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Joseph J. Cahill —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Saloon
keeper; member of New York
state assembly, 1891-94 (Kings County 1st District 1891-92, Kings
County 4th District 1893-94).
Convicted
of perjury,
December 8, 1905, in an election
fraud case.
Burial location unknown.
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Róger Calero (b. 1969) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Nicaragua,
1969.
Socialist. Not U.S. citizen; meat packer;
journalist;
convicted
of sale
of marijuana, 1988; arrested
in 2002, at the Houston airport, while returning from Cuba, and jailed,
while deportation
proceedings were started, but released in 2003; Socialist Workers
candidate for President
of the United States, 2004, 2008; Socialist Workers candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 2006; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 2010.
Nicaraguan
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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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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John Archibald Campbell (1811-1889) —
also known as John A. Campbell —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., June 24,
1811.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1837; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1853-61; Confederate States
Assistant Secretary of War, 1861-65; at the end of the Civil War, he
was suspected
of involvement in the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln; arrested
in May 1865; held in detention for five months, but never charged;
released in October 1865.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., March
12, 1889 (age 77 years, 261
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Tunis George Campbell (1812-1891) —
also known as Tunis G. Campbell —
of McIntosh
County, Ga.
Born in Middlebrook (unknown
county), N.J., April 1,
1812.
Minister;
abolitionist; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Georgia
state senate, 1868, 1869-72; expelled 1868; defeated, 1872; expelled
from the Georgia State Senate in 1868 based on the claim that only
whites could serve; charged
with falsely
imprisoning white men as Justice of of the Peace, and served a
year of hard
labor in Georgia's brutal leased labor system.
Methodist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
4, 1891 (age 79 years, 247
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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George Quayle Cannon (1827-1901) —
also known as George Q. Cannon —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Liverpool, England,
January
11, 1827.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member
Utah territorial council, 1865-66, 1869-72; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory, 1873-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah Territory, 1880
(not seated).
Mormon.
Had five wives and 32 children; spent six months in federal penitentiary
for cohabitation.
Died in Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif., April
12, 1901 (age 74 years, 91
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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James Patrick Cannon (1890-1974) —
also known as James P. Cannon —
of New York.
Born in Rosedale (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan., 1890.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1922 (Workers, 10th District), 1928
(20th District); Workers candidate for Governor of
New York, 1924; Trotskyist Anti-War candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1941.
Irish
ancestry.
Became an open supporter of Leon Trotsky's opposition to Stalin about
1928, and was expelled from the Communist Party; became a major
Trotskyist leader and theoretician, and one of the founders of the
Socialist Workers Party. Arrested
in 1941 and charged
under the Smith
Act; convicted
in 1943, and served sixteen months in federal prison.
Died in 1974
(age about
84 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Cardozo (1828-1885) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
21, 1828.
Lawyer;
a close ally of corrupt New York City political boss William
M. Tweed; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1868-72; resigned 1872; in
1872, an effort was made to impeach
him, along with Justice George
G. Barnard, on charges
that they abused
judicial power in various ways to serve Boss Tweed, as well as
"robber barons" Jay Gould and Jim Fisk; rather than go through an
impeachment trial, Cardozo resigned
from the bench; meanwhile, Barnard's impeachment went forward, and he
was unanimously convicted.
Jewish.
Portugese
ancestry.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1885 (age 56 years, 322
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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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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Mary Carey (b. 1981) —
also known as Mary Ellen Cook —
of California.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 15,
1981.
Actress
in pornographic
movies;
Independent candidate for Governor of
California, 2003; arrested
in April 2005 during a raid on a strip
club in Lakewood, Wash.; charged
with touching
herself while dancing; pleaded
guilty and received a suspended
sentence.
Female.
Still living as of 2013.
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Peter B. Carey (1886-1943) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
3, 1886.
Democrat. President, Chicago Board of Trade, 1932-35; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932,
1936,
1940;
delegate
to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Cook
County Sheriff, 1942-43.
