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William Hull (1753-1825) —
Born in Derby, New Haven
County, Conn., June 24,
1753.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1798-1805; Governor
of Michigan Territory, 1805-12; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812.
Following his surrender of Detroit to the British in 1812, was found
guilty by a court-martial
of cowardice,
neglect
of duty, and unofficerlike
conduct, and sentenced
to death; President Madison accepted this decision but remitted the
sentence.
Died in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
29, 1825 (age 72 years, 158
days).
Interment at Newton
Cemetery, Newton, Mass.
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Thomas J. Navin —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Adrian, Mich., 1881-82.
Absconded
after forging
city bonds; arrested
in El Paso, Texas.
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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Fred A. Maynard (b. 1852) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in 1852.
Michigan
state attorney general, 1895-98.
Indicted
in 1901 on 48 charges
of embezzlement;
a jury was selected for trial,
but the indictment was quashed before it could get underway.
Burial location unknown.
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D. Judson Hammond (b. 1841) —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in 1841.
Republican. Banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 1st District,
1897-1900.
Convicted
in 1903 of soliciting
a bribe of $500 to defeat a bill opposed by wholesale grocers; sentenced
to two years in prison
or a $2,000 fine.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Porter Glazier (1862-1922) —
also known as Frank P. Glazier —
of Chelsea, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., March 8,
1862.
Republican. Pharmacist;
President of Glazier Stove Company (manufacturer
of stoves for cooking and heating); president of Chelsea Savings Bank;
member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1903-04; Michigan
state treasurer, 1905-08; resigned 1908.
Forced to
resign as state treasurer in 1908; convicted
of embezzlement;
served two years in prison;
pardoned
in 1920.
Died near Chelsea, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
1, 1922 (age 59 years, 299
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Mich.
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William H. Bradley (1859-1925) —
of Greenville, Montcalm
County, Mich.
Born in Spencer Township, Kent
County, Mich., February
26, 1859.
Republican. Wholesale
grocer; mayor of Greenville, Mich., 1908-09; member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1909-12.
In 1911, he was accused of bribery
by Sherman M. Townsend, a former Sergeant-at-Arms of the state
senate; an investigation
was conducted; a resolution
to expel him from the Senate failed on a vote of 14 to 15.
Died in 1925
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Greenville, Mich.
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Maurice Sugar (1891-1974) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Brimley, Chippewa
County, Mich., August
8, 1891.
Lawyer;
Socialist candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1917, 1919; Socialist candidate
for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1917; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1918 (Socialist),
1936 (Farmer-Labor); convicted
in 1918 for resisting
the draft, sentenced to a year in prison,
and disbarred;
readmitted to the Bar in 1923; pardoned
in 1933; general counsel to the United Automobile Workers, 1937-46;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Jewish
and Lithuanian
ancestry. Member, National
Lawyers Guild.
Died in Cheboygan
County, Mich., February
15, 1974 (age 82 years, 191
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Truman Handy Newberry (1864-1945) —
also known as Truman H. Newberry —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
5, 1864.
Republican. Paymaster and agent, Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railway,
1885-87; president and treasurer, Detroit Steel and
Spring Co., 1887-1901; director, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co.;
director, Grace Hospital;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1892;
served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1908-09; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1919-22.
Presbyterian.
Tried
and convicted
in 1921 of overspending
on his campaign (federal laws at that time set an unrealistically
low limit); his conviction was reversed by Supreme Court; following
an investigation, the Senate declared him entitled to his seat but expressed
disapproval of the sum spent
on his election; resigned
under pressure.
Died in Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., October
3, 1945 (age 80 years, 332
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Robert V. Mundy (b. 1854) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in New Jersey, 1854.
Hardware
business; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1917-21.
In March, 1921, a grand jury charged
him with misfeasance
in office and neglect of
duty, in his tolerance of
vice such as illegal liquor sales, prostitution, and gambling in
Bay City, and called for the common council to remove him from
office. Mundy disputed the grand jury's authority to make this kind
of report, and on his motion, it was stricken from the court record.
Nonetheless, his organization was defeated in the election shortly
afterward.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Denby (1870-1929) —
also known as Ned Denby —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., February
18, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1903-04; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1905-11; defeated,
1910; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1917; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1921-24; persuaded by Secretary of State
Albert
B. Fall to transfer control of the Navy's oil leases to the
Interior Department; Fall then accepted large bribes
to sell the leases to his friends, in what became known as the Teapot
Dome scandal;
in 1924, Denby was forced to
resign as Secretary of the Navy.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
8, 1929 (age 58 years, 356
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Peter C. Jezewski (1883-1960) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, November
22, 1883.
Republican. Pharmacist;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 6th District, 1915-16; mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1922-26, 1932-34; defeated, 1926, 1934.
Convicted
of bootlegging
and other vice
crimes about 1926, and spent a year in Leavenworth federal prison.
Died in Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich., December
1, 1960 (age 77 years, 9
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Henry Ford (1863-1947) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich., July 30,
1863.
Engineer;
inventor;
founder, Ford Motor
Company, 1903; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1916;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and Belgian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Publisher, in 1919-27, of the Dearborn Independent newspaper,
which promoted anti-Semitic
ideas through articles such as "The International Jew: The World's
Problem," which were reprinted as pamphlets and books. In 1927, a libel
lawsuit against Ford over these writings led him to shut
down the paper and publicly recant
its contents.
