson.
Republican. College
professor; author; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1979-99; defeated,
1974, 1976; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1995-99.
Baptist;
later Catholic.
Reprimanded
in 1997 by the House of Representatives, and fined
$300,000, over false statements he had made during an
investigation of his use of tax-exempt organizations for partisan
advocacy.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives: Son
of Newton Searles McPherson and Kathleen (Daugherty) McPherson;
married, June 19,
1962, to Jackie Battley (divorced 1981); married, August 8,
1981, to Marianne Ginther (divorced 2000); married, August
18, 2000, to Callista Louise Bisek; step-father of Robert
Gingrich. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — votes
in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Newt Gingrich: Winning
The Future: A 21st Century Contract with America
(2005) — Saving
Lives & Saving Money : Transforming Health and Healthcare, with
Dana Pavey & Anne Woodbury — To
Renew America (1995) — Lessons
Learned the Hard Way: A Personal Report (1998) |
| | | Fiction by Newt Gingrich: Gettysburg:
A Novel of the Civil War, with William R. Forstchen
(2003) — Grant
Comes East, with William R. Forstchen (2004) — Never
Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory, with William R.
Forstchen (2005) — 1945,
with William R. Forstchen (1995) |
| | | Books about Newt Gingrich: Mel Steely,
The
Gentleman from Georgia : The Biography of Newt
Gingrich — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History |
| | | Critical books about Newt Gingrich:
David Maraniss & Michael Weisskopf, Tell
Newt to Shut Up : Prize-Winning Washington Post Journalists Reveal
How Reality Gagged the Gingrich Revolution — John K.
Wilson, Newt
Gingrich: Capitol Crimes and Misdemeanors |
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John Westergaard (1931-2003) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 2,
1931.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state senate, 1960; campaign treasurer for Daniel
Patrick Moynihan, 1965-94; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1996.
Norwegian
ancestry.
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil fraud charges
against him in 2000; Paul
J. Curran volunteered to serve as defense counsel pro bono; in
2001, the fraud charges were withdrawn, and the case was settled with
no penalty.
Died, of prostate
cancer, at Calvary Hospice,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
31, 2003 (age 71 years, 213
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Timothy J. Brill (born c.1960) —
also known as Tim Brill —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born about 1960.
Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 9th District, 1992.
Pleaded
guilty in August 2000 to mail fraud in connection with the
failure of his mountaineering business; sentenced
to a year and a day in federal prison.
Still living as of 2001.
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David A. Brock (b. 1936) —
of Hopkinton, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in 1936.
U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1969-72; superior court judge in New
Hampshire, 1976-78; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1978-86; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1986-.
Impeached
in 2000 by the New Hampshire House of Representatives on several
charges including improperly influencing a lower court judge and
lying to a legislative committee; acquitted by the New Hampshire
Senate.
Still living as of 2000.
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John T. Broderick, Jr. (b. 1947) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in 1947.
Justice
of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1995-.
Investigated
in 2000 by the Judiciary Committee of the New Hampshire House of
Representatives in connection with the charges against Chief Justice
David
A. Brock and Justice W.
Stephen Thayer III, but articles of impeachment
against him were rejected by the House. Arrested
in October 2000 for assault
against his 30-year-old son. but charges were dropped.
Still living as of 2001.
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Sherman D. Horton, Jr. (b. 1931) —
of Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in 1931.
Justice
of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1990-2000.
Investigated
in 2000 by the Judiciary Committee of the New Hampshire House of
Representatives in connection with the charges against Chief Justice
David
A. Brock and Justice W.
Stephen Thayer III, but articles of impeachment
against him were rejected by the House.
Still living as of 2000.
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Greg Tarver —
of Louisiana.
Member of Louisiana
state senate.
Tried
and acquitted in 2000 on federal racketeering charges.
Still living as of 2000.
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W. Stephen Thayer III (b. 1946) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in 1946.
U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1981-84; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1986-2000.
Allegedly asked Chief Justice David
A. Brock not to appoint a certain lower court judge to a panel of
judges that would hear the appeal of his divorce case; following an
investigation, he was forced to
resign in 2000 from the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
Still living as of 2000.
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Lena Swanson (born c.1938) —
of Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash.
Born in Oklahoma, about 1938.
Democrat. Member of Washington
state senate 35th District, 1997.
Female.
Pleaded
guilty to charges
of soliciting unlawful payments from veterans and former
prisoners of war.
Still living as of 2001.
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Carl Tommy Cruz Gutierrez (b. 1941) —
also known as Carl T. C. Gutierrez —
of Agana (now Hagatna), Guam.
Born in Agana Heights, Guam, October
15, 1941.
Son of Tomas Taitano Gutierrez and Rita Benavente (Cruz) Gutierrez.
Construction
business; member of Guam
senate, 1973-86, 1989-94; Governor of
Guam, 1995-2002; defeated, 1978 (Independent), 1986 (Democratic
primary), 2006 (Democratic primary); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Guam, 1996,
2000;
indicted
on political corruption charges,
but never convicted.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2006.
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John Grosvenor Rowland (b. 1957) —
also known as John G. Rowland —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., May 24,
1957.
Republican. Insurance
agent; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1981-84; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1985-91; Governor of
Connecticut, 1995-2004; defeated, 1990; resigned 2004; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 2000;
Pleaded
guilty to federal corruption charges in 2004; served ten months
in prison.
Catholic.
Member, Tau
Kappa Epsilon.
Still living as of 2009.
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Peggy A. Lautenschlager (b. 1955) —
also known as Peg Lautenschlager —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., November
22, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; Winnebago
County District Attorney, 1985-88; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1989-93; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 6th District, 1992; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1993-2001; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 2003-07; defeated in primary, 2006; in
February 2004, en route from Madison to Fond du Lac, she accidentally
drove a state-owned car into a ditch; pleaded
guilty to driving
while intoxicated
and refusing a blood test; lost her
license for a year, paid a fine of
$784, and a self-imposed
penalty of $3,250; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 2004,
2008.
Female.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2011.
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Ernest L. Fletcher (b. 1952) —
also known as Ernie Fletcher; "Big
Ern" —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery
County, Ky., November
12, 1952.
Republican. Physician;
pastor;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1994-96; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1999-2003; defeated,
1996; Governor of
Kentucky, 2003-; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 2004;
in 2005-06, an investigation
of hiring practices in violation of the state's merit system
law led to grand jury indictments
of the Governor and some of his staff; Fletcher pardoned his staff
members to protect them from prosecution; ultimately he admitted
wrong-doing and agreed to reorganize the Kentucky Personnel Board.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Alan G. Hevesi —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. University
professor; member of New York
state assembly, 1971-93 (25th District 1971-72, 28th District
1973-93); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1984,
1996,
2000,
2004;
New York City controller, 1994-2001; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 2001 (Democratic primary), 2001
(Liberal); New York
state comptroller, 2003-06; resigned 2006.
Jewish.
Pleaded
guilty to fraud charges
over his use of a state employee to chauffeur his wife, December 22,
2006, and fined
$5,000.
Still living as of 2006.
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