Died, amidst a scandal
in his department, from a heart
ailment, in Sacred Heart Sanitarium,
Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
1, 1943 (age 56 years, 363
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Tito Carinci (1928-2006) —
of Newport, Campbell
County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born December
15, 1928.
President and manager of the Glenn Hotel
and the Tropicana bar and
casino; arrested
in 1961 on obstruction
of justice charges;
candidate in primary for mayor
of Newport, Ky., 1963.
Died November
12, 2006 (age 77 years, 332
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Carroll (1810-1868) —
also known as William H. Carroll —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., 1810.
Democrat. Postmaster at Memphis,
Tenn., 1853-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1860;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Gen. Braxton
Bragg had him arrested
for drunkenness,
and he resigned
from the army.
Died in Montreal, Quebec,
May
3, 1868 (age about 57
years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Joseph Edward Casey (1898-1980) —
also known as Joseph E. Casey —
of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., December
27, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924
(alternate), 1932,
1940,
1944,
1948;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1935-43;
defeated, 1926, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1942.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion.
In 1951-52, a U.S. Senate committee investigated
transactions in which a group he led made enormous profits from the
purchase and re-sale of surplus U.S. tanker ships following World War
II; since federal law required that sales be made only to U.S.
citizens, his group allegedly set up several dummy
corporations purportedly under American ccontrol, and faked
financial statements for them, to buy the tankers on behalf of
shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. A federal indictment
against him, over these actions, was unsealed in February 1954, but
the charges were dismissed in September. Onassis, also indicted,
pleaded guilty and paid a fine.
Died September
1, 1980 (age 81 years, 249
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Logan Cashin Jr. (1928-2011) —
also known as John L. Cashin, Jr. —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., April
16, 1928.
Democrat. Dentist;
candidate for mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 1964; National Democratic candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1970.
African
ancestry.
Convicted
of theft
and perjury
in 1982; served 17 months in federal
prison.
Died, of renal
failure and pneumonia,
in Specialty Hospital
of Washington-Hadley, Washington,
D.C., March
21, 2011 (age 82 years, 339
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Cassidy (c.1866-1920) —
also known as "Curley Joe"; "The King of
Queens" —
of Long Island City (now part of Queens), Queens
County, N.Y.; Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born about 1866.
Democrat. Borough
president of Queens, New York, 1902-05; defeated, 1905, 1909;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904;
leader of
Queens County Democratic Party, 1910-11; indicted
in 1912 for selling
a nomination for for Supreme Court Justice to William
Willett; convicted
in 1914, and sentenced
to one year to eighteen months in prison;
released in 1916.
Suffered a stroke of
apoplexy, and died soon after, in Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
21, 1920 (age about 54
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William T. Casto (1824-1862) —
Born January
24, 1824.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Maysville, Ky., 1850; arrested
in 1861 and imprisoned
for allegedly aiding
the Confederacy; released in 1862.
Blamed Col. Leonidas Metcalfe (son of Gov. Thomas
Metcalfe) for his imprisonment; challenged him to a duel; the
weapons were Colt rifles at 60 yards; Casto was shot and
killed
on the first fire, in Bracken
County, Ky., May 8,
1862 (age 38 years, 104
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Abijah Casto. |
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unwavering friend, he was willing to die for his Principles and as a
man of Honor nobly fell a Veteran of the sacred and invincible right
of personal liberty." |
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Andrew L. Cetraro (born c.1976) —
of Bozeman, Gallatin
County, Mont.
Born in Bozeman, Gallatin
County, Mont., about 1976.
Restaurant
owner; mayor
of Bozeman, Mont., 2004-05.
Arrested
at his home in November 2005; accused of assaulting
his pregnant wife while intoxicated;
arraigned
on misdemeanor charges;
pleaded not guilty.
Still living as of 2005.
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Ralph W. Chandless —
of Bergen
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1924-28; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1926; member of New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1929-30.
Expelled
from the state senate, December 5, 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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John Winthrop Chanler (1826-1877) —
also known as John W. Chanler —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1863-69.