Died, from a stroke,
in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., April 7,
1947 (age 83 years, 251
days).
Interment at Ford
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Ford and Mary (Litogot) Ford; married, April
11, 1888, to Clara Jane Bryant; uncle of Clarence
William Ford; second cousin once removed of Clyde
McKinlock Ford. |
| | | Political family: Ford
family of Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan. |
| | | Cross-reference: James
Couzens — Herman
Bernstein — Alfred
J. Murphy — Martin
C. Ansorge — William
A. Lucking |
| | | Personal motto:
"Efficiency." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Henry Ford: Douglas
Brinkley, Wheels
for the World : Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress,
1903-2003 — William A. Levinson, Henry
Ford's Lean Vision — Pat McCarthy, Henry
Ford : Building Cars for Everyone (for young
readers) — David Weitzman, Model
T : How Henry Ford Built a Legend (for young
readers) |
| | | Critical books about Henry Ford: Max
Wallace, The
American Axis : Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the
Third Reich — Neil Baldwin, Henry
Ford and the Jews : The Mass Production of Hate |
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Philip Aaron Raymond (1899-1983) —
also known as Philip Raymond —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
4, 1899.
Communist. Labor
organizer; in January, 1930, he was arrested
in Pontiac, Mich., and charged
with leading a
demonstration; again arrested
in April, 1934, in Dearborn, Mich., when he was seen talking with
strikers picketing an auto plant; candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1930; Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1934; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1936, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan; candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1946.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
21, 1983 (age 84 years, 45
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles E. Bowles (1884-1957) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Yale, St. Clair
County, Mich., March
24, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1926-29; resigned 1929; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1930; defeated, 1924, 1924, 1925, 1930;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932, 1934;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1941; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1950, 1952.
Member, Optimist
Club.
Recalled
from office as Mayor in 1930 over charges that he had sold out to
gangsters
and the Ku Klux
Klan.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 30,
1957 (age 73 years, 128
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Evergreen
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Daniel Frederick Pagelsen (1873-1939) —
also known as Daniel F. Pagelsen —
of Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich., September
26, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Grand
Haven, Mich., 1904; justice of the peace; Vice-Consul
for Sweden in Grand
Haven, Mich., 1914; Ottawa
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1919-34; arrested
in March 1930, charged
with driving
while drunk,
and fined
$50; arrested
again in August, and pleaded
guilty to driving
while intoxicated,
second offense; the Ottawa County Bar Association urged leniency, but
he was sentenced
to six months in prison.
Danish
and German
ancestry.
Died in Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich., January
31, 1939 (age 65 years, 127
days).
Interment at Lake
Forest Cemetery, Grand Haven, Mich.
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Frank D. McKay (1883-1965) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., November
4, 1883.
Republican. Financier;
political boss who dominated Republican politics in Michigan for
years; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920,
1928,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944;
Michigan
state treasurer, 1925-30; investigated
by a grand jury in 1931 over his handling
of state funds while Treasurer; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1940-44; subject of three
federal grand jury investigations
in 1940 over alleged fraud,
extortion
and kickbacks;
indicted
in 1944 for bribery
of state legislators; hired a Purple
Gang figure to murder
the star witness, State Sen. Warren
G. Hooper, and the case collapsed; charged
in 1945, along with William
McKeighan, with conspiracy to violate
state liquor laws; tried in
1946; the judge directed a verdict of not guilty.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., January
12, 1965 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Entombed at Greenwood
Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Willis M. Brewer (1892-1972) —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in 1892.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928
(alternate), 1952;
candidate for secretary
of state of Michigan, 1928; chairman, Oakland County Board of
Auditors; in 1931, he was charged
with embezzling
$2,500 from the county; convicted,
and sentenced
to five to fifteen years in prison;
his sentence was commuted by Gov. William
A. Comstock in 1933; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1947.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in 1972
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz (1890-1963) —
also known as Rudolph G. Tenerowicz —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
of Polish parents, June 14,
1890.
Physician;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1928-32, 1936-39; defeated, 1932; resigned
1932; defeated, 1934; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1939-43; defeated,
1942 (Democratic primary), 1946 (Republican primary), 1948
(Republican), 1950 (Republican), 1952 (Republican), 1954 (Republican).
Polish
ancestry.
Tried
and convicted
on vice
conspiracy charges
in 1932; freed from prison when pardoned
by Gov. William
A. Comstock.
Died in Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich., August
31, 1963 (age 73 years, 78
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Stanley J. Pacholek (1890-1932) —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Poland,
December
8, 1890.
Undertaker;
candidate for mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1932 (primary), 1932.
Polish
ancestry.
Arrested
in April, 1932, for drunk
driving;
died by suicide
in his jail
cell, by hanging
himself with his scarf, in Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich., April
19, 1932 (age 41 years, 133
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Bradford Pengelly (1880-1973) —
also known as J. Bradford Pengelly —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.; Leamington, Ontario.
Born in Brantford, Ontario,
May
12, 1880.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; Episcopal
priest; candidate for Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1922; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1926; Flint city
commissioner; in June, 1932, he was charged
with accepting
bribes from real estate developers; he denied the allegations and
pleaded not guilty; venue was changed from Flint to Grand Rapids; tried in
October 1932, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict; retried
in January 1934 and found not guilty; meanwhile, in November 1932, he
was recalled
from office as City Commissioner.
