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Gideon Searles (c.1807-1882) —
of Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born about 1807.
Member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1846; canal
superintendent.
Arrested
in 1863, and charged
with attemping to bribe Assemblyman Elias
M. Bostwick by offering him $500 to vote for the Broadway
Railroad bill.
While walking on the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia railroad
track, was struck and
killed by a train, near Franklinville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., July 6,
1882 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Brooks (1810-1873) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
10, 1810.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1835; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1848; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1849-53, 1863-66, 1867-73 (6th
District 1849-53, 8th District 1863-66, 1867-73, 6th District 1873);
died in office 1873; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Censured
by the House in 1873 for his role in the Credit Mobilier
bribery scandal.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
30, 1873 (age 62 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Oakes Ames (1804-1873) —
of North Easton, Easton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Easton, Bristol
County, Mass., January
10, 1804.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1863-73.
He and his brother Oliver
Ames, president of the Union Pacific Railroad, prime movers in
construction of the first
transcontinental railroad
line, completed in 1869; he was as censured
by the House of Representatives in 1873 for his role in the Credit
Mobilier bribery scandal.
Died in Easton, Bristol
County, Mass., May 8,
1873 (age 69 years, 118
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, North Easton, Easton, Mass.; memorial monument at Oliver and Oakes Ames Monument, Sherman, Wyo.
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William Worth Belknap (1829-1890) —
also known as William W. Belknap —
of Iowa.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., September
22, 1829.
Lawyer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1857-58; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1869-76.
Impeached
in 1876 by the House of Representatives for taking bribes; resigned
on March 2, 1876. Despite arguments that the Senate lacked
jurisdiction after his resignation, an impeachment trial
was held; on August 1, the Senate voted 35 to 25 for his conviction,
short of the necessary two-thirds.
Died, of an apparent heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., October
13, 1890 (age 61 years, 21
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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J. Douglass Robertson —
of Beaufort
County, S.C.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,
1872-76; expelled
from the House on February 25, 1876, for attempting to bribe
New York publishers concerning the supply of school textbooks.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry J. Maxwell —
of Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, S.C.
Republican. Member of South
Carolina state senate from Marlboro County, 1868-77; postmaster
at Bennettsville,
S.C., 1869-70; convicted
of bribery in 1877, and resigned
from the State Senate.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles S. Minort —
of Richland
County, S.C.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Richland County,
1872-74, 1876-77; resigned 1877; indicted
for bribery in 1877.
Burial location unknown.
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Hastings Gantt —
of Beaufort
County, S.C.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,
1870-74, 1876-84; in 1878, his election was protested
by W. J. Verdier, who alleged that Gantt was not
eligible to be a member of the House, because he had confessed
to taking a bribe in a previous legislative session;
committees of the House considered the matter and were unable to
reach a decision.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Jefferson Brady (1839-1904) —
also known as Thomas J. Brady; T. J. Brady —
Born in Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., February
12, 1839.
Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; U.S. Consul in St. Thomas, 1870-75; second assistant U.S. Postmaster General;
indicted
in 1881 as a participant in the Star Route bribery scheme; found
guilty, but a judge set aside the conviction; retried
and acquitted.
Died April
22, 1904 (age 65 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene F. Vacheron —
of Ozone Park, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1894-95, 1901 (Queens County 3rd District
1894-95, Queens County 2nd District 1901); resigned 1895; charged
with bribery in 1895; tried
and acquitted, but resigned
from the Assembly; convicted
of grand
larceny, February 28, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Philo Anibal (1845-1908) —
also known as Robert P. Anibal —
of Northville, Fulton
County, N.Y.; Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Benson, Hamilton
County, N.Y., February
22, 1845.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Hamilton
County Judge and Surrogate, 1872-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1896;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1901.
In May 1901, the Herkimer County District Attorney accused
him of offering a bribe to a witness
in a criminal trial; Anibal denied this.
Died in Northville, Fulton
County, N.Y., December
14, 1908 (age 63 years, 296
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philo Anibal and Mary (Orcutt) Anibal; married, April
24, 1872, to Frances E. Van Arnam. |
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Albert Alonzo Ames (1842-1911) —
also known as Albert A. Ames;
"Doc" —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; California.
Born in Garden Prairie, Boone
County, Ill., January
18, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 5, 1867; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1876-77, 1882-84, 1886-89, 1901-02;
resigned 1902; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1886 (Democratic), 1896 (Independent); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1888;
indicted
in 1902 on bribery charges,
over a scheme to induce county commissioners to appoint his
secretary, Thomas R. Brown, Jr., as Sheriff.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
16, 1911 (age 69 years, 302
days). His body was reportedly donated to
science.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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John Lowndes McLaurin (1860-1934) —
also known as John L. McLaurin —
of Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, S.C.
Born in Marlboro
County, S.C., May 9,
1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1890-91; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1891-97; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1892-97;
resigned 1897; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1897-1903; in Februry, 1902, he was
accused,
by fellow South Carolina senator Ben
Tillman, of accepting a bribe (in the form of federal
patronage) to support a treaty; he called Tillman a liar, and the two
came to
blows on the Senate floor; both were censured
by the Senate; member of South
Carolina state senate from Marlboro County, 1913-14; South
Carolina Warehouse Commissioner, 1915-17.
Died in Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, S.C., July 20,
1934 (age 74 years, 72
days).
Interment at McCall
Cemetery, Bennettsville, S.C.
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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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John Hipple Mitchell (1835-1905) —
also known as John H. Mitchell; John Mitchell
Hipple —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., June 22,
1835.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state senate, 1862-66; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1873-79, 1885-97, 1901-05; died in office
1905.
Indicted
in December 1904 in connection with land
frauds; a bribery charge was added later.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., December
8, 1905 (age 70 years, 169
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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William P. Sullivan (1870-1925) —
of Billings, Christian
County, Mo.
Born in Wisconsin, June 3,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Christian County, 1899-1900;
member of Missouri
state senate 19th District, 1901-04; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1908,
1916.
Convicted
in 1905 of accepting a bribe while serving as State Senator,
and fined
$100.
Died suddenly, from heart
failure, in Billings, Christian
County, Mo., April
17, 1925 (age 54 years, 318
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Billings, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of John Sullivan and Angenette 'Nettie' (Glidden) Sullivan; married
to Alice Virginia Reid. |
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Tirey L. Ford (1857-1928) —
also known as T. L. Ford —
of California.
Born in Monroe
County, Mo., 1857.
California
state attorney general, 1899-1902.
Charged
with offering a bribe; tried
and acquitted in 1907.
Died, of a heart
attack, in San
Francisco, Calif., June 26,
1928 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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John Looney (1865-1942) —
also known as Patrick John Looney —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., October
5, 1865.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; indicted
with others in 1897 over a scheme to defraud
the city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain construction
project; convicted,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1900; created and led a crime
syndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests in gambling,
prostitution,
extortion,
and eventually bootlegging
and automobile
theft; indicted
in 1907 on 37 counts of bribery, extortion,
and libel,
but acquitted; shot
and wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February
22, 1909, he was shot
and wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; on
March 22, 1912, after publishing
personal attacks on Rock Island Mayor Henry
M. Schriver, he was arrested,
brought to the police station, and severely
beaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two men
and injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island rackets
in 1921; in 1922, he was indicted
for the murder
of saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence against
Looney to federal agents; arrested
in Belen, N.M., in 1924, and later convicted
of conspiracy and murder;
sentenced
to 5 years in prison
for conspiracy and 14 years for murder;
served 8 1/2 years.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in a sanitarium
at El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1942
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Bermel (1860-1921) —
of Middle Village, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 8,
1860.
Stonecutter;
Newtown town supervisor in the 1890s; charged
with financial
irregularities; tried
and acquitted; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1906-08; resigned 1908; resigned
as borough president after a grand jury presented charges
against him, related to fraud and bribery in connection with
the city's purchase of Kissena Park in Queens.
Member, Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Foresters.
Died in Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia (now Karlovy Vary, Czechia),
July
28, 1921 (age 61 years, 111
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Bermel and Elizabeth (Cohn) Bermel; married, October
21, 1884, to Anna Mary Timmes. |
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Jotham Powers Allds (1865-1923) —
also known as Jotham P. Allds —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., February
1, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1896-1902; member of New York
state senate, 1903-10 (26th District 1903-06, 27th District
1907-08, 37th District 1909-10); resigned 1910; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908.
Accused
by Sen. Benn
Conger, in 1910, of accepting bribes from bridge companies
nine years earlier; following an investigation,
the State Senate found him
guilty by a vote of 40 to 9, and he resigned
to avoid expulsion.
Died, of liver
disease, at Norwich Memorial Hospital,
Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., September
11, 1923 (age 58 years, 222
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jotham Gillis Allds and Lucy Charlotte (Powers)
Allds. |
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article |
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1907 |
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Benn Conger (1856-1922) —
of Groton, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Groton, Tompkins
County, N.Y., October
29, 1856.
President, Corona Typewriter
Co.; member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1900-01; member of New York
state senate 41st District, 1909-10; resigned 1910.
In 1910, he accused
Sen. Jotham
P. Allds, the majority leader, of accepting a bribe from bridge
companies; Allds was investigated and ultimately resigned. Conger,
who had also taken part in the bribery scheme, was criticized
for not coming forward sooner; facing a likely attempt to expel
him, he resigned
a few days later.
Died in Groton, Tompkins
County, N.Y., February
28, 1922 (age 65 years, 122
days).