On May 14, 1866, he offered a resolution defending President Andrew
Johnson's veto of Reconstruction
enactments, which he called "the wicked and revolutionary acts of a
few malignant and mischievous men." On motion of Rep. Robert
C. Schenck, he was censured
for insulting
the House of Representatives.
Died in Barrytown, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
19, 1877 (age 51 years, 35
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Samuel Chase (1741-1811) —
of Maryland.
Born near Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., April
17, 1741.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-78, 1781-82, 1783-85;
signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge in Maryland,
1788; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1796-1811; died in office 1811.
Episcopalian.
Articles of impeachment
were filed against him in 1804 on charges of malfeasance
in office; tried by
the Senate in 1805 and acquitted of all charges.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 19,
1811 (age 70 years, 63
days).
Interment at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Simon M. Cherivtch (1914-2001) —
also known as "Uncle Simon" —
of Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born April
16, 1914.
Butcher;
automobile
dealer; mayor
of Millville, N.J., 1948-53.
Charged
in 1949 with federal
income tax evasion, based on his underreporting of income in
1944-45; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to a year and a day in federal prison;
released after five months.
Died March
26, 2001 (age 86 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Chesnut Jr. (1815-1885) —
of Camden, Kershaw District (now Kershaw
County), S.C.
Born near Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., January
18, 1815.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1842; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1854; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1858-60; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Kershaw, 1860-62; Delegate
from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; candidate for Senator
from South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1861; general in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1868,
1872.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861.
Slaveowner.
Died in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., February
1, 1885 (age 70 years, 14
days).
Interment at Knights
Hill Cemetery, Camden, S.C.
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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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Joshua Chilton (1818-1862) —
of Shannon
County, Mo.
Born in Wayne
County, Tenn., September
28, 1818.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Shannon County, 1846-55;
member of Missouri
state senate 24th District, 1860-61.
Member, Freemasons.
Arrested
by Union troops as an alleged Southern
sympathizer, and while a prisoner,
was shot and
killed,
near Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., August
28, 1862 (age 43 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Dudley Chipley (1840-1897) —
also known as W. D. Chipley —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., June 6,
1840.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
fought against Reconstruction
along with other members of the Ku Klux
Klan; he was among those implicated
in the murder
of George
W. Ashburn in in 1868; tried in
a military court, but Georgia's re-admission to the Union ended
military jurisdiction, so he and his co-defendants were released;
general manager of the Pensacola Railroad;
successfully promoted the construction of the Pensacola and Atlanta
Railroad
in 1881-83; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,
1884,
1892;
mayor
of Pensacola, Fla., 1887-88; member of Florida
state senate, 1895-97.
Died in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., December
1, 1897 (age 57 years, 178
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.
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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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Henry J. Cianfrani (1923-2002) —
also known as "Buddy Brown"; "The
Pizza" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in a hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
19, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956,
1960,
1964;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1963-66; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1967-78.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Sons of
Italy.
Convicted
in 1977 on federal charges of racketeering and mail fraud for padding
his Senate payroll; sentenced
to five years in federal prison;
served 27 months; released in 1980.
Died, following a stroke,
in Hahnemann University Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 3,
2002 (age 79 years, 106
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Gabriel Cisneros (b. 1947) —
also known as Henry G. Cisneros —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., June 11,
1947.
Mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1981-89; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1993-97.
Hispanic
ancestry.
In 1995, an independent counsel was appointed to investigate
allegations that he had made false
statements to the FBI about payments he made to his mistress;
indicted
in 1997 on 18 counts of conspiracy, making false
statements, and obstruction
of justice; pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor count of lying to
the FBI, and was fined
$10,000; pardoned
in 2001 by President Bill
Clinton.
Still living as of 2014.
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August Claessens (1885-1954) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Switzerland,
1885.