Episcopalian.
Died in Coquitlam, British
Columbia, October
16, 1973 (age 93 years, 157
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elizabeth Ann (Bradford) Pengelly and John Henry Pengelly;
married, September
17, 1913, to Edith Maude Campbell; married to Agnes (Richardson)
Mathews. |
| | | Image source: Port Huron Times Herald,
Octover 25, 1932 |
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Ernest A. Moross (c.1874-1949) —
of Mosherville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born about 1874.
Manager for Indianapolis Speedway, and for many early 20th century race car
drivers; retired from automobile racing in 1916; candidate in
Republican primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Hillsdale County, 1930;
Communist candidate for Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1932; in 1933, he refused to renew
his car's license
plates as a protest
against the cost; when his car was seized, he and his wife locked the
doors and remained
inside it for a month; finally police broke into the car and arrested
them; convicted
of resisting
arrest, and sentenced
to 30 days in jail.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 4,
1949 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Tracy W. Southworth —
of Monroe
County, Mich.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Monroe County; elected 1930,
1932; arrested
in June 1934, along with a lobbyist,
Al Tobin, based on an allegation of bribery
in connection with helping a trucking company obtain a license; four
marked bills were found in his possession when he was arrested; he
claimed the lobbyist had merely made him a loan of $100.
Burial location unknown.
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Anthony J. Wilkowski (b. 1898) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April
16, 1898.
Democrat. Hardware
store owner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1933-38, 1945-46, 1949-50; defeated in
primary, 1942 (3rd District), 1946 (2nd District), 1951 (2nd
District), 1952 (2nd District), 1955 (2nd District); chair of
Wayne County Democratic Party, 1934; tried
and convicted,
along with Democratic state chairman Elmer
B. O'Hara, on vote
fraud charges
in 1936, and sentenced
to four to five years in prison;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1939; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1940; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 9th
District, 1961-62.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Polish
National Alliance.
Burial location unknown.
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Elmer B. O'Hara —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1932;
Wayne
County Clerk, 1933-36; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1935-36; tried
and convicted,
along with State Sen. A.
J. Wilkowski and others, on vote
fraud charges
in 1936; sentenced
to four to five years in prison;
also convicted
on charges
of bribing
the Macomb County Drain Commissioner.
Burial location unknown.
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James E. Kewin —
of Melvindale, Wayne
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Melvindale, Mich., 1933-40; defeated, 1940; in June, 1936,
after an exchange of insults with Sever Green, who Kewin had tried to
oust from a Melvindale city position, he climbed into Green's car and
scratched
his face; later convicted of assault
and battery over this incident and was fined
$25.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter L. Kanar (1901-1958) —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Warsaw, Poland,
1901.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,
1931-32; defeated, 1932; mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1939-42.
Indicted,
but not convicted, on vice
conspiracy charges
while he was mayor.
Died February
4, 1958 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Stanley J. Dombrowski (1901-1977) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 7,
1901.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1935-44; defeated in primary, 1950; in 1943, he repudiated grand jury
testimony about being bribed,
pleaded
guilty to perjury,
and was sentenced
to prison;
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison.
Died in 1977
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Coles Diggs Sr. (1894-1967) —
also known as Charles C. Diggs, Sr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Tallula, Issaquena
County, Miss., January
2, 1894.
Mortician;
member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1937-44; defeated in Democratic
primary, 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1940;
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
in a different bribery
case in 1945; tried
and convicted;
charged
again on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1948 (Republican
primary), 1952 (Democratic primary).
African
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in 1967
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Detroit
Memorial Park East, Warren, Mich.
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Eugene C. Keyes (1900-1963) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born August
23, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; dentist;
Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1943-44, 1947-48; defeated, 1940, 1944,
1948; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1950, 1954; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1952.
Convicted,
in Dearborn municipal court in August 1944, of assaulting
a woman who came to his office to protest his slapping of her son
during an argument over campaign work; the sentence
was a $25 fine or
15 days in jail.
Died in 1963
(age about
62 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Anthony Kronk (1900-1976) —
also known as Martin A. Kronk —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 1,
1900.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1937-44; removed 1944; defeated, 1950 (Wayne County 1st District),
1958 (Wayne County 12th District); charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1954.
Died in 1976
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry F. Shea (1885-1967) —
of Laurium, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Osceola Mine, Houghton
County, Mich., April
15, 1885.
Democrat. Miner; railroad
trainman; plumber;
steamfitter;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton County 1st District,
1918; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1937-40; defeated, 1940; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting bribes;
tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
granted immunity
from prosecution in return for his testimony in another bribery
case, 1945.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
Died in 1967
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph C. Roosevelt (1900-1987) —
also known as Joe Roosevelt —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
8, 1900.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1933-36; member of Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1937-38; defeated in primary, 1938,
1940, 1942; implicated
in the Michigan legislative bribery
scandal
in 1944 as a go-between providing
bribes to legislators; granted immunity
from prosecution, and testified against others.
Died in 1987
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Chester Milton Howell (1883-1965) —
also known as Chester M. Howell; "Chiseling
Chet" —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich., September
10, 1883.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1923-26; member of Michigan
state senate 22nd District, 1927-32, 1939-45; defeated, 1932,
1936; resigned 1945; charged
on December 6, 1944 with accepting bribes from naturopathic
physicians, and pleaded
guilty; testified against other legislators in bribery
cases.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Moose.