Interment at Groton
Rural Cemetery, Groton, N.Y.
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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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William Forte Willett Jr. (1869-1938) —
also known as William Willett, Jr. —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Woodmere, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
27, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1907-11; defeated,
1904; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1911; indicted
in 1912 on charges
that he bought the nomination for Supreme Court justice; tried
and convicted
in 1914, sentenced
to one year in prison
and fined
$1,000; released on parole in 1916.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Hotel
McAlpin, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1938 (age 68 years, 77
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Lorimer (1861-1934) —
also known as "The Blond Boss" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manchester, England,
April
27, 1861.
Republican. Real estate
business; contractor;
brick
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1895-1901, 1903-09 (2nd District
1895-1901, 6th District 1903-09); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1896,
1904,
1908;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1909-12.
Scottish
ancestry.
He was accused
of bribery in winning election to the Senate; in 1912, the
Senate invalidated
his election.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1934 (age 73 years, 139
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Stephen J. Stilwell (1866-1942) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, May 10,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1909-13; removed 1913; charged
in 1913 with extorting
a bribe of $3,500 from George H. Kendall, president of the New
York Bank Note company, over a bill that Kendall supported; tried in
the State Senate and found not guilty on April 15 by a vote of 28 to
21; indicted
on May 12 by a grand jury for soliciting a bribe; tried
soon after, and convicted
on May 24; this removed him from office; sentenced
to four to eight years in prison;
after his release, he moved to Mamaroneck and entered the real
estate business; indicted
in 1934 on charges that he defrauded
his former stenographer of $9,000 when she came to him seeking a
Naval Academy appointment for her son, but the case did not go to
trial; arrested
in March 1941 and indicted
in April on charges that he attempted to bribe a Mamaroneck
village trustee $1,000 to obtain a police job for an associate; pleaded
guilty, but never sentenced; while incarcerated, his legs were
amputated.
Died, while a prisoner
awaiting sentence, in Grasslands Hospital,
Valhalla, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
20, 1942 (age 75 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Delia (Archer) Stilwell and William Jewitt Stilwell; married,
February
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Donn M. Roberts (1867-1936) —
of Indiana.
Born in Annapolis, Crawford
County, Ill., September
28, 1867.
Mayor
of Terre Haute, Ind., 1913-15.
Convicted
of bribery in 1915 and spent three and a half years in prison;
convicted
of embezzlement
in 1936 and sentenced
to prison.
Released from prison following a heart
attack, and died a few days later, in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., August
3, 1936 (age 68 years, 310
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Samuel Crockett Sims —
of Hazen, Prairie
County, Ark.
Member of Arkansas
state senate 12th District, 1915-17; expelled 1917.
In January, 1917, when Anti-Trading Stamp and Coupon bills were
pending before his committee, he accepted a bribe to kill the
bills, from a detective posing as a lobbyist for Eastern
trading-stamp interests; arrested,
charged
with bribery, and later convicted;
expelled
from the Senate on a vote of 25 to 8.
Burial location unknown.
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Ivison C. Burgess —
of Russellville, Pope
County, Ark.
Member of Arkansas
state senate 4th District, 1915-17; expelled 1917.
In January, 1917, after he introduced legislation to regulate trading
stamps and coupons, he accepted a bribe to kill the bills,
from a detective posing as a lobbyist for Eastern trading-stamp
interests; arrested,
charged
with bribery, and later convicted;
expelled
from the Senate on a vote of 25 to 8.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederic Thomas Woodman (1872-1949) —
also known as Frederic T. Woodman —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., June 25,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1901-03; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1916-19; defeated, 1919; indicted
on bribery charges, March 1919; tried
and found not guilty; banker.
Died March
25, 1949 (age 76 years, 273
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Harold Knutson (1880-1953) —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Skein, Norway,
October
20, 1880.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1917-49 (6th District 1917-33,
at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-49); delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1940
(Honorary
Vice-President).
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
On March 9, 1924, he and Leroy M. Hull, a 29-year-old clerk for the
Labor Department, sitting in his parked car alongside a rural road
near Arlington National Cemetery, were arrested
by officers of the Arlington County vice squad; he vainly offered a
$100 bribe, but was charged,
apparently with sodomy
(press reports avoided mentioning the specific crime, only that it
was a "grave moral offense"), and jailed
overnight; tried
before a jury, and found not guilty.
Died, following a series of heart
attacks, in Wesley Memorial Hospital,
Wadena, Wadena
County, Minn., August
21, 1953 (age 72 years, 305
days).
Interment at North
Star Cemetery, St. Cloud, Minn.
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Edward Laurence Doheny (1856-1935) —
also known as Edward L. Doheny —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., August
10, 1856.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1920;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1920.
Indicted
in 1924 on federal bribery and conspiracy charges;
he had given $100,000 to Secretary of the Interior Albert
B. Fall, and soon after received a valuable contract to develop
the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve in California. Though Fall was
convicted of taking a bribe, Doheny was found not guilty.
Died September
8, 1935 (age 79 years, 29
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Calvary
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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William Joseph Fallon (1886-1927) —
also known as William J. Fallon; "The Great
Mouthpiece"; "Broadway's
Cicero" —
of Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1918; charged
in 1924 with bribing a juror;
tried
and acquitted.
Died, of heart
disease, in the Hotel
Oxford, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
29, 1927 (age about 40
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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David C. Kerr —
U.S. Vice Consul in Birmingham, as of 1917; arrested
in Washington, D.C. in May 1924, and charged
with accepting bribes while vice consul at Vancouver, to issue
visas to Chinese, so they could enter
the U.S. illegally.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Nicholas Zihlman (1879-1935) —
also known as Frederick N. Zihlman —
of Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
2, 1879.
Republican. Glass
blower; president,
Maryland Federation of Labor, 1906-07; member of Maryland
state senate, 1910-17; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1917-31; defeated,
1914, 1930; investigated
in 1924 by the U.S. House over an accusation
that he accepted a bribe of $5,000 from a "fixer"; the charges
were not substantiated; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee); in December 1929, he, Daniel
R. Crissinger, and five others, officers of the F. H. Smith
Company, which had promoted and sold apparently worthless securities,
were indicted
on federal charges
of using the mails to commit fraud;
most of those indicted went to prison, but Zihlman and Crissinger
were never tried, and charges against them were dismissed in 1932.
Methodist.
Swiss
ancestry. Member, Moose.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., April
22, 1935 (age 55 years, 202
days).
Interment at St.
John the Evangelist Cemetery, Forest Glen, Md.
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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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Jonathan McMillan Davis (1871-1943) —
also known as Jonathan M. Davis —
of Bronson, Bourbon
County, Kan.
Born in Bronson, Bourbon
County, Kan., April
27, 1871.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1905-13; member of Kansas
state senate, 1913-17; Governor of
Kansas, 1923-25; defeated, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1936 (primary), 1938
(Independent); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1924;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles;
Moose;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Arrested
the day after his gubernatorial term expired; indicted
twice for bribery; tried
and acquitted both times.
Died June 27,
1943 (age 72 years, 61
days).
Interment at Bronson
Cemetery, Bronson, Kan.
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Claude E. Negley —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Marion
County, Ind.
Republican. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1927.
Pleaded
guilty in 1927 to bribery charges
and fined.
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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John L. Duvall (1874-1962) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Tazewell
County, Ill., November
29, 1874.
Republican. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1926-27; resigned 1927.
Convicted
in 1927 of violating the state corrupt practices act by taking
bribes from Ku Klux
Klan leader D. C. Stephenson; sentenced
to 30 days in jail, fined
$1,000, and forced to
resign as mayor.
Died February
25, 1962 (age 87 years, 88
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Edward L. Jackson (1873-1954) —
also known as Ed Jackson —
of New Castle, Henry
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Orleans, Orange
County, Ind.
Born in Howard
County, Ind., December
27, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; Henry
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1903-05; circuit judge in Indiana,
1909-14; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1917, 1921-25; defeated, 1914; served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of
Indiana, 1925-29; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1928.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
Charged
with bribery; tried
and found not guilty.
Died November
18, 1954 (age 80 years, 326
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Orleans, Ind.
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Albert Bacon Fall (1861-1944) —
also known as Albert B. Fall —
of Three Rivers, Otero
County, N.M.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., November
26, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1891-92; justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1893; New
Mexico territory attorney general, 1897; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1912-21; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Mexico, 1916;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1921-23.
Convicted
of bribery in 1929 for his role in the Teapot Dome oil lease
scandal;
served one year in prison.
Died in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., November
30, 1944 (age 83 years, 4
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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Paris Montrose (c.1895-1961) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born about 1895.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 22nd District, 1927, 1928.
In 1929, he was one of several Brooklyn lawyers who were disciplined
for ambulance
chasing activities and paying insurance company adjusters
for favorable settlement of claims; his license to practice law was
suspended
for two years.
Died, of cancer,
in the Memorial Center
for Cancer and Allied Diseases of the Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Institute, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1961 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Archibald James Carey (1868-1931) —
also known as Archibald J. Carey —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in slavery,
in Georgia, August
25, 1868.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; president,
Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Fla., 1895; minister;
bishop;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 3rd District,
1920-22; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1924;
member, Chicago Civil Service Commission, 1927-29; indicted
in 1929 on charges
of accepting bribes from job applicants; the case never came
to trial.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, in Billings Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
23, 1931 (age 62 years, 210
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill.