School
teacher; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1914 (Socialist, 15th District),
1924 (Socialist, 23rd District), 1928 (Socialist, 14th District),
1930 (Socialist, 18th District), 1932 (Socialist, 14th District),
1934 (Socialist, at-large), 1946 (Liberal, 10th District), 1948
(Liberal, 8th District), 1950 (Liberal, 8th District); member of New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1918-20, 1922;
defeated, 1915 (Socialist, New York County 26th District); expelled
1920, 1920; defeated, 1920 (Socialist, New York County 17th
District), 1922 (Socialist, New York County 17th District), 1923
(Socialist, New York County 17th District), 1925 (Socialist, Bronx
County 4th District), 1937 (American Labor, Kings County 4th
District), 1938 (American Labor, Kings County 14th District), 1954
(Liberal, Kings County 14th District); delegate to Socialist National
Convention from New York, 1920; Socialist candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1926; American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 11th District, 1940.
Expelled
from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty,
along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920;
re-elected to the same seat in a special election, and expelled
again on September 21.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
9, 1954 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Harry E. Claiborne (c.1918-2004) —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in McRae, White
County, Ark., about 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1950; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1964; U.S.
District Judge for Nevada, 1979-86; convicted
in 1984 of tax
evasion, and sentenced
to two years in prison;
impeached
in 1986 by the U.S. House and convicted
(removed from office) by the Senate.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., January
19, 2004 (age about 86
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Michael J. Clancy (b. 1913) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in County Clare, Ireland,
September
9, 1913.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1937-40; defeated in primary, 1942; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes, but not tried and convicted with the others.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Clark (1810-1877) —
of Mississippi.
Born February
19, 1810.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1860;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Mississippi, 1863-65.
Physically removed from
office by U.S. troops at the end of the Civil
War, and imprisoned
at Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Ga.
Died in Bolivar
County, Miss., December
18, 1877 (age 67 years, 302
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Bolivar County, Miss.
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John Bullock Clark (1802-1885) —
also known as John B. Clark —
of Fayette, Howard
County, Mo.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., April
17, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; Howard
County Court Clerk, 1824-34; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Black Hawk War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1857-61; expelled
1861; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1860;
expelled
from Congress in July 1861 for having taken
up arms against the union; Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Senator
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., October
29, 1885 (age 83 years, 195
days).
Interment at Fayette
City Cemetery, Fayette, Mo.
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Lena Marietta Thankful Clarke (1886-1967) —
also known as Lena M. T. Clarke —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Sheldon, Franklin
County, Vt., March 1,
1886.
Democrat. Postmaster at West
Palm Beach, Fla., 1915-16, 1920-21 (acting, 1915-16, 1920); under
suspicion
for a shortage
of $32,000 at the post office, she fled
to Orlando, where she found Fred Miltimore, her married
ex-lover, and apparently tried to get him to sign a statement
confessing to the theft; when he refused, she shot
and killed him; she was indicted
and tried
for murder,
and found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Female.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., August
5, 1967 (age 81 years, 157
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903) —
also known as Cassius M. Clay; "The Lion of White
Hall" —
of Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., October
19, 1810.
Probably the best-known Southern emancipationist; freed his own
slaves in 1844 and edited the only Southern antislavery newspaper
in 1845-47; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1835-37, 1840; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Kentucky, 1839 (speaker); shot
point-blank during a speech in 1843, he used a Bowie knife to cut off
the attacker's ear and nose and cut out one eye; tried
for mayhem
and found not guilty; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1861-62, 1863-69; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Died, of kidney
failure, in Madison
County, Ky., July 22,
1903 (age 92 years, 276
days).
Interment at Richmond
Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
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Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. (1816-1882) —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., December
13, 1816.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1842; state court judge in
Alabama, 1846; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1853-61; Senator
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Suspected of conspiring with other Confederates
to assassinate
President Abraham
Lincoln, he was imprisoned
for nearly a year after the war.
Slaveowner.