Died in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., May 8,
1965 (age 81 years, 240
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Adam William Sumeracki (b. 1911) —
also known as Adam Sumeracki —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Braddock, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
6, 1911.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1939-44, 1955-64 (Wayne County
1st District 1939-44, Wayne County 9th District 1955-64); removed
1944; defeated, 1964 (7th District), 1974 (71st District); candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1942; Charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
also charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Michael J. Clancy (b. 1913) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in County Clare, Ireland,
September
9, 1913.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1937-40; defeated in primary, 1942; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes, but not tried and convicted with the others.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Earl C. Gallagher (b. 1899) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ontonagon
County, Mich., October
15, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked for carmakers
Ford Motor Company and Chrysler Corporation; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1937-44; removed 1944; defeated, 1954 (Wayne County 10th District);
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Member, Elks; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1936 to Mary
Thibault. |
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Joseph J. Kowalski (b. 1914) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
19, 1914.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1939-44; nominated, but withdrew 1944; removed 1944; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
also charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Polish
National Alliance; Maccabees.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Murphy (1897-1944) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Rensselaer, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., May 15,
1897.
Democrat. Accountant;
Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1941-42; defeated, 1942; charged
with bribery
in 1944; pleaded
guilty.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Gamma
Eta Gamma.
Died, from a heart
ailment, December
25, 1944 (age 47 years, 224
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Constance Kirchner. |
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Ernest George Nagel (1893-1955) —
also known as Ernest G. Nagel; "Ernie
Hooker" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Zurich, Switzerland,
March
3, 1893.
Democrat. Boxer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; automotive
engineer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1933-40; defeated in primary, 1952; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1941-42; defeated in primary, 1942,
1944; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
also charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died July 26,
1955 (age 62 years, 145
days).
Interment at Clinton
Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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Edward John Walsh (1904-1975) —
also known as Edward J. Walsh —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
22, 1904.
Democrat. Automobile
worker; constable; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1933-44; removed 1944; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
on December 6, 1944 (along with four other legislators) with accepting
bribes from naturopathic physicians; tried in
1945, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict; retried
and convicted;
charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Died in 1975
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Fitch Hemans (1896-1971) —
also known as Charles F. Hemans; "Baron of the
Bathroom"; "Knight of the
Doublecross" —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.; Howell, Livingston
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., April
12, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1924;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1926, 1928; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1934-41; defeated, 1931, 1941;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1934; candidate for
circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1935; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1936.
Implicated
in the Michigan legislative bribery
scandal
in 1944; granted immunity
from prosecution and testified that he had bribed
many legislators in his hotel bathroom; later, another bribery case
against legislators fell apart when he refused to testify and fled to
Washington; arrested
by FBI agents and arraigned
on a federal fugitive
witness charge; tried
and convicted,
and sentenced
to four years in prison;
pleaded
guilty to bribery
in 1950 and sentenced
to five years probation
and a $1,000 fine.
Died January
29, 1971 (age 74 years, 292
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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William Gibbs Buckley (b. 1907) —
also known as William G. Buckley —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
19, 1907.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1933-34, 1937-44; defeated in primary, 1944; removed 1944; Charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
on December 6, 1944 (along with four other legislators) with accepting
bribes from naturopathic physicians; tried in
1945, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict; retried
and convicted;
charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the last set of
charges were dismissed when he agreed to testify.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1933 to
Kathryn O'Dowd. |
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Francis J. Nowak (1915-1976) —
also known as Frank Nowak —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
14, 1915.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1939-44; nominated, but withdrew 1944; removed 1944; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
on December 6, 1944 (along with four other legislators) with accepting
bribes from naturopathic physicians; tried in
1945, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict; retried
and convicted;
charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the last set of
charges were dismissed when he agreed to testify.
Died in 1976
(age about
60 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William M. Bradley (b. 1892) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 22,
1892.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1937-40; defeated in primary, 1934,
1940, 1942, 1952; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William A. Bradley and Mary (Riley) Bradley; married 1912 to
Edwardine Lenahan. |
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Walter N. Stockfish (1908-1973) —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, July 16,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,
1935-44; removed 1944; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Died in 1973
(age about
64 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Lawrence Kaminski (1902-1951) —
also known as Joseph L. Kaminski —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
2, 1902.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1935-40; defeated in primary, 1940; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November, 1951
(age about
48 years).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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D. Stephen Benzie (b. 1893) —
of Norway, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in Norway, Dickinson
County, Mich., March
10, 1893.
Democrat. Road
contractor; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1940;
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1913 to
Lillian Wilson. |
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Isadore A. Weza (b. 1906) —
of Ontonagon, Ontonagon
County, Mich.
Born near Ontonagon, Ontonagon
County, Mich., March
22, 1906.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ontonagon District, 1937-40;
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes, but not tried and convicted with the others.
Burial location unknown.
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Leo Joseph Wilkowski (1902-1955) —
also known as Leo J. Wilkowski —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 5,
1902.
Democrat. Hardware
business; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1939-44; nominated, but withdrew 1944;
Charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
on December 16, 1944 (along with other legislators) with accepting
bribes from naturopathic physicians; tried
and convicted;
charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the last set of
charges were dismissed when he agreed to testify.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Polish
National Alliance.