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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. |
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Octover 25, 1932 |
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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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Michael Joseph Hogan (1871-1940) —
also known as Michael J. Hogan —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
22, 1871.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922 (7th District), 1932 (at-large); trucking
business; indicted
in 1934 for accepting money from applicants for New York City
plumbing licenses; convicted
on federal charges in 1935 of accepting bribes from illegal
immigrants and helping them file false
affidavits, and sentenced
to a year and a day in federal prison; testified
in 1936 that he had assisted in a jury
tampering conspiracy.
Died in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 7,
1940 (age 69 years, 15
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John L. Lotsch (1881-1967) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born February
15, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1928.
Arrested
and indicted
in 1935 on federal charges
of taking bribes while serving as a special master overseeing
a patent case; the case was dismissed in 1936, but he was immediately
reindicted
on an extortion
charge;
that indictment was thrown out by the Court of Appeals. Charged
in 1938, with other officials of a defunct Brooklyn bank, with
conspiracy to violate federal banking
laws by accepting fees for granting loans; tried
and convicted
on three counts; sentenced
to serve one year in jail;
also disbarred.
Pleaded
guilty in 1939 to charges
that he bribed federal judge Martin
T. Manton, and testified at the judge's bribery trial.
Died in 1967
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter B. Sands (1870-1938) —
of Chinook, Blaine
County, Mont.
Born in Maiden Rock, Pierce
County, Wis., January
28, 1870.
Lawyer;
chief
justice of Montana state supreme court, 1935-38; died in office
1938; during his campaign for Chief Justice, he pledged to accept
only $6,000 of the $7,500 salary; in 1935, W. D. Tipton sued to oust
him based on the contention that this promise constituted a
bribe, and violated the state's corrupt
practices act; ultimately it was ruled that he had acted in good
faith.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Hit by
a bus, was badly injured, suffered a heart
attack, and died three days after the accident, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., June 13,
1938 (age 68 years, 136
days).
Entombed at Hillcrest
Lawn Memorial, Great Falls, Mont.
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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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Edward S. Moran Jr. (b. 1901) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
19, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1927-38.
Arrested
in June 1938 and charged
with accepting $36,000 in bribes from two taxicab companies;
released on bail; again arrested
in April 1939 and charged
with state
income tax evasion; again released; tried on
the bribery charges
in June 1939 and convicted;
sentenced
to two and a half to five years in prison;
released pending appeal, which was unsuccessful; disbarred;
started prison
term in January 1941; released on parole in September 1942.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Nathan Spiro (born c.1867) —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Poland,
about 1867.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Danbury; defeated, 1930;
elected 1932; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1935.
Pleaded
guilty in June 1938 to accepting a bribe while State
Senator, and fined
$1,500.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph H. Lawlor (born c.1878) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1878.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 1925-31; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1928-30.
Charged
in 1938 with accepting a bribe in 1935.
Burial location unknown.
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Julius S. Berg (1895-1938) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 15,
1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured in combat and lost a
leg; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1923-30; member of
New
York state senate 22nd District, 1931-38; died in office 1938.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Indicted
on charges
of receiving money for his aid in procuring
liquor licenses and arranging for concessions at the New York
World's Fair; that same day, he killed
himself by gunshot,
in his law
office, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 20,
1938 (age 43 years, 5
days).
Interment at Mt.
Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Martin Thomas Manton (1880-1946) —
also known as Martin T. Manton —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
2, 1880.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1916-18; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1918-39; resigned
1939.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
U.S. District Attorney Thomas
E. Dewey charged
in 1939 that Judge Manton had received more than $400,000 from
litigants; Dewey sent six specific instances the U.S. House Judiciary
Committee for consideration of impeachment.
Following the judge's resignation,
he was indicted
on bribery charges;
tried
and convicted;
sentenced
to two years in prison
and fined
$10,000; released in 1941.
Died in Fayetteville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
17, 1946 (age 66 years, 107
days).
Interment at Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Fayetteville, N.Y.
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Edwin Stark Thomas (1872-1952) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Woodstock, McHenry
County, Ill., November
11, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Orange, 1899-1900; defeated,
1900; secretary of
Connecticut Democratic Party, 1902-12; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1908
(alternate), 1912;
executive secretary to Gov. Simeon
Baldwin, 1911-13; U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1913-39; resigned 1939.
During an investigation
of his financial affairs and actions in certain cases by a federal
grand jury, prompted by connections to the bribery case of
another federal judge, Martin
T. Manton, he resigned,
citing illness.
Died in Columbia, Tolland
County, Conn., January
21, 1952 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Interment at Grove
Cemetery, Eastford, Conn.
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John J. Condon (1898-1971) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
19, 1898.
Republican. Auditor for the New York Central Railroad;
mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1940-41; defeated, 1935; in December 1940, he
was named
as a conspirator in the indictment of Patrick Fitzgerald, who was
charged with seeking a $3,000 bribe from pinball operators.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died January
27, 1971 (age 72 years, 69
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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Leon Chase Phillips (1890-1958) —
also known as Leon C. Phillips; Red
Phillips —
of Okemah, Okfuskee
County, Okla.
Born in Worth
County, Mo., December
9, 1890.
Democrat. Member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives; elected 1932, 1934, 1936; Speaker of
the Oklahoma State House of Representatives, 1935; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1939-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1940.
Charged
with accepting a bribe while governor; tried
twice and ultimately acquitted.
Died, of a heart
attack, while waiting for a client at the post
office in Okmulgee, Okmulgee
County, Okla., March
27, 1958 (age 67 years, 108
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Weleetka, Okla.
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George T. Ashe (1905-1975) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
6, 1905.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Fifteenth Middlesex District,
1935-40; mayor of
Lowell, Mass., 1940-42; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1940.
Catholic.
Indicted
on bribery charges in March, 1942, in connection with sales of
equipment and supplies to the city through a dummy company; tried
and convicted
in October, and sentenced
to one year in jail; in December, he pleaded
guilty to a separate charge of accepting a $1,000 bribe
from a construction contractor, dropped his appeal of the other
conviction, and immediately went to jail.
Died in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., May, 1975
(age 70
years, 0 days).
Interment at St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
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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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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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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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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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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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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Andrew Jackson May (1875-1959) —
also known as Andrew J. May —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.
Born near Langley, Floyd
County, Ky., June 24,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Floyd
County Attorney, 1901-09; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1931-47 (10th District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 7th District 1935-47); defeated, 1928 (10th
District), 1946 (7th District).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
In 1943, he was briefed about the flaws in the Japanese
anti-submarine munitions; he revealed
this information to the press, and hence to the Japanese, who
quickly improved their depth charges. After the war, this indiscretion
was estimated to have cost the U.S. ten submarines and 800 men. Convicted,
on July 3, 1947, on charges
of accepting bribes for his influence
in the award of munitions contracts during World War II; served nine
months in prison;
received a full pardon
from President Harry
S. Truman in 1952.
Died in Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky., September
6, 1959 (age 84 years, 74
days).
Interment at Mayo
Cemetery, Prestonsburg, Ky.
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Elliott Roosevelt (1910-1990) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.; Buford, Rio Blanco
County, Colo.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
23, 1910.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; investigated
and called to testify by a U.S. Senate subcommittee in 1947 over
lavish entertainment in Hollywood and Manhattan, many paid
escorts, and paid hotel bills provided to Roosevelt and
others, in a successful effort to persuade them to recommend Hughes
reconnaissance aircraft for purchase by the U.S. military;
owned a radio
station in Texas; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1960;
mayor
of Miami Beach, Fla., 1965-69; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1968; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1968.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
27, 1990 (age 80 years, 34
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor
Roosevelt; brother of James
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr.; married, January
16, 1932, to Elizabeth Browning Donner; married, July 22,
1933, to Ruth Josephine Googins; married, December
3, 1944, to Faye Margaret Emerson; married, March
15, 1951, to Minnewa (Bell) Gray Burnside Ross; married, November
3, 1960, to Patricia (Peabody) Whithead; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt and Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; third great-grandson of Edward
Hutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew of William
Bellinger Bulloch; fourth great-grandson of Archibald
Bulloch; first cousin once removed of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, Warren
Delano Robbins, Corinne
Robinson Alsop, Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; first cousin thrice removed of Elizabeth
Monroe; first cousin five times removed of Ebenezer
Huntington; first cousin seven times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin of Corinne
A. Chubb and John
deKoven Alsop; second cousin once removed of Susan
Roosevelt Weld; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Laurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr., Philip
DePeyster and Jabez
Williams Huntington. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Anthony Dreier —
of Nanticoke, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Mayor
of Nanticoke, Pa., 1953; convicted
in 1953 on charges of soliciting and accepting a bribe for a
police appointment.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas W. Flatley (born c.1888) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born about 1888.
Democrat. Mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1952-54; resigned 1954; arrested
in October 1954 and charged
with taking part in a gambling
racket; admitted
to receiving payments and pleaded
guilty; sentenced
to one to two years in jail,
and fined
$1,000.
Burial location unknown.
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John August Britting (1898-1968) —
also known as John A. Britting —
of East Farmingdale, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New Jersey, April 3,
1898.
Republican. Deputy treasurer of Suffolk County, 1942-54; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 3rd District, 1955-56; called
to testify in 1956 during an investigation
of his handling of tax-foreclosed properties as deputy county
treasurer (known as the "land grab" scandal),
he took the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination
to refuse to answer questions; indicted
on bribery and conspiracy charges
for channeling properties to favored speculators and receiving part
of the profits; tried in
1958 and convicted;
sentenced
to five to ten years in prison
and fined
$27,000; released pending appeal; also convicted
in a related case in 1959; in 1960, his prison sentence was reduced
to one to two years.