Died near Gurley, Madison
County, Ala., January
3, 1882 (age 65 years, 21
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
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Robert L. Clifford (1924-2014) —
of Chester Township, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J., December
17, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1973-94; convicted
of drunk
driving
in 1989.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Chester Township, Morris
County, N.J., November
29, 2014 (age 89 years, 347
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Lanier Clingman (1812-1897) —
also known as Thomas L. Clingman; "The Prince of
Politicians" —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Huntsville, Yadkin
County, N.C., July 27,
1812.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1843-45, 1847-58 (1st
District 1843-45, 1847-53, 8th District 1853-58); U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1858-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1868,
1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861.
Died in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., November
3, 1897 (age 85 years, 99
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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William Jefferson Clinton (b. 1946) —
also known as Bill Clinton; William Jefferson Blythe
IV; "Slick Willie"; "Bubba";
"Elvis"; "Eagle"; "The Big
Dog" —
of Arkansas; Chappaqua, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Hope, Hempstead
County, Ark., August
19, 1946.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1974; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1977-79; Governor of
Arkansas, 1979-81, 1983-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1996,
2000;
speaker, 1984,
1988;
President
of the United States, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2004,
2008.
Baptist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Sigma Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association.
On October 29, 1994, Francisco Duran fired 27 shots from the sidewalk
at the White House in an apparent assassination
attempt against President Clinton. Impeached
by the House of Representatives in December 1998 over allegations of
perjury
and obstruction
of justice in connection with his sexual
contact with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, but acquitted
by the Senate.
Still living as of 2020.
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Relatives:
Step-son of Roger Clinton; son of William Jefferson Blythe II and
Virginia (Cassidy) Clinton; married, October
11, 1975, to Hillary
Diane Rodham (sister of Hugh
Edwin Rodham); father of Chelsea Clinton (daughter-in-law of Edward
Maurice Mezvinsky and Marjorie
Margolies-Mezvinsky); third cousin twice removed of James
Alexander Lockhart. |
| | | Political families: Clinton
family of Wadesboro, North Carolina; Ashe-Polk
family of North Carolina (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Abraham
J. Hirschfeld — Kenneth
W. Starr — Rahm
Emanuel — Henry
G. Cisneros — Maria
Echaveste — Thurgood
Marshall, Jr. — Walter
S. Orlinsky — Charles
F. C. Ruff — Sean
Patrick Maloney — Lanny
J. Davis |
| | | The William Jefferson Clinton Federal
Building (built 1934; renamed 2012) in Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Bill Clinton: Between
Hope and History : Meeting America's Challenges for the 21st
Century (1996) — My
Life (2004) |
| | | Books about Bill Clinton: David
Maraniss, First
in His Class : The Biography of Bill Clinton — Joe
Conason, The
Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and
Hillary Clinton — Gene Lyons, Fools
for Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater —
Sidney Blumenthal, The
Clinton Wars — Dewayne Wickham, Bill
Clinton and Black America — Joe Klein, The
Natural : The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill
Clinton — Nigel Hamilton, Bill
Clinton: An American Journey — Bob Woodward, The
Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House — George
Stephanopolous, All
Too Human — John F. Harris, The
Survivor : Bill Clinton in the White House — Mark
Katz, Clinton
& Me: A Real Life Political Comedy — Michael Takiff,
A
Complicated Man: The Life of Bill Clinton as Told by Those Who Know
Him — Tim O'Shei, Bill
Clinton (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Bill Clinton:
Barbara Olson, The
Final Days : The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White
House — Meredith L. Oakley, On
the Make : The Rise of Bill Clinton — Robert
Patterson, Dereliction
of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Endangered
America's Long-Term National Security — Ambrose
Evans-Pritchard, The
Secret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories —
Ann Coulter, High
Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill
Clinton — Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, Because
He Could — Jack Cashill, Ron
Brown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and
Hillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens, No
One Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —
Rich Lowry, Legacy:
Paying the Price for the Clinton Years — Richard
Miniter, Losing
Bin Laden : How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global
Terror |
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David Keith Cobb (b. 1962) —
also known as David Cobb —
Born in San Leon, Galveston
County, Tex., December
24, 1962.