Died of heart
trouble, March
23, 1955 (age 52 years, 352
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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William C. Birk (1885-1950) —
of Baraga, Baraga
County, Mich.
Born in Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich., November
6, 1885.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ontonagon District, 1927-34;
defeated, 1934, 1936; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1941-42; defeated, 1938, 1942, 1944;
charged
on December 16, 1944, along with other legislators, with accepting
bribes; tried in
1945 and convicted;
sentenced
to three to five years in prison.
German
ancestry.
Died in 1950
(age about
64 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Carl F. DeLano (1890-1952) —
of Cooper Township, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Cooper Township, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., September
25, 1890.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 2nd
District, 1931-38; defeated in primary, 1928; member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1939-45; resigned 1945; charged
on December 6, 1944, along with four other legislators, with accepting
bribes from naturopathic phyisicians; tried in
1945 and convicted;
sentenced
to three to five years in prison;
charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Died in 1952
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Cooper
Township Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1923 to Irene
Lane. |
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Miles M. Callaghan (1868-1944) —
of Reed City, Osceola
County, Mich.
Born in Portland, Ionia
County, Mich., October
7, 1868.
Republican. Hardware
dealer; fruit
farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Osceola District, 1929-36,
1943-44; resigned 1944; member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1937-40; defeated in primary, 1940;
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; pleaded
guilty and testified against others.
Suffered a stroke,
and died, in Reed City, Osceola
County, Mich., August
22, 1944 (age 75 years, 320
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Green (1880-1956) —
of Hillman, Montmorency
County, Mich.
Born in Montmorency
County, Mich., March
26, 1880.
Republican. Lumberman;
farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Presque Isle District,
1929-36, 1939-44; defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1940;
indicted
for bribery
on December 2, 1944 (along with Frank
D. McKay); the case collapsed when the star witness, Sen. Warren
G. Hooper was murdered; indicted
again on different bribery
charges
on December 16, 1944; tried in
1945 and convicted;
sentenced
to three to five years in prison.
Died in 1956
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Jerry Thomson Logie (1887-1966) —
also known as Jerry T. Logie —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., 1887.
Republican. Pharmacist;
member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1939-44; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
in a different bribery
case in 1945; tried
and convicted.
Died in 1966
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ray E. Whitney (1878-1970) —
of Onondaga Township, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Onondaga Township, Ingham
County, Mich., April
23, 1878.
Republican. Farmer; real estate
dealer; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1942, 1944; in July 1944, he was accused
of sending out postcards falsely
claiming the endorsement of several prominent Republicans; arraigned
in August 1944 for felony election
fraud, over forging
most of the signatures on his nominating
petitions; pleaded
guilty in September 1944 to misdemeanor charges.
Congregationalist.
Died, in Stuart Nursing
Home, Leslie, Ingham
County, Mich., September
3, 1970 (age 92 years, 133
days).
Interment at Draper
Cemetery, Rives Township, Jackson County, Mich.
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Warren Green Hooper (1904-1945) —
also known as Warren G. Hooper —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 2,
1904.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District,
1939-44; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1945; died in office 1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, Theta
Kappa Nu; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
During a grand jury investigation,
admitted
to taking
bribes and was given immunity
from prosecution in return for his testimony against others;
however, four days before the hearing, he was shot and
killed
in his
car, alongside highway M-99, near Springport, Jackson
County, Mich., January
11, 1945 (age 40 years, 254
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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William H. McKeighan —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Republican. Political boss; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1915-16, 1922-23, 1927-28, 1931-33; defeated, 1923;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1940;
political ally of Frank
D. McKay; charged
in 1945, along with McKay, with conspiracy to violate
state liquor laws; tried;
the judge directed a verdict of not guilty.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles S. Blondy (1905-1982) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
29, 1905.
Democrat. Constable; real estate
business; member of Michigan
state senate, 1941-64 (5th District 1941-54, 4th District
1955-64); defeated in primary, 1934, 1938; charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Southfield, Oakland
County, Mich., January
28, 1982 (age 76 years, 364
days).
Interment at Hebrew Memorial Park, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Goldie (Grodsky) Blondy and Hyman Blondy; married to Frances
Goldberg. |
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memorial |
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1957-58 |
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James Benjamin Stanley (1903-1977) —
also known as James B. Stanley —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., December
29, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 1st
District, 1937-46; defeated in primary, 1934; charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles.
Died in 1977
(age about
73 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Byron L. Ballard (b. 1890) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
21, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Charles
H. Hayden, 1917-30, and of Edmund
C. Shields, 1931; chair of
Ingham County Democratic Party, 1920-24; candidate for Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1926; treasurer of
Michigan Democratic Party, 1937; charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Elgin Ballard and Jennie (Peden) Ballard; married, February
16, 1916, to M. Lucille Juzek. |
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George Oscar Harma (1905-1977) —
also known as George O. Harma —
of Atlantic Mine, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Baltic Mine, Houghton
County, Mich., November
5, 1905.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton County 2nd District,
1935-44; candidate for Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1944; implicated
as co-conspirator
in a legislative branch banking bribery
case in 1946; given immunity
from prosecution in return for his testimony.
Finnish
ancestry. Member, Pi
Delta Epsilon.