German
ancestry.
Died in October, 1968
(age 70
years, 0 days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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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
1, 1918, to Helen Pearl O'Brien. |
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Cadman H. Frederick (b. 1880) —
of Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born, in the British West Indies, May 22,
1880.
Republican. Real estate
developer; one of the founders of the Suffolk Title
and Guarantee Company, 1925; banker; mayor
of Babylon, N.Y., 1937-38.
Resigned
in 1956 as president and director of the Suffolk County Federal
Savings and Loan Association, in the midst of an investigation
of the sale of tax-foreclosed properties by Suffolk County. He and
others shared profits on the sale of these properties with
Deputy County Treasurer John
A. Britting.
Burial location unknown.
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Terry Doyle Schrunk (b. 1913) —
also known as Terry D. Schrunk —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Stayton, Marion
County, Ore., March
10, 1913.
Democrat. Fire
fighter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Multnomah
County Sheriff, 1949-56; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oregon, 1952;
mayor
of Portland, Ore., 1957-72; indicted
in March, 1957 on bribery and perjury
charges;
tried
and found not guilty; another indictment,
for conspiracy
to obtain wiretaps and other related charges, was dismissed in
September, 1957.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Purple
Heart; Elks; Eagles;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Schrunk and Pearl Margaret (Doyle) Schrunk; married, May 17,
1936, to Virginia Dorothy Price. |
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Llewelyn Sherman Adams (1899-1986) —
also known as Sherman Adams; "The Abominable No
Man"; "The Great Stone Face" —
of Lincoln, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in East Dover, Dover, Windham
County, Vt., January
8, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumberman;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1941-44; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1943-44;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944,
1952
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1945-47; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lincoln,
1948; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1949-53; defeated, 1946; assistant to President Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1953-58; forced to
resign in 1958 following disclosure that he had accepted
gifts, including a vicuna
coat, from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment from
federal agencies.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Grange;
Elks; Society
of Colonial Wars; Foresters.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., October
27, 1986 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lincoln, N.H.
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Hulan Edwin Jack (1906-1986) —
also known as Hulan E. Jack —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Lucia, December
29, 1906.
Democrat. Paper box
manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly, 1941-53, 1968-72 (New York County 17th District
1941-44, New York County 14th District 1945-53, 70th District
1968-72); defeated in primary, 1972; borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1954-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1956;
indicted
in 1960 on charges
of conspiracy to obstruct
justice and violation of the City Charter, over acceptance of
$4,400 from a real estate developer; the indictment was
dismissed, but then reinstated on appeal; a trial,
in June and July 1960, resulted in a hung jury; at a second trial
was convicted;
his sentence
was suspended, but he was automatically removed from
office as Borough President; indicted
in 1970 on federal charges
of conspiracy and conflict
of interest; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to three months in prison,
and fined
$5,000.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Sigma; Elks.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
19, 1986 (age 79 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Almira Wilkinson. |
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James J. Dworak (b. 1935) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born January
4, 1935.
Democrat. Undertaker;
mayor
of Omaha, Neb., 1961-65; defeated, 1965; indicted
on December 16, 1964, on charges
of seeking thousands of dollars in bribes in connection with a
rezoning request; tried in
1966 and acquitted.
Still living as of 1997.
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Hyman E. Mintz (c.1909-1966) —
also known as Bucky Mintz —
of South Fallsburg, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born about 1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Sullivan County, 1951-65.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Indicted
in 1965 on bribery charges;
convicted
in February 1966, and sentenced
to a year in prison.
Died, following a heart
attack, while serving a prison
sentence, in Bellevue Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1966 (age about 57
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Carmine G. DeSapio (1908-2004) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1908.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
leader of Tammany Hall, 1949-61; leader of New
York County Democratic Party, 1955; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1957; convicted
in 1969 on Federal bribery conspiracy charges;
served two years in prison.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 27,
2004 (age 95 years, 230
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Daniel Baugh Brewster (1923-2007) —
also known as Daniel B. Brewster —
of Glyndon, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., November
23, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member
of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1959-63; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1963-69; defeated, 1968; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1964;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1964;
speaker, 1968.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Indicted
in 1969 on charges
of accepting an illegal gratuity; after trial,
conviction,
and reversal, pleaded no
contest, 1975.
Died, of liver
cancer, in Owings Mills, Baltimore
County, Md., August
19, 2007 (age 83 years, 269
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Md.
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Helen Cobb (c.1922-1999) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., about 1922.
Candidate in primary for mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1963.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Indicted
in 1970 on bribery conspiracy charges
in connection with the "Yellow Cab Scandal";
acquitted.
Died, from complications of emphysema
and diabetes,
at Chase Medical
Center, El Cajon, San Diego
County, Calif., March 8,
1999 (age about 77
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Joseph Addonizio (1914-1981) —
also known as Hugh J. Addonizio —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
31, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
vice-president, A & C Tailoring
Co.; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1949-62; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1962-70; defeated, 1970; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1964.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Holy
Name Society; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Urban
League; NAACP; Elks; Lions; Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Indicted
in federal court, December, 1969, along with Municipal Judge Anthony
Giuliano, other city officials, and reputed organized
crime leader, Anthony 'Tony Boy' Boiardo, on extortion
and income
tax evasion charges
over a scheme to share kickbacks
from a sewer contracting company; pleaded not guilty; tried;
during the trial a witness identified him as recipient of thousands
of dollars in bribes; convicted
in July, 1970; sentenced
to ten years in prison
and fined
$25,000; released in 1979.
Died in Red Bank, Monmouth
County, N.J., February
2, 1981 (age 67 years, 2
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, N.J.
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Frank E. Curran —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1963-71.
Indicted
in 1970 on bribery and conspiracy charges
in connection with the "Yellow Cab Scandal".
Still living as of 1971.
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Joseph Lawrence Alioto (1916-1998) —
also known as Joseph L. Alioto —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., February
12, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1968-76; candidate for Governor of
California, 1974.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Indicted
in 1971 on federal charges
of bribery, conspiracy, and mail fraud; acquitted in 1972.
Died, of prostate
cancer and pneumonia,
in San
Francisco, Calif., January
29, 1998 (age 81 years, 351
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.; cenotaph at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Kenneth O. Tompkins (born c.1907) —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born about 1907.
Republican. Mayor
of Johnstown, Pa., 1964-71; resigned 1971; indicted
in January 1971 on bribery-conspiracy charges
over acceptance of money from Teleprompter Corporation for a
cable television franchise; pleaded
guilty and testified against others.
Burial location unknown.
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John Bowden Connally Jr. (1917-1993) —
also known as John B. Connally —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born near Floresville, Wilson
County, Tex., February
27, 1917.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1964;
Governor
of Texas, 1963-69; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1971-72; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1980.
Methodist.
Shot
and wounded in Dallas, Tex., November 22, 1963, in the same volley of
gunfire that killed President John
F. Kennedy. Prosecuted
for bribery conspiracy in connection with milk price supports;
acquitted.
Died of pulmonary
fibrosis, in Methodist Hospital,
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., June 15,
1993 (age 76 years, 108
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; statue at Sam
Houston Park, Houston, Tex.
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Otto Kerner Jr. (1908-1976) —
of Glenview, Cook
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
15, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1947-54; county
judge in Illinois, 1954-60; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
Governor
of Illinois, 1961-68; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1968-74; resigned
1974.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum; Military
Order of the World Wars; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain of
over $300,000 in a stock deal which prosecutors later characterized
as bribery. Convicted
in 1973 on 17 counts of bribery, conspiracy, perjury,
and related charges; sentenced
to three years in federal prison
and fined
$50,000.
Died of cancer,
May
9, 1976 (age 67 years, 268
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Spiro Theodore Agnew (1918-1996) —
also known as Spiro T. Agnew; Spiro Theodore
Anagnostopoulos; "Spiro T. Eggplant";
"Nixon's Nixon"; "The White
Knight" —
of Towson, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
9, 1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; Baltimore
County Executive, 1962-66; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1964;
Governor
of Maryland, 1967-69; Vice
President of the United States, 1969-73.
Episcopalian.
Greek
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Order of
Ahepa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Was charged
with accepting bribes and falsifying federal income
tax returns; pleaded no
contest to tax
evasion and resigned
as Vice-President, October 10, 1973; disbarred
by a Maryland court in 1974.
Died, of leukemia,
in Atlantic General Hospital,
Berlin, Worcester
County, Md., September
17, 1996 (age 77 years, 313
days).
Interment at Dulaney
Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Md.
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Frank James Brasco (1932-1998) —
also known as Frank J. Brasco —
of New York.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
15, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1967-75.
Catholic.
Indicted
in 1973, along with his uncle Joseph Brasco, on federal bribery
conspiracy charges,
over payoffs received from a Bronx trucking company which was
seeking mail hauling contracts from the Post Office; the first trial
led to a hung jury; retried
and convicted;
sentenced
to five years in prison,
with all but three months suspended, fined
$10,000, and disbarred.
Died October
19, 1998 (age 66 years, 4
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Lloyd Sears Jr. (1920-2002) —
also known as Harry L. Sears —
of Mountain Lakes, Morris
County, N.J.; Mt. Arlington, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Butler, Morris
County, N.J., January
16, 1920.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Morris County, 1962-67;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1964
(alternate), 1968
(alternate), 1972;
member of New
Jersey state senate District 10, 1968-71; resigned 1971;
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1969.