Green. Lawyer;
candidate for Texas
state attorney general, 2002; candidate for President
of the United States, 2004.
Arrested,
in St. Louis, Mo., on October 8, 2004, along with Libertarian Party
presidential nominee Michael
Bednarik, while protesting
their exclusion from presidential debates.
Still living as of 2004.
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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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Beryl W. Cohen (born c.1935) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born about 1935.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1964;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1965-70; won fame for his representation of
long-term residents of a Massachusetts institution for the mentally
retarded; censured
in 1983 and disciplined
in 1988 for attorney misconduct, over neglect
of probate matters.
Still living as of 2007.
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Henry Clay Cole (1838-1881) —
also known as Henry C. Cole —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.
Born in Ripley
County, Ind., 1838.
Physician;
mayor
of Kokomo, Ind., 1881; died in office 1881.
Shot
and killed by
a sheriff's
posse, allegedly while he was attempting to rob and
burn
a grist mill, in Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind., September
19, 1881 (age about 43
years). The shooters were personal enemies of his, so some
suspected a conspiracy. Four members of the posse were indicted for
manslaughter by a grand jury, but the charges were later dismissed.
Interment at Crown
Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Ind.
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David Grant Colson (1861-1904) —
also known as David G. Colson —
of Pineville, Bell
County, Ky.; Middlesboro, Bell
County, Ky.
Born in Yellow Creek, Knox County (now Middlesboro, Bell
County), Ky., April 1,
1861.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1887-88; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1888;
candidate for Kentucky
state treasurer, 1889; mayor
of Middlesboro, Ky., 1893; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1895-99; served in
the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; in January, 1900, he
shot
and killed a political rival, Ethelbert Scott, and two
bystanders, in the lobby of the Capitol Hotel, Frankfort, Ky.; indicted
for murder, and tried in
April 1900; the jury returned a verdict of "not guilty" in 18 minutes.
Died in Middlesboro, Bell
County, Ky., September
27, 1904 (age 43 years, 179
days).
Interment at Colson
Cemetery, Middlesboro, Ky.
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Barnes Compton (1830-1898) —
of Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., November
16, 1830.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1860-61; in 1865, he was arrested
and imprisoned
under suspicion of involvement with the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln, but released after four days; member of Maryland
state senate, 1867-72; Maryland
state treasurer, 1874-85; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1885-90, 1891-94.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md., December
2, 1898 (age 68 years, 16
days).
Interment at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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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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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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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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Maurice E. Connolly (1881-1935) —
of Corona, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Corona, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1911-28; resigned 1928; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916,
1924;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1918; resigned
as borough president in April, 1928 during an investigation
of a sewer graft scandal;
convicted
in October 1928 of conspiracy to defraud
the city; sentenced
to one year in prison
and fined
$500; following an unsuccessful appeal, he served the prison
sentence in 1930-31.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
24, 1935 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Mount
St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Maurice Connolly and Mary Jane Connolly; married to Helen M.
Connell; father of Helen F. Connolly (daughter-in-law of Leander
Bernard Faber). |
| | | Cross-reference: Clarence
J. Shearn |
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Theophilus Eugene Connor (1897-1973) —
also known as Bull Connor —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., July 11,
1897.
Democrat. Sports
reporter on Birmingham radio;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1935-37; Birmingham Commissioner
of Public
Safety, 1936-52, 1956-63; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1940, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
arrested
on December 26, 1951, on being found having a tryst
in a hotel room with his secretary, Christina Brown; convicted
of adultery,
fined
and sentenced
to jail,
but the conviction was overturned in 1952; member of Democratic
National Committee from Alabama, 1960-63; an ardent white
supremacist; his use of police dogs and fire hoses against civil
rights demonstrators in 1962-63 provoked national outrage;
candidate for mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1963.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March
10, 1973 (age 75 years, 242
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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John James Conyers Jr. (1929-2019) —
also known as John Conyers, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich., May 16,
1929.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1965-2017 (1st District 1965-93,
14th District 1993-2013, 13th District 2013-17); resigned 2017;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy in Washington, 1984;
candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1989; in 2017, it was reported that a former
member of Conyers' staff had alleged
that he had sexually
harassed her, and had been paid a settlement of $27,000;
subsequently, the House Ethics Committee started an investigation
into multiple such allegations; he subsequently resigned
from Congress.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Recipient of the Spingarn
Medal, 2007.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
27, 2019 (age 90 years, 164
days).