Died in 1977
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Carl Oscar Harma and Mary Susanna (Fjader) Harma. |
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Raymond J. Snow (1913-1999) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., September
29, 1913.
Democrat. Beer
distributor; potato chip
manufacturer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County 1st District,
1941-46; defeated, 1938; Charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other current and former state
legislators) with bribery
conspiracy; pleaded
guilty and testified for prosecution, but the charges against the
others were eventually dismissed.
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society; Moose; Eagles.
Died, in McLaren Regional Medical
Center, Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., August
25, 1999 (age 85 years, 330
days).
Interment at New
Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Earl W. McEwen Sr. —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County 2nd District;
elected 1940; candidate for Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1944; charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Gilbert H. Isbister (1900-1958) —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., July 9,
1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; St.
Clair County Register of Deeds, 1925-34; candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1934; member of Michigan
state senate 11th District, 1939-42; defeated in primary, 1942;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1940;
charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Died in 1958
(age about
57 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert B. McLaughlin (1903-1965) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in 1903.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1941-44; defeated in primary, 1938;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1944; charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Died in 1965
(age about
62 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James A. Burns (1899-1963) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
8, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; hotelier;
purchasing
agent; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1923-24; defeated in Republican primary, 1926, 1928, 1930; member of
Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1937-38, 1941-42; defeated, 1924
(Republican primary, 2nd District), 1938 (Democratic primary, 4th
District), 1942 (Democratic, 4th District), 1944 (Democratic primary,
4th District); charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1948.
Died in 1963
(age about
64 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William C. Stenson (b. 1900) —
of Greenland, Ontonagon
County, Mich.
Born in Wakefield, Gogebic
County, Mich., July 1,
1900.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; construction
superintendent; salvage
materials dealer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ontonagon District; defeated,
1938; elected 1940, 1942; charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Burial location unknown.
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Carl Winter (1906-1991) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Michigan.
Born in 1906.
Communist. Candidate for New York
state senate 13th District, 1932; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1940; convicted
in 1949 under the Smith
Act, for conspiring to advocate the overthrow
of the government; served five years in prison.
Died in 1991
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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George William Crockett Jr. (1909-1997) —
also known as George W. Crockett, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., August
10, 1909.
Democrat. Recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1966-78; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980-91; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984,
1988;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; National
Lawyers Guild.
Served four months in federal prison
for contempt
of court in 1950, following his defense of a Communist leader on
trial in New York for advocating the overthrow of the government.
Among the founders of the nation's first
interracial law firm.
Ill with bone
cancer in 1997, he suffered a stroke
and died five days later, in Washington Home and Hospice,
Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1997 (age 88 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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William W. Voisine (1897-1959) —
also known as Wilfred William Voisine —
of Ecorse, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Michigan, November
20, 1897.
Steel
executive; village
president of Ecorse, Michigan, 1936-37; members of a steelworker
terrorist group, the Black Legion, repeatedly attempted
to kill him in 1936; Jesse Pettijohn and Lawrence Madden were
later convicted of conspiracy to commit murder; mayor of
Ecorse, Mich., 1948-49, 1954-57.
French
Canadian ancestry.
Convicted
in April, 1950, of falsely
testifying to a Congressional committee in 1948 that he had
received only the regular price for steel; sentenced
to two years in federal prison.
In October, 1956, a warrant
was issued for his arrest,
along with several members of the city council, for knowingly permitting
illegal gambling in Ecorse, in return for bribes and
gratuities; Gov. G.
Mennen Williams initiated removal
proceedings against the officials.
Died in 1959
(age about
61 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abel Voisine and Eugenia Jennie (Blais) Voisine; married, August
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William Albertson (1910-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine),
May
7, 1910.
Communist. Candidate for New York
state senate 16th District, 1932; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1934; secretary-treasurer,
Local 16, Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union.
Indicted,
along with other Communist leaders, by a federal grand jury in
August, 1951; tried,
in Pittsburgh, starting in November 1952, and convicted
in August, 1953, under the Smith
Act, of conspiring to advocate the violent
overthrow of the U.S. government; sentenced
to five years in prison;
the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the convictions in 1956. Expelled
from the Communist Party in 1964 over claims that he served as an
undercover police agent; in 1976, it was revealed that the charge was
founded on a phony letter planted by the F.B.I.
Died, in an automobile
accident, February
19, 1972 (age 61 years, 288
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel W. West (b. 1909) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Algood, Putnam
County, Tenn., September
5, 1909.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1960,
1964
(alternate); member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1963-65 (Wayne County 6th
District 1963-64, 24th District 1965); defeated in primary, 1954
(Wayne County 6th District), 1956 (Wayne County 6th District), 1958
(Wayne County 6th District), 1960 (Wayne County 6th District), 1965
(24th District).
Convicted
of various crimes, including burglary,
larceny,
and forgery,
in Minnesota, Iowa, and Washington, D.C., and was sentenced to prison
in those places; came to Michigan and assumed the identity of a
deceased New York attorney of the same name; indicted
in late 1964 on state charges
of voter
registration fraud and federal charges
of income
tax fraud and forgery;
in January 1965, his seat in the Michigan House was declared
vacant.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Charles Miriani (1897-1987) —
also known as Louis C. Miriani —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
1, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1957-62; indicted
in 1966 for evading
federal taxes on income he failed to report in 1959-62; tried and
convicted
in 1968; following unsuccessful appeals, he served almost a year in
federal
prison; released in 1971.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., October
18, 1987 (age 90 years, 290
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich.