In 1972, he delivered a briefcase with $200,000 in cash from his
client Robert Vesco to President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign; indicted
in 1973 on bribery conspiracy charges;
granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony
against co-defendants John
N. Mitchell and Maurice
H. Stans, who were both acquitted. His license to practice law
was suspended
for three years.
Died in Denville, Morris
County, N.J., May 17,
2002 (age 82 years, 121
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Phil Regan (1906-1996) —
also known as Philip Joseph Christopher Aloysius Regan;
"The Singing Cop" —
of Summerland, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 28,
1906.
Democrat. Detective;
singer;
performed, Democratic National Convention, 1944,
1948;
arrested
in January 1973, and charged
with attempting to bribe Santa Barbara County Supervisor Frank
J. Frost $1,000 for his support of a controversial rezoning; pleaded
not guilty; tried and convicted;
sentenced to prison;
released after one year.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., February
11, 1996 (age 89 years, 259
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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James M. Turner (1928-1981) —
of Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born November
8, 1928.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly District 3-B; elected 1969;
member of New
Jersey state senate District 3-A, 1972-73; removed 1973;
defeated, 1973 (3rd District); convicted
in 1973 of accepting a $10,000 bribe to "fix" a stolen
property case, and conspiring to frame
Assemblyman Kenneth
A. Gewertz, by planting narcotics
in his home and his car.
Died July 20,
1981 (age 52 years, 254
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bertram L. Podell (1925-2005) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1955-67 (Kings County 21st District 1955-65, 53rd
District 1966, 44th District 1967); U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1968-75; charged
in 1974 with conspiracy, the solicitation and acceptance of
bribes, criminal conflict
of interest, and perjury;
on the tenth day of his trial,
he pleaded
guilty to conspiracy and conflict
of interest; sentenced
to six months in prison;
the prosecutor was Rudolph
W. Giuliani.
Jewish.
Died, of kidney
failure, at Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
17, 2005 (age about 80
years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Henry Helstoski (1925-1999) —
of East Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Wallington, Bergen
County, N.J., March
21, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor of
East Rutherford, N.J., 1957-64; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1965-77; defeated,
1976, 1978, 1980; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1969; newspaper
publisher.
Indicted
in 1976 on charges
of receiving a bribe from South Americans seeking citizenship;
the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the charges.
Died December
16, 1999 (age 74 years, 270
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Thomas Hanna (1914-2001) —
also known as Richard T. Hanna; "The Little
Leprechaun" —
of Fullerton, Orange
County, Calif.; Anaheim, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Kemmerer, Lincoln
County, Wyo., June 9,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1956-62; while in the Assembly, he helped bring
about the establishment
of the University of California at Irvine and California State
University at Fullerton; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California 34th District, 1963-74; resigned
1974.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Lions; Elks.
In the 1970s, he received payments of about $200,000 from
Korean businessman Tongsun Park in what became known as the
"Koreagate" influence
buying scandal;
pleaded
guilty; sentenced
to 6-30 months in federal
prison; served one year.
Died in Tryon, Polk
County, N.C., June 9,
2001 (age 87 years, 0
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Albert Howard Blumenthal (1928-1984) —
also known as Albert H. Blumenthal —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
13, 1928.
Liberal. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-76 (New York County 5th District 1963-65,
73rd District 1966, 67th District 1967-72, 69th District 1973-76);
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1973.
Jewish.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Jewish Congress; American Bar
Association; Americans
for Democratic Action.
In December, 1975, he was indicted
on perjury
charges over his testimony about a 1971 meeting where he was alleged
to intercede on behalf of a nursing home operator; later,
bribery charges were added; in April, 1976, all the charges
were ruled to be without factual basis, and dismissed.
Died, presumably from cancer,
in the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 8,
1984 (age 55 years, 269
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Bennet M. Blumenthal and Matilda Blumenthal; married, May 18,
1958, to Joel Marie Winik. |
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Irving H. Saypol (1905-1977) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
3, 1905.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1949-51;
prosecuted Ethel and Julius Rosenberg on espionage charges; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1952-68.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Indicted
in May 1976, along with Surrogate S.
Samuel DiFalco, on bribery and perjury
charges,
in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain appraisal and auction
commissions for Saypol's son;
the charges were later dismissed.
Died, of cancer,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 30,
1977 (age 71 years, 300
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Saypol and Minnie (Michakin) Saypol; married, September
29, 1925, to Adele D. Kaplan. |
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Marvin Mandel (1920-2015) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April
19, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Maryland
Democratic State Central Committee, 1951; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1952-69; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1963-69; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1964,
1976;
Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1968-69; Governor of
Maryland, 1969-77, 1979.
Jewish.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; American Bar
Association.
Charged
with mail fraud, over his acceptance of gifts from owners of
the Marlboro Race Track, in return for his support for legislation
benefiting the track; tried
and convicted
in 1977; sentenced
to prison;
his conviction was later overturned.
Died in St. Mary's
County, Md., August
30, 2015 (age 95 years, 133
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Herbert Wilson (1917-1984) —
also known as Charles H. Wilson —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Magna, Salt Lake
County, Utah, February
15, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1955-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California 31st District, 1963-81.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1978 for accepting a $1,000
wedding gift from a key figure in the Koreagate scandal;
censured
by the House of Representatives in 1980 for financial
misconduct; no criminal charges were filed.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Southern Maryland Hospital,
Clinton, Prince
George's County, Md., July 21,
1984 (age 67 years, 157
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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George Rogers (b. 1933) —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., August
22, 1933.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1965-70, 1999-; mayor
of New Bedford, Mass., 1970-71; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1972;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1975-78.
Convicted
of bribery in 1978 and sentenced
to two years in prison.
Still living as of 1999.
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Otto Ernest Passman (1900-1988) —
also known as Otto E. Passman —
of Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.
Born near Franklinton, Washington
Parish, La., June 27,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; furniture
business; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1947-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1948,
1956,
1960.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Charged
in 1978 with accepting $200,000 from Korean businessman
Tongsun Park, in what became known as the "Koreagate" influence
buying scandal;
also charged
with tax
evasion; tried
and found not guilty.
Died in Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La., August
13, 1988 (age 88 years, 47
days).
Interment at Mulhearn
Memorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, La.
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Samuel D. Wright (1925-1998) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Hilton Head Island, Beaufort
County, S.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
13, 1925.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1966-73 (39th District 1966, 37th District
1967-72, 54th District 1973); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1976.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Convicted
in 1978 of soliciting a bribe and sentenced to
jail.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Hilton Head, Beaufort
County, S.C., January
20, 1998 (age 72 years, 341
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel John Flood (1903-1994) —
also known as Daniel J. Flood —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Hazleton, Luzerne
County, Pa., November
26, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1945-47, 1949-53,
1955-80; defeated, 1946, 1952.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; Lions; Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus.
Charged
in 1979 with taking bribes; a trial
resulted in a hung jury; resigned
from the House in 1980; pleaded
guilty in February 1980 to a lesser charge of conspiracy to
violate federal campaign
finance laws, and sentenced
to one year probation.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., May 28,
1994 (age 90 years, 183
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pa.
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Anthony Scotto (b. 1934) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1934.
Democrat. Longshoreman;
vice-president,
International Longshoremen's Association; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1972;
member of the Gambino crime
family; charged
in 1979 on 44 counts of accepting payoffs, evading
income taxes and racketeering; tried
and convicted
on 33 of the counts; sentenced
to five years in prison;
released in 1984.
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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Relatives:
Married to Marion Anastasio. |
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John Michael Murphy (1926-2015) —
also known as John M. Murphy —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., August
3, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-81 (16th District 1963-73,
17th District 1973-81); defeated, 1960 (15th District), 1980 (17th
District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
Parliamentarian, 1968.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes to political figures; indicted
June 18 and convicted
December 3, 1980, of conspiracy, conflict
of interest, and accepting an illegal gratuity; sentenced
to three years in prison
and fined $20,000; paroled in 1985.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., May 25,
2015 (age 88 years, 295
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Thompson Jr. (1918-1989) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., July 26,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1950-54; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1955-80; defeated,
1980; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1964.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes to political figures; indicted
on June 18 and convicted
on December 3, 1980, on bribery and conspiracy charges; sentenced
to three years in prison.
Died in 1989
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. (1919-2001) —
also known as Harrison A. Williams; Pete
Williams —
of Westfield, Union
County, N.J.; Bedminster, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., December
10, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1951; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1953-57; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1959-82; resigned 1982; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1964,
1968,
1980.
Member, Elks; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes to political figures; allegedly
accepted an 18% interest in a titanium mine; indicted
on October 30, 1980; convicted
on May 1, 1981, of nine counts of bribery, conspiracy,
receiving an unlawful gratuity, conflict
of interest, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering; resigned
his seat March 11, 1982, when it appeared that the Senate would vote
to expel
him; sentenced
to three years in prison
and fined
$50,000; released in 1986.
Died, of cancer
and heart
ailments, in St. Clare's Hospital,
Denville, Morris
County, N.J., November
17, 2001 (age 81 years, 342
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Patrick Murtha Jr. (1932-2010) —
also known as John P. Murtha; Jack Murtha;
"King of Pork" —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in New Martinsville, Wetzel
County, W.Va., June 17,
1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1969-74; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1974-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes to political figures; never
charged, but cited by the grand jury in 1980 as an unindicted
co-conspirator.