Entombed at Detroit
Memorial Park East, Warren, Mich.
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George Bradford Cook (b. 1936) —
also known as G. Bradford Cook —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., 1936.
Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1973; resigned
under fire from the SEC, following disclosure that he had modified
a commission complaint to delete references to a secret $200,000 campaign
contribution to President Richard
Nixon's re-election campaign from fugitive
financier Robert Vesco; admitted that he testified
falsely to a Senate committee and to a grand jury investigating
the matter; his license to practice law in Illinois and Nebraska was
suspended
for three years.
Still living as of 1975.
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Relatives: Son
of George Brash Cook; married to Jo Anne Thatcher and Laura
Armour. |
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Louis P. Cooke (1811-1849) —
of Texas.
Born in Tennessee, 1811.
Colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;
member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1838-39, 1841-42; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Navy, 1839-41.
Charged
in 1843 with the murder
of Captain Mark Lewis; at trial,
the jury deadlocked, and he escaped
before a second trial could be held. Wounded in an Indian raid on
Corpus Christi in 1844 and lost an
eye.
Died, of cholera,
in Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., 1849
(age about
38 years).
Interment somewhere
in New Orleans, La.
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Jerry Cosentino (c.1932-1997) —
of Palos Heights, Cook
County, Ill.
Born about 1932.
Democrat. Illinois
state treasurer, 1979-83, 1987-91; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1980;
candidate for secretary
of state of Illinois, 1982, 1990.
Pleaded
guilty to bank
fraud in April 1992; fined
$5,000, and sentenced
to nine months home
confinement.
Died of a heart
attack, in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., April 3,
1997 (age about 65
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hyman Costrell (b. 1890) —
also known as Jack Robbins —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; New York.
Born in Kurenitz, Russia (now Belarus),
October
19, 1890.
Communist. Arrested
in 1905 in Russia and jailed
three months for demonstrating
and distributing
circulars against the Czarist government; naturalized U.S.
citizen; plumber;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1934.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Tyrone Courtney (b. 1952) —
also known as Ty Courtney —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., January
4, 1952.
Lawyer;
municipal judge in South Carolina, 1981-82; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1991-2000.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jaycees;
Lions.
Tried
and convicted
in June 2000 on federal charges
of bank
fraud, mail fraud, and making false
statements in a loan application.
Still living as of 2000.
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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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George B. Cox —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908.
Political boss of Cincinnati at the turn of the century. Indicted
on corruption charges in 1906, but never convicted.
Burial location unknown.
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Major B. Coxson (c.1929-1973) —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born about 1929.
Convicted
10 times on fraud
and larceny
charges,
most related to automobile
theft; served 22 months in federal prison;
candidate for mayor of
Camden, N.J., 1973.
African
ancestry.
Admitted four men to his house, who bound and gagged him and his
family, and shot
each one, killing
him and wounding the others, in Cherry Hill, Camden
County, N.J., June 9,
1973 (age about 44
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Brian J. Coyle (1944-1991) —
of Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., June 25,
1944.
College
instructor; in 1968, he was indicted
and tried
for his refusal to comply with the military
draft, but was acquitted as a conscientious objector; Independent
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1978; candidate for mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1979; president, Minneapolis city council.
Gay.
One of Minnesota's first openly-gay politicians.
Died, from AIDS-related
complications, August
23, 1991 (age 47 years, 59
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Larry Edwin Craig (b. 1945) —
also known as Larry Craig —
of Midvale, Washington
County