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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; 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. Interment at Salem
Cemetery, Salem, N.Y.
- 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.
- 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; married
1763 to Mary
Borden (died 1773); married 1774 to Sarah
Armitage; married to the sister-in-law of Francis
Hopkinson. 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. Original interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in
1843 at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. McKean County,
Pa. is named for him.
- Robert Potter (c.1800-1842) — of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C. Born near Williamsboro, Vance
County, N.C. 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. Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Marion County, Tex.; reinterment in
1928 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex. Potter County,
Tex. is named for him.
- Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) — also known as
"Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of
Tennessee"; "King Andrew the First" —
of Tennessee. Born, in a log
cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., March 15,
1767. Son of Andrew Jackson and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson;
married to Rachel (Donelson) Robards; uncle of Andrew
Jackson Donelson. 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.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also duelled
with Thomas
Hart Benton. 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. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1910. 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. 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.
- Cross-reference: Francis
P. Blair
- See also: congressional
biography; Wikipedia
article; Find-A-Grave
page.
- 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
- 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. Burial
location unknown.
- John Tyler (1790-1862) — also known as "The
Accidental President" — of Virginia. Born in Charles City
County, Va., March 29,
1790. 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; father of David
Gardiner 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; 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. Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va. Tyler County,
Tex. is named for him.
- 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. Uncle of John
Seldon Hargis; father-in-law of Archibald
Calloway Cope; father of Thomas
Frazier Hargis; granduncle of Alexander
Hamilton Hargis and James
Henderson Hargis. 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. Interment somewhere
in Morehead, Ky.
- 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.
- John W. Dawson (1820-1877) — of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind. Born in Cambridge, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
21, 1820. 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. Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
- 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; brother of George
W. Lane; married 1842 to Mary E.
Baldridge (granddaughter of Arthur
St. Clair). 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; 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 shot
himself on July 1, 1866, and died ten days later, near Fort
Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., July 11,
1866. Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan. Lane County,
Kan. is named for him.
- Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) — of Carthage, Moore
County, N.C.; Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn. Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
29, 1808. Married, May 17,
1827, to Eliza McCardle; father of Martha Johnson (who married David
Trotter Patterson). 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
aquitted 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. Interment at Andrew
Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tenn.
- Albert Cardozo (1828-1885) — Born in Philadelphia,
Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
21, 1828. Married to Rebecca Nathan (died 1879); father of Benjamin
Nathan Cardozo. 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. Burial
location unknown.
- W. M. Saunders — Delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Gadsden and
Liberty counties, 1868; expelled
from convention. Burial
location unknown.
- D. Richards — Delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Gadsden and
Liberty counties, 1868; expelled
from convention. Burial
location unknown.
- 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. Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
- 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. Interment at Pawnee
City Cemetery, Pawnee City, Neb. Butler County,
Neb. is named for him.
- 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. Entombed at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
- Henry Clay Warmouth (1842-1931) — also known as
Henry C. Warmouth — of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Lawrence (unknown
parish), La. Born in McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill., May 9,
1842. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1868,
1900,
1908,
1912;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1868-72. Episcopalian.
Impeached
as Governor in 1872 during election contest over successor. Died in
New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
30, 1931. Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
- Edmund Jackson Davis (1827-1883) — also known as
Edmund J. Davis — of Texas. Born in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., October
2, 1827. Son-in-law of Forbes
N. Britton. 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. Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
- 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.
- 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. Father of George
Ordway. 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. Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Warner, N.H.
- 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.
Interment at Evergreen
Hills Cemetery, Vanderbilt, Mich.
- Joseph F. Hambitzer — of Michigan. Michigan
state treasurer, 1893-94. Removed from
office as state treasurer, March 20, 1894. Burial
location unknown.
- John W. Jochim — of Michigan. Secretary of
state of Michigan, 1893-94. Removed from
office, March 20, 1894. Burial
location unknown.
- 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 1900-03; 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.
- William Miller Jenkins (1856-1941) — of Arkansas
City, Cowley
County, Kan.; Kay
County, Okla.; Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla. Born in Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio, April 25,
1856. Republican. 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. Interment at Southern
Heights Cemetery, Sapulpa, Okla.
- 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. Burial
location unknown.
- 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.
- John Green Brady (1848-1918) — of Alaska. Born in
New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 25,
1848. Governor of
Alaska District, 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. Interment at National
Cemetery, Sitka, Alaska.
- 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.
- Arthur C. Harper (1866-1948) — of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif. Born in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., 1866.
Hardware
business; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1906-09; resigned 1909; left office as
mayor under threat of recall
over corruption scandals.
Died in Palmdale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
25, 1948. Burial
location unknown.
- 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;
married, November
15, 1875, to Clara M. Baldwin. 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.
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
- 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; married, January
7, 1908, to Clara Rodelheim; brother of Charles
August 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;
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. Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
- 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;
married, January
7, 1907, to Carrie M. Lamoreux. 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. Entombed in mausoleum at Graceland
Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
- 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. Interment at Hebrew
Friendship Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
- Thomas B. Roush (born c.1861) — of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio. Born in Ohio. 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.
- John Calloway Walton (1881-1949) — also known as
John C. Walton; Jack Walton — of Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma
County, Okla. Born near Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 6,
1881. 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. Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
- Ernest Bamberger (1877-1958) — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah. Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, August
11, 1877. Republican. Mining
executive; member of Republican
National Committee from Utah, 1920-24, 1935; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1922. 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 1958.
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
- 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;
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. Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Dwight, Ill.
- 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;
brother of George
Shannon Long and Earl
Kemp Long (who married Blanche
B. Revere); married, April 12,
1913, to Rose
McConnell; father of Russell
Billiu Long; cousin of Gillis
William Long and Speedy
Oteria 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,
apparently by 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. Interment at State
Capitol Grounds, Baton Rouge, La.
- Henry Simpson Johnston (1867-1965) — of Perry, Noble
County, Okla. Born near Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., December
30, 1867. Governor of
Oklahoma, 1927-29. Impeached
and removed from
office as Governor in 1929. Died in Perry, Noble
County, Okla., January
7, 1965. Interment somewhere
in Perry, Okla.
- 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. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928;
candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1911; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1912-23, 1923-27;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1922-23; 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. Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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;
married, November
17, 1904, to Helen Zobel (c.1879-1930). 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;
Elks; Rotary. 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. Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
- 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; married to Janet Allen (divorced 1933); married, April 18,
1933, to Betty Compton (actress;
divorced 1941). 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. Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
- 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;
married, April 15,
1903, to Jennie W. Warner; uncle of Frank
Hague Eggers. Democrat. Mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1917-47; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Jersey, 1922; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1929; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1932.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. 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. Entombed at Holy
Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
- 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.
- Frank L. Shaw (1887-1958) — of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif. Born in Canada,
February
1, 1887. Mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1933-38. Removed from
office by recall in 1938. Died January
24, 1958. Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
- Sol Ullman (c.1893-1941) — of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y. Son of Samuel Ullman and Kate Ullman; married to
Esther or Estelle Blau. 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. Entombed at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
- Earl Russel Browder (1891-1973) — also known as
Earl Browder — of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y. Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., May 20,
1891. Son of William Browder and Martha (Hankins) Browder;
married 1926
to Raissa Berkman. Communist. As a result of his opposition to U.S.
participation in World War I, he was convicted
in 1917 of conspiracy
against
the draft laws and sentenced
to sixteen months in prison imprisoned
again in 1919; pardoned
in 1933; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1930 (6th District), 1940 (14th
District); General Secretary of the Communist Party of the U.S.,
1934-44; candidate for President
of the United States, 1936, 1940; arrested
in 1939 for a passport violation, convicted,
and sentenced
to four years in prison
(sentence commuted after fourteen months); expelled from the
Communist Party, 1946. Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 27,
1973. Burial
location unknown.
- Peter B. Carey (1886-1943) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
3, 1886. Married to Mary Frances Angsten. 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. Burial
location unknown.
- 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.
- 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. Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
- Charles G. Johnson (1880-1957) — also known as
Gus Johnson — of California. Born October
12, 1880. Republican. California
state treasurer, 1923-56; resigned 1956. 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. Burial
location unknown.
- 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.
- 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; about $800,000 was found in shoeboxes in his room at
the St. Nicholas Hotel in Springfield, Ill. Interment at Fraternal
Cemetery, Vienna, Ill.
- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908-1972) — of Manhattan,
New
York County, N.Y. Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1908. 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.
Black.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Alpha
Phi Alpha. 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 April 4,
1972. Cremated; ashes
scattered.
- 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; married to
DeLena A. Powell. 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.
- 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.
- 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, 1967-76. Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; 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. Burial
location unknown.
- 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. Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
- 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;
married, April 5,
1949, to Elaine
Schwartzenburg. 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 2000.
- 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. Married 1967 to Betsy
Stuart. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the
Vietnam War; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1994. 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
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.
Still living as of 2002.
- 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. Married to Marlene Warshofsky. 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. Burial
location unknown.
- 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.
- Alan MacGregor Cranston (1914-2000) — also known as
Alan Cranston — of Los Altos Hills, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif. Born in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 19,
1914. Married, November
6, 1940, to Geneva McMath. Democrat. Journalist;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1972;
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. Burial
location unknown.
- 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; step-son of Cerise
(Carpenter) Weinberger; married, August
12, 1942, to Jane Dalton. 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;
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. Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
- Tom Metzger — Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 43rd District, 1980; candidate in
Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1982; convicted
in 1991 of burning a
cross (as a form of hate speech
or intimidation) and sentenced
to prison;
in 1992, he was arrested
in Canada for violating immigration laws. Member, John
Birch Society; Ku Klux Klan.
Still living as of 2003.
- 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; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Columbus; 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 2001.
- 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 1998.
- 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.
- 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. Burial
location unknown.
- Doris Allen (1936-1999) — of California. Born in
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 26,
1936. Republican. Member of