During gall bladder surgery, suffered an intestinal
cut, which led to infection;
he subsequently died at Virginia Medical
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
8, 2010 (age 77 years, 236
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Richard Kelly (1924-2005) —
of Florida.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 31,
1924.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Florida, 1960-74; U.S.
Representative from Florida 5th District, 1975-81.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes to political figures; indicted
June 13, 1980, and convicted
January 26, 1981, on charges of bribery conspiracy, and
interstate travel to further illegal activities; the conviction was
overturned on appeal, then reinstated; served 13 months in prison.
Died in Stevensville, Ravalli
County, Mont., August
22, 2005 (age 81 years, 22
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Wilson Jenrette Jr. (b. 1936) —
also known as John W. Jenrette, Jr. —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, May 19,
1936.
Democrat. Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1970; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1975-80.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes to political figures; indicted
and convicted
on bribery conspiracy charges
in 1980 and sentenced
to prison.
Still living as of 1998.
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Angelo Joseph Errichetti (1928-2013) —
also known as Angelo J. Errichetti —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., September
29, 1928.
Democrat. Mayor of
Camden, N.J., 1974-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Jersey, 1976;
member of New
Jersey state senate 5th District, 1976-81.
Italian
ancestry.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes to political figures; indicted
in 1980, later convicted
and sentenced
to prison.
Died in Ventnor City, Atlantic
County, N.J., May 16,
2013 (age 84 years, 229
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Joseph Myers (b. 1943) —
also known as Michael Myers; Ozzie Myers —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, May 4,
1943.
Democrat. Longshoreman;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1971-76; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1976-80; defeated,
1980.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes to political figures; indicted
on May 27, and convicted
on August 31, 1980 of bribery and conspiracy; sentenced
to three years in prison
and fined
$20,000; expelled
from the House of Representatives on October 2, 1980.
Still living as of 1998.
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Raymond Francis Lederer (1938-2008) —
also known as Raymond F. Lederer —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 19,
1938.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1974; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1977-81.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes to political figures; indicted
May 28, 1981; convicted
of bribery January 9, 1981; sentenced
to three years in prison
and fined
$20,000; resigned
from Congress on April 29, 1981; began his prison sentence July 7,
1983.
Died December
1, 2008 (age 70 years, 196
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Walter S. Orlinsky (1938-2002) —
also known as Wally Orlinsky; "Wally
Appleseed" —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 19,
1938.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Baltimore city 2nd District,
1967-72; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; candidate
for Governor of
Maryland, 1978; pleaded
guilty to Federal charges
of accepting a bribe from an FBI informant posing as a sludge
hauler; served 4.5 months in prison;
pardoned
by President Bill
Clinton in 2000.
Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; American Civil
Liberties Union; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died February
9, 2002 (age 63 years, 266
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick William Richmond (b. 1923) —
also known as Frederick W. Richmond; Fred
Richmond —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Massachusetts, November
15, 1923.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1975-82.
Jewish.
Arrested
in Washington, D.C., in 1978 for soliciting
sex from a minor and from an undercover police officer; pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor. In 1982, charged
with tax
evasion, marijuana
possession, and improper payments to a federal employee,
he pleaded
guilty and was sentenced
to a year and a day in prison;
served nine months.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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James C. Green (c.1922-2000) —
also known as Jimmy Green —
of Clarkton, Bladen
County, N.C.
Born about 1922.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-77; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1975-77; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1977-85; candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1984.
Presbyterian.
Charged
in 1983 with accepting a bribe from an undercover FBI agent,
but acquitted; convicted
of tax
evasion in 1997, fined,
and sentenced
to home
confinement.
Died at Bladen County Hospital,
Elizabethtown, Bladen
County, N.C., February
4, 2000 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Clarkton
Cemetery, Clarkton, N.C.
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James Anthony Traficant Jr. (b. 1941) —
also known as James A. Traficant, Jr. —
of Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, May 8,
1941.
Sheriff;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1985-2002; removed 2002;
defeated, 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
1996,
2000.
As sheriff in the 1980s, was charged
with accepting bribes, tried
and acquitted. In May, 2001, he was indicted
on ten counts of bribery and racketeering; tried
and convicted;
sentenced
to prison;
expelled
from the U.S. House of Representatives, July 24, 2002.
Still living as of 2014.
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John J. Peluso (b. 1923) —
also known as "Johnny TV" —
of Newport, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born June 1,
1923.
Mayor
of Newport, Ky., 1964-68, 1976-80; defeated, 1971, 1983.
Indicted
in 1973 on charges
of possession
of stolen bonds; later dismissed. Convicted
in 1983 of promoting
gambling. Indicted
in 1984 on federal charges
of bribery and conspiracy; pleaded
guilty to perjury
in 1985; sentenced
to ten years in prison;
released in 1989.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Michael J. Matthews (b. 1934) —
of Linwood, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Upland, Delaware
County, Pa., January
7, 1934.
Democrat. Candidate for New
Jersey state senate 2nd District, 1973; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1974; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 2nd District, 1978-83; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 1982-84; recalled 1984; defeated, 1984.
Indicted
on March 27, 1984, on federal bribery and extortion
charges,
over his dealings with organized
crime figures; a trial was started, but then he pleaded
guilty to one count of extortion,
and the other charges were dropped; sentenced
to fifteen years in federal prison;
released in 1990.
Still living as of 1990.
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William C. Brennan Jr. (1918-2000) —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Elmhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
11, 1918.
Democrat. Police
officer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1955-64; member
of New
York state senate 12th District, 1967-68; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1970-85; resigned 1985.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks.
In July 1985, he was indicted
in Federal court for accepting bribes in return for reducing
or dismissing charges in criminal cases involving organized
crime figures; also charged with extortion;
pleaded not guilty and tried;
did not testify in his own defense; convicted
in December 1985, sentenced
to five years in prison,
and fined
$209,000. He was released from prison in May 1988.
Died May 8,
2000 (age 81 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1941 to Gloria
M. Lauer. |
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Robert Budd Dwyer (1939-1987) —
also known as R. Budd Dwyer —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., November
21, 1939.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1965-70; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1971-81; resigned 1981; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1981-87; died in office 1987.
Baptist.
Member, National
Education Association; Eagles;
Theta
Chi; Jaycees.
Convicted
in December 1986 of bribery and conspiracy in federal court.
About to be sentenced,
and widely expected to resign from office, he called a press
conference; there, in front of spectators and television cameras,
he insisted he was not guilty, and then shot and
killed
himself, in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., January
22, 1987 (age 47 years, 62
days).
Interment at Blooming
Valley Cemetery, Blooming Valley, Pa.
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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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Robert B. Asher —
of Pennsylvania.
Republican. Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1985.
Along with state treasurer R.
Budd Dwyer, was convicted
in federal court in 1986, on bribery and conspiracy charges.
Still living as of 1987.
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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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Oliver Laurence North (b. 1943) —
also known as Oliver L. North; Ollie North —
of Virginia.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
7, 1943.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal
of 1986; he was in charge of a secret (and illegal) government
operation to sell
weapons to Iran and provide the profits to the then-unrecognized
Nicaraguan "contras", who were fighting a civil war against the
"Sandinista" government there; convicted
in 1989 on federal charges of obstructing
Congress, destroying documents, and accepting an illegal
gratuity; an appeals court later overturned the guilty verdict;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1994; host of a radio talk
show in 1995-2003, and is a television
commentator.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Mario Biaggi (1917-2015) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
26, 1917.
Police
officer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1969-88 (24th District 1969-73,
10th District 1973-83, 19th District 1983-88); defeated, 1988
(Republican), 1992 (Democratic primary); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1972,
1980,
1984;
Conservative candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1973.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Indicted
in 1987 on federal charges
that he had accepted bribes from former Brooklyn political
boss Meade
Esposito in in return for influence
on federal contracts for a Brooklyn ship-repair company; convicted
on September 22, 1987 of obstructing
justice and accepting illegal gratuities; sentenced
to prison
and fined.
Tried
in 1988 on federal racketeering charges in connection with the
Wedtech Corporation; convicted
on August 4, 1988 on 15 felony counts. Resigned
from Congress following the Wedtech conviction; served more than two
years in prison.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 24,
2015 (age 97 years, 241
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Ricardo Jerome Bordallo (1927-1990) —
also known as Ricardo J. Bordallo; Ricky
Bordallo —
of Agana (now Hagatna), Guam.
Born in Agana (now Hagatna), Guam,
December
11, 1927.
Democrat. Restaurant
owner; automobile
dealer; member of Guam
legislature, 1956-70; Guam
Democratic Party chair, 1960-63, 1971-73; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Guam, 1964;
Governor
of Guam, 1975-78, 1983-86; defeated, 1970; Convicted
in 1987 on corruption charges,
including bribery, obstruction
of justice, and witness
tampering; sentenced
to nine years in prison
and fined;
some of the charges were overturned on appeal in 1988; resentenced
to four years in prison
in December, 1989.
Catholic.
Chamorro
ancestry.
Just before he was to report to prison, he chained himself to a
statue of Chief Quipuha, in a busy traffic circle at rush hour;
wrapped in a Guam flag and wearing a sign saying "I regret I have but
one life to give for my island," he shot and
killed
himself, in Agana (now Hagatna), Guam,
February
1, 1990 (age 62 years, 52
days).
Interment at Pigo Catholic Cemetery, Hagatna, Guam.