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Mortimer Thomas Furay (1910-1972) —
also known as Mort Furay —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 23,
1910.
Democrat. President,
Local 705, Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union; vice-president,
AFL-CIO Union Label Trade Department; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1944; candidate in primary for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1949; in 1967, at an intersection in Highland
Park, Mich., he witnessed a woman being beaten by her husband, and
summoned police; when the police officers decided not to arrest the
man, he protested,
and was arrested
for interfering
with police; he pleaded not guilty, and a trial date was set, but
apparently the case was dropped.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
12, 1972 (age 61 years, 233
days); body was
donated to Wayne State University Medical School.
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Relatives: Son
of Mortimer John Furay and Florence Bell (Kratz) Furay; married 1932 to
Corinne Kelly. |
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John Burley Swainson (1925-1994) —
also known as John B. Swainson —
of Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manchester, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Windsor, Ontario,
July
31, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1955-58; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1959-60; Governor of
Michigan, 1961-62; defeated, 1962; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1963; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1965-70; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1971-75; resigned 1975.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Delta
Theta Phi; Amvets;
Purple
Heart; Lions; Elks.
Lost
both legs in a land mine explosion on November 15, 1944, near
Metz, Alsace-Lorraine, during World War II. Charged
in 1975 with accepting
a bribe; found not guilty, but convicted
of perjury
over his testimony to the grand jury.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manchester, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 13,
1994 (age 68 years, 286
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, Mich.
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Philip C. Bellfy (b. 1946) —
also known as Phil Bellfy —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born, in a hospital
at Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 7,
1946.
College
teacher; Human Rights candidate for Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1976; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan; after refusing to
remove his hat, was arrested
for trespassing in Michigan state capitol building, 1977; Independent
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1986; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Chippewa
Indian ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Charles Coles Diggs Jr. (1922-1998) —
also known as Charles C. Diggs, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
2, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mortician;
member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1955-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1976
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
First
chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus; charged
in March 1978 with taking kickbacks
from staff whose salaries he raised; convicted,
October 7, 1978, on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing false
payroll forms; insisted he had done nothing wrong, and was re-elected
while awaiting sentencing; censured
by the House on July 31, 1979; sentenced
to three years in prison
and served 14 months.
Died, of a stroke,
at Greater Southwest Community Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1998 (age 75 years, 265
days).
Interment at Detroit
Memorial Park East, Warren, Mich.
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Joel Patterson —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Benton Harbor, Mich., 1981; defeated, 1981.
Indicted
in 1981, along with the City Attorney, on federal embezzlement
and bribery
charges
in connection with a housing program.
Still living as of 1981.
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Daisy L. Elliott (1917-2015) —
also known as Daisy Elizabeth Lenoir —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Filbert, McDowell
County, W.Va., November
26, 1917.
Democrat. Realtor;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1963-78, 1981-82 (Wayne County
4th District 1963-64, 22nd District 1965-72, 8th District 1973-78,
1981-82); defeated in primary, 1950 (Wayne County 1st District), 1954
(Wayne County 11th District), 1956 (Wayne County 4th District), 1958
(Wayne County 4th District), 1960 (Wayne County 4th District), 1982
(8th District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1968
(alternate), 1976;
co-author of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act; candidate for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1978; arrested
in April 1982 for driving a stolen
1977 Cadillac deVille automobile;
arraigned
on a charge of receiving and concealing stolen
property; she claimed she had bought the car from a dealer, but
the firm had no record of this, and the document she presented had
been faked; lost
renomination as State Representatve in August 1982, while under
indictment; convicted
in November 1982 and sentenced
to 60 days in jail.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; League of Women
Voters; Junior
League.
Died, in DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
22, 2015 (age 98 years, 26
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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John James Conyers Jr. (1929-2019) —
also known as John Conyers, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich., May 16,
1929.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1965-2017 (1st District 1965-93,
14th District 1993-2013, 13th District 2013-17); resigned 2017;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy in Washington, 1984;
candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1989; in 2017, it was reported that a former
member of Conyers' staff had alleged
that he had sexually
harassed her, and had been paid a settlement of $27,000;
subsequently, the House Ethics Committee started an investigation
into multiple such allegations; he subsequently resigned
from Congress.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Recipient of the Spingarn
Medal, 2007.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
27, 2019 (age 90 years, 164
days).
Entombed at Detroit
Memorial Park East, Warren, Mich.
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Basil W. Brown (1927-1997) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Vandalia, Cass
County, Mich., March
20, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1957-88 (3rd District 1957-64, 6th District
1965-74, 3rd District 1975-82, 2nd District 1983-88); resigned 1988;
in 1985, a prostitute working for the police went to visit him
several times, and exchanged
sex for marijuana
and cocaine;
arrested
November 8, 1985; pleaded
guilty in 1987 and resigned
from the Senate; sentenced
to six months in jail, fines, and probation; his law license was also
suspended; the state supreme court threw out the conviction in 1991.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
NAACP.