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Clarence M. Mitchell III (b. 1939) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
14, 1939.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-66; member of Maryland
state senate District 10, 1967-86; Indicted
in 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury in
connection with the a bribery investigation of Wedtech
Corporation; convicted
of accepting $50,000 to stop
the Congressional investigation of Wedtech; sentenced
to two and a half years in prison;
convicted
in 1988 of obstructing
an investigation of Baltimore drug
dealer Melvin D. 'Little Melvin' Williams, and sentenced
to two years in prison;
charged
in 1988 with failure to file income
tax returns; tried
and acquitted.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Kappa
Alpha Psi; Freemasons;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1988.
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Michael Bowen Mitchell (b. 1945) —
also known as Michael B. Mitchell —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
7, 1945.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state senate 39th District, 1987; indicted
in 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury in
connection with the a bribery investigation of Wedtech
Corporation; convicted
of accepting $50,000 to stop
the Congressional investigation of Wedtech; sentenced
to two and a half years in prison;
convicted
in 1988 of forging
documents to obtain
$77,000 in life insurance proceeds intended for the child of a murder
victim, and sentenced
to six years in prison.
Methodist.
Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 1988.
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Meade Henry Esposito (1909-1993) —
also known as Meade H. Esposito; Amadeo Henry
Esposito —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
28, 1909.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
vice-president, Lafayette National Bank,
1965; insurance
broker; leader of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1969-83.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Indicted
in 1987 on federal charges
that he had given bribes to U.S. Rep. Mario
Biaggi in in return for influence
on federal contracts for a Brooklyn ship-repair
company; convicted
on September 22, 1987 of giving an illegal gratuity; fined
$500,000; indicted
in 1988 on bribery and tax
charges,
but the case was dismissed due to his age and poor health.
Died, from renal
failure caused by a heart
attack, while suffering from lung
cancer and bladder
cancer, in North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
3, 1993 (age 83 years, 249
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Felicia Esposito; married to Anne De Cunzo. |
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Bess Myerson (1924-2014) —
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 16,
1924.
Democrat. Miss America, 1945; first
and only Jewish woman to win the pageant; musician; television
personality; New York City commissioner of consumer affairs,
1969-73, and commissioner of cultural affairs, 1983-87; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1980; accused in 1987 of bribing
Justice Hortense
Gabel by giving her daughter
a city job; meanwhile, the judge reduced child support payments for
Carl Andrew Capasso, Myerson's married
lover; the scandal
was called the "Bess Mess"; she was forced to resign as city consumer
affairs commissioner; indicted
on federal bribery charges in 1988, along with Capasso and
Gabel; tried
and found not guilty.
Female.
Jewish.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
14, 2014 (age 90 years, 151
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Hortense W. Gabel (1912-1990) —
also known as Hortense Wittstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
16, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
York City Rent and Rehabilitation Commissioner, 1962-65; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1975-87; appointed 1975;
resigned 1987; accused in 1987 of accepting a bribe from New
York Consumer Affairs Commissioner Bess
Myerson in the form of a city job for her daughter;
allegedly in return, the judge reduced child support payments for
Myerson's lover, Carl A. Capasso; the scandal
was called "the Bess Mess"; she resigned
as Justice; indicted
on federal bribery charges in 1988, along with Myerson and
Capasso; tried
and found not guilty.
Female.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1990 (age 77 years, 356
days).
Interment at Calverton
National Cemetery, Calverton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Robert Garcia (1933-2017) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
9, 1933.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; computer
engineer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1966-67 (83rd District 1966, 77th District 1967);
resigned 1967; member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1967-78; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1978-90 (21st District 1978-83,
18th District 1983-90); resigned 1990; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1988;
indicted
in 1988, along with his wife, on federal bribery and extortion
charges;
convicted
in October 1989 and sentenced
to three years in prison
(served 104 days); the conviction was reversed on appeal; retried
and again convicted
in 1991; the second conviction was also overturned, and prosecutors
dropped the case.
Puerto
Rican ancestry.
Died in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, January
25, 2017 (age 84 years, 16
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Edwin Meese III (b. 1931) —
also known as Ed Meese; "Reagan's
Geographer" —
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., December
2, 1931.
Lawyer;
legal affairs secretary to Gov. Ronald
Reagan, 1967-68; executive assistant and chief of staff, 1969-74;
law
professor; U.S.
Attorney General, 1985-88.
Lutheran.
Member, Federalist
Society.
The independent counsel who investigated
the Wedtech scandal
reported that Meese, who had worked as a lobbyist
for Wedtech, was complicit
in the company's bribery and fraud;
following this disclosure, he resigned
from the Cabinet.
Still living as of 2020.
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Alcee Lamar Hastings (1936-2021) —
also known as Alcee L. Hastings —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Altamonte Springs, Seminole
County, Fla., September
5, 1936.
Democrat. U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1979-89;
candidate for secretary
of state of Florida, 1990; U.S.
Representative from Florida 23rd District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Impeached
and removed from
office as federal judge in 1989 over bribery charges.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., April 6,
2021 (age 84 years, 213
days).
Cremated.
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James Leroy Usry (1922-2002) —
also known as James L. Usry —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., February
2, 1922.
Republican. Professional
basketball player, 1946-51; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 1984-90; defeated, 1982; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1988;
arrested,
on July 28, 1989, along with thirteen others, and charged
with bribery; he later pleaded
guilty to improper reporting of campaign
contributions.
African
ancestry.
Died in Absecon, Atlantic
County, N.J., February
25, 2002 (age 80 years, 23
days).
Interment at Atlantic
County Veterans Cemetery, Estell Manor, N.J.
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James Claude Wright Jr. (1922-2015) —
also known as Jim Wright, Jr. —
of Weatherford, Parker
County, Tex.; Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., December
22, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Texas
state house of representatives, 1947-49; mayor
of Weatherford, Tex., 1950-54; U.S.
Representative from Texas 12th District, 1955-89; resigned 1989;
Speaker
of the U.S. House, 1987-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1960,
1964,
1968,
1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Permanent Chair, 1988;
speaker, 1988;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961.
Presbyterian.
He was subject of an investigation
by the House Ethics Committee in 1989; it appeared from the report
that he had evaded limits on gifts and speaking fees; resigned
under fire in June, 1989.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., May 6,
2015 (age 92 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nicholas James Mavroules (1929-2003) —
also known as Nicholas Mavroules —
of Peabody, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Peabody, Essex
County, Mass., November
1, 1929.
Democrat. Mayor
of Peabody, Mass., 1967-78; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1976;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1979-93;
defeated, 1992.
Greek
Orthodox. Greek
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Pleaded
guilty in 1993 to charges
of tax
fraud and accepting gratuities while in office; sentenced
to prison.
Died in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., December
25, 2003 (age 74 years, 54
days).
Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Peabody, Mass.
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Albert Garza Bustamante (b. 1935) —
also known as Albert G. Bustamante —
of Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.
Born in Asherton, Dimmit
County, Tex., April 8,
1935.
Democrat. School
teacher; Bexar
County Commissioner, 1973-78; Bexar
County Judge, 1979-84; U.S.
Representative from Texas 23rd District, 1985-93; defeated, 1992.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Convicted
in 1993 on racketeering and bribery charges,
and sentenced
to prison.
Still living as of 2014.
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Donald Edgar Lukens (1931-2010) —
also known as Donald E. Lukens; Buz Lukens —
of Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Harveysburg, Warren
County, Ohio, February
11, 1931.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1967-71, 1987-90 (24th District
1967-71, 8th District 1987-90); member of Ohio
state senate, 1975.
Member, Sertoma;
Farm
Bureau; Delta
Chi; Order of
Ahepa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Toastmasters.
Convicted
in 1989 on a misdemeanor charge
of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, by having sex
with a 16 year old girl; sentenced
to 30 days in jail. Indicted
in February 1995 on five counts of bribery and conspiracy; a
jury in October 1995 found him not guilty on three counts but was
unable to reach a verdict on the other two; a mistrial was declared.
Reindicted
in March 1996; tried
and convicted.
Died May 22,
2010 (age 79 years, 100
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Michael Espy (b. 1953) —
also known as Mike Espy —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.
Born in Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss., November
30, 1953.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1987-93; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1988
(speaker);
U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1993.
African
ancestry.
Indicted
August 27, 1997, on 30 criminal counts based on acceptance of
gifts from organizations and individuals doing business with the
Agriculture Department; acquitted December 2, 1998.
Still living as of 2014.
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Paul J. Silvester (born c.1963) —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born about 1963.
Republican. Connecticut
state treasurer, 1997-99; appointed 1997.
In September 1999, pleaded
guilty to federal charges
of racketeering, money
laundering and bribery. His bail was
revoked in January 2002 for improper
contacts with a defendant in another corruption trial.
Still living as of 2002.
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Percy Z. Giles (born c.1952) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born about 1952.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1996.
African
ancestry.
Convicted
in 1999 on federal bribery and extortion
charges.
Still living as of 1999.
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Milton Milan (b. 1962) —
also known as Milt Milan —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., 1962.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Jersey, 1996;
mayor
of Camden, N.J., 1997-2000.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Arrested
in March 2000 and charged with taking payoffs and bribes.
Still living as of 2000.
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Brian Setencich (born c.1962) —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born about 1962.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1995-96; defeated, 1996; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1995-96.
Professional basketball
player in Europe. Charged
with bribery and mail fraud; tried
and acquitted in February, 2000. Charged
with tax
evasion; tried in
federal court and convicted
in June, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Martin G. Barnes (born c.1949) —
also known as Marty Barnes —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born about 1949.
Republican. Mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1997-2002; defeated, 2002.
African
ancestry.
Indicted
in federal court in 2002 on 40 counts of bribery and other
offenses, over his solicitation and acceptance of more than $200,000
in gratuities from city contractors, including home
improvements, designer
suits, and paid
female companions; pleaded
guilty to two counts, including tax
evasion, and sentenced
in 2003 to 37 months in prison.
Still living as of 2003.
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Sara B. Bost (born c.1948) —
of Irvington, Essex
County, N.J.
Born about 1948.
Mayor
of Irvington, N.J., 1994-2002.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Indicted
in April 2002 on federal bribery and witness
tampering charges;
pleaded
guilty in April 2003 to one count of witness
tampering; sentenced
to one year in prison.
Still living as of 2004.
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Vincent Albert Cianci (1941-2016) —
also known as Buddy Cianci —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April
30, 1941.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Providence, R.I., 1975-84, 1991-2002; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1976 ;
candidate for Governor of
Rhode Island, 1980; talk
show host.
Italian
ancestry.
Pleaded
no contest in 1984 to charges
that he beat
his estranged
wife's lover with a fireplace log. Charged
with twelve federal counts of bribery, conspiracy and
racketeering; convicted
in June, 2002 on two counts.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., January
28, 2016 (age 74 years, 273
days).
Interment at St.
Ann's Cemetery, Cranston, R.I.
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Kenneth E. Saunders Sr. —
also known as Butch Saunders —
of Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Mayor
of Asbury Park, N.J., 1997-2001.
Convicted
on federal bribery conspiracy charges, December 2003; pleaded
guilty to filing false
federal tax returns, February 3, 2004. February 3, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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W. D. Childers (born c.1934) —
Born about 1934.
Member of Florida
state senate, 1980; Escambia
County Commissioner.
Convicted
in 2002 of violating the Florida Sunshine
Law by discussing public business in private with other other
county commissioners; served 38 days in prison;
convicted
in 2003 of bribery; sentenced
to 3.5 years in prison;
free pending appeal.
Still living as of 2006.
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William Jennings Jefferson (b. 1947) —
also known as William J. Jefferson —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Lake Providence, East
Carroll Parish, La., March
14, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1979-90; candidate for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1982, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1999; named as unindicted
co-conspirator by prosecutors in connection with Brent Pfeffer's
guilty plea to bribery charges.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph C. Scarpelli (born c.1939) —
of Brick Township, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born about 1939.
Mayor
of Brick Township, N.J., 2006; resigned 2006; pleaded
guilty in 2007 to federal bribery charges;
sentenced
to 18 months in prison
and fined
$5,000.
Still living as of 2007.
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Gerald P. Garson (born c.1932) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born about 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1998-2003.
Convicted
in April 2007 on bribery and misconduct charges,
and sentenced
to three to ten years in prison.
Still living as of 2007.
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Peter Kott (b. 1949) —
also known as Pete Kott —
of Eagle River, Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., August
29, 1949.
Republican. Part-owner and operator of Kott's Hardwood
Flooring; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1993-2007 (24th District
1993-2003, 17th District 2003-07); Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 2003-04; arrested
in May 2007, along with Bruce
Weyhrauch and Vic
Kohring, and charged
with bribery and extortion
over soliciting and receiving money and favors from VECO Corporation
(including the promise of a job as a lobbyist),
in return for votes on an oil tax; tried
and convicted
in September 2007; sentenced
to six years in prison
and fined
$10,000.
Still living as of 2009.
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Bruce Weyhrauch —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Alaska
state house of representatives 4th District, 2003-07; arrested
in May 2007, along with Pete
Kott and Vic
Kohring, and charged
with bribery and extortion
over soliciting and receiving money and favors from VECO Corporation
in return for votes on an oil tax; trial pending.
Still living as of 2009.
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Vic Kohring (b. 1958) —
of Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna
Borough, Alaska.
Born in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., August
2, 1958.
Republican. Member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1995-2007 (26th District
1995-2003, 14th District 2003-07); resigned 2007; arrested
in May 2007, along with Bruce
Weyhrauch and Pete
Kott, and charged
with bribery and extortion
over soliciting and receiving money and favors from VECO Corporation
in return for votes on an oil tax; tried
and convicted
in November 2007; sentenced
to three and a half years in prison;
released in 2009.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas T. Anderson (b. 1957) —
also known as Tom Anderson —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Anchorage,
Alaska, August
4, 1957.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Alaska
state house of representatives 19th District, 2003-07; arrested
and indicted
in December 2006 on federal federal bribery, extortion,
and money
laundering charges;
tried
and convicted
in July 2007; sentenced
to 60 months in prison.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2009.
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Theodore Fulton Stevens (1923-2010) —
also known as Ted Stevens —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Girdwood, Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
18, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1954-56;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair); member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1965-68; U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009; defeated, 1962; appointed 1968.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Indicted
in July 2008 on federal charges
of failing
to report gifts from VECO Corporation and its CEO; tried
and convicted
in October 2008; his conviction was later vacated due to
prosecutorial misconduct.
Killed in a plane
crash, in Bristol Bay
Borough, Alaska, August
9, 2010 (age 86 years, 264
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Cowdery (b. 1930) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Adrian, Bates
County, Mo., February
11, 1930.
Republican. Contractor;
member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1983-84, 1997-2000; member of Alaska
state senate, 2000-09 (District I 2000-03, District O 2003-09);
indicted
in July 2008 and charged
with accepting bribes from VECO Corporation; convicted
in March 2009; sentenced
to six months house
arrest and fined
$25,000.
Still living as of 2009.
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Rod R. Blagojevich (b. 1956) —
also known as Rod Blagojevich;
"Blago" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
10, 1956.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1993-96; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1997-2003; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2000,
2004,
2008;
Governor
of Illinois, 2003-09; solicited bribes from potential
candidates for appointment to Barack
Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat; arrested
by federal agents in December 2008, and set for trial on
federal corruption charges; in January 2009, based on charges
that he abused
his authority and attempted to sell
authorizations, vetoes, and appointments, he was impeached
by the Illinois House, convicted
by a unanimous vote of the Illinois Senate, and prohibited
from holding public office in the state; tried in
federal court in 2010-11, and after a mistrial, was ultimately found
guilty on eighteen counts, including bribery and extortion;
sentenced
to 14 years in federal prison; an appeal later overturned five of the
eighteen convictions, but did not change his prison sentence.
Serbian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Beverly Masek (b. 1963) —
of Willow, Matanuska-Susitna
Borough, Alaska.
Born in Anvik, Yukon-Koyukuk
census area, Alaska, September
30, 1963.
Republican. Four time Iditarod Race finisher, 1990-93; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1995-2005 (28th District
1995-2003, 15th District 2003-05); pleaded
guilty in March 2009 to soliciting and accepting at least
$4,000 in bribes from VECO Corporation; sentenced
to six months in jail and
three years probation.
Female.
Methodist.
Alaska
Native ancestry. Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Sheila Ann Dixon (b. 1953) —
also known as Sheila Dixon; Sheila
Dixon-Smith —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
27, 1953.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1988,
2004,
2008
(member, Credentials
Committee); mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 2007-10; resigned 2010.
Female.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Indicted
in January 2009, on perjury
theft,
and misconduct
charges,
over secretly accepting more than $20,000 worth of gifts from
developers doing business with the city, and for using gift cards
intended for needy families to buy furs
and other expensive items for herself; the charges were dismissed in
May, but she was reindicted
in July; tried in
fall 2009; convicted
on one count of embezzlement,
and acquitted on other charges; pleaded
guilty to perjury,
and resigned
as mayor, as part of a plea
agreement.
Still living as of 2010.
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Aaron F. Broussard (b. 1949) —
of Kenner, Jefferson
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., January
6, 1949.
Democrat. Mayor of
Kenner, La., 1982-96; president of Jefferson Parish, La.,
2003-10; pleaded
guilty in September 2012 to federal charges
that, as president of Jefferson Parish, he received bribes of
more than $60,000, and that he embezzled
hundreds of thousands of dollars by creating a no-work job in the
parish government for his ex-wife;
sentenced
to 46 months in prison,
and ordered to pay restitution.
Still living as of 2012.
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Emmett S. Pugh III —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Mayor
of Beckley, W.Va., 1988-2013.
In April 2012, he was accused,
in two complaints
filed with the West Virginia Ethics Commission, of accepting
improper gifts, including shares of development firms, in
return for free
use of city resources; without admitting guilt, he agreed to
retire as mayor, and repay
the cost of the investigation.
Still living as of 2014.
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Tony F. Mack (b. 1966) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., January
8, 1966.
Democrat. Mercer
County Freeholder, 1997-2008; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 2000;
mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 2010-14; removed 2014; arrested
in September 2012, and charged
with accepting a bribe, fraud,
and extortion;
tried
and convicted
in 2014, and sentenced
to five years in prison.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Still living as of 2014.
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C. Ray Nagin —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Democrat. Mayor
of New Orleans, La., 2002-10; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 2008;
indicted
in January 2013 for accepting bribes and kickbacks
in connection with city contracts.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Francis McDonnell (b. 1954) —
also known as Bob McDonnell —
of Glen Allen, Henrico
County, Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 15,
1954.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates 84th District, 1992-2005; Virginia
state attorney general, 2006-09; resigned 2009; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 2008
(delegation chair); Governor of
Virginia, 2010-14; he and his wife were indicted
in January 2014 for receiving improper gifts; convicted
in September 2014; sentenced
to two years in prison; in June 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court
unanimously overturned his conviction.
Irish
and Alsatian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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