Injured in a fire at his
home, while also suffering cancer,
and died two weeks later, in Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
28, 1997 (age 70 years, 222
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Jerome Bronson (1930-1986) —
also known as S. Jerome Bronson —
of Franklin, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
21, 1930.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1960; Oakland
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1965-68; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1966; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1969-86; died in office
1986.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Arrested
and charged
with soliciting
and accepting
a bribe of $20,000 for his vote on a pending case; he killed
himself by gunshot
the same day, in Franklin, Oakland
County, Mich., November
14, 1986 (age 56 years, 238
days).
Interment at Beth El Memorial Park, Livonia, Mich.
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James N. Canham —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Lawyer;
circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1961-77; appointed 1961.
Acted as a go-between between Michigan Court of Appeals Judge S.
Jerome Bronson and an attorney from whom a bribe was
solicited. Arrested
in November 1986; in return for immunity from prosecution, he helped
to implicate Judge Bronson, who killed himself the same day he was
arrested. Because he aided and
abetted bribery, Canham's license to practice law was
subsequently revoked.
Still living as of 1986.
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Harold Joseph Scott (b. 1938) —
also known as Harold J. Scott —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., October
5, 1938.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 80th District, 1973-77; resigned
1977; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1977-82.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
Convicted on rape
charges
and sentenced
to prison
in 1988.
Still living as of 1988.
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Jack Kevorkian (1928-2011) —
also known as "Dr. Death" —
Born in Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., May 26,
1928.
Physician;
euthanasia advocate whose campaign of assisted
suicides of terminally ill patients in 1989-99 brought him
national publicity; his medical license was revoked
in 1990; he faced numerous murder
charges
starting in 1993; acquitted by juries several times; convicted
in 1999 and sentenced
to 10 to 25 years in prison;
released in 2007; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 2008.
Atheist.
Armenian
ancestry.
Died, from kidney
and heart
problems, in Beaumont Hospital,
Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich., June 3,
2011 (age 83 years, 8
days).
Interment at White
Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Mich.
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David Jaye (b. 1958) —
also known as Dave Jaye —
of Washington, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in 1958.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1989-93 (26th District 1989-92,
32nd District 1993); defeated, 1986; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District; elected 1998; defeated in primary,
2001.
Convicted
of drunk
driving
in 1993, and sentenced
to 10 days in jail; pleaded
guilty to drunk
driving
in June 2000, and sentenced
to 45 days in jail. Expelled
from the Michigan state senate.
Still living as of 2001.
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Tom Joe Barrow (b. 1949) —
also known as Tom Barrow —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born, in Kirwood Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
12, 1949.
Democrat. Accountant;
candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1985, 1989, 2009, 2013 (primary), 2021
(primary); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1990 (13th District), 1992 (15th
District); convicted
of on federal charges
of tax
evasion in 1993; served 18 months in prison;
his contention that he was wrongfully convicted was later supported
by a ruling of the U.S. Tax Court in 2008.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2021.
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Gerald Steven Ackerman (b. 1956) —
also known as Gerald Ackerman; Ajax
Ackerman —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born August
5, 1956.
Mayor
of Port Huron, Mich., 1997-99; resigned 1999.
Arraigned
in April 1999 on 14 counts of criminal
sexual conduct involving children; tried in
October 1999 and convicted
only of the indecent
exposure charges, with the jury unable to agree on the others; sentenced
to one year imprisonment;
retried
in May 2000 and convicted
on 10 felony counts of criminal
sexual conduct; sentenced
to 18 to 38 years imprisonment.
Still living as of 2007.
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William Hackel (born c.1942) —
Born about 1942.
Macomb
County Sheriff, 1977-2000; charged
in November 1999 of raping
a 26-year-old woman at a sheriffs' convention; tried
and convicted
in April 2000, and sentenced
to three to fifteen years in prison.
Still living as of 2000.
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Joseph F. Young Jr. (b. 1950) —
also known as Joe Young, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
4, 1950.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1979-94 (15th District 1979-92,
4th District 1993-94); member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1995-; defeated in primary, 1988.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Knights
of Columbus.
Arrested
on July 21, 2000 on Interstate 96 near Howell, Michigan, and charged
with drunk
driving;
pleaded
guilty in September 2000 to impaired
driving;
sentenced
to six months probation,
and fined.
Still living as of 2000.
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Lewis Brooks Patterson (1939-2019) —
also known as L. Brooks Patterson —
of Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Loogootee, Martin
County, Ind., January
4, 1939.
Republican. Lawyer; Oakland
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1972-88; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1978; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1984
(alternate), 1988;
Oakland
County Executive, 1993-2019; charged
with reckless
driving following a traffic stop in 2003.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in Independence Township, Oakland
County, Mich., August
3, 2019 (age 80 years, 211
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Kwame Malik Kilpatrick (b. 1970) —
also known as Kwame M. Kilpatrick —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 8,
1970.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 9th District, 1997-2001; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 2002-08; resigned 2008; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 2004-08; charged
in 2008 with obstruction
of justice, perjury,
and misconduct
in office, in connection with his denial under oath of an affair
with his chief of staff, Christine Beatty, and misleading the city
council over a payment of $8.4 million to settle a whistleblower
lawsuit filed by two police officers, which included a secret deal to
prevent evidence of the affair from being disclosed; later charged
with assaulting
two police officers who were serving a subpoena; pleaded
guilty to two felony counts of obstruction
of justice and no
contest to one assault
charge;
he also agreed to four months in jail,
payment of $1 million in restitution,
to resign
as mayor, and to give up his law license and pension.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2020.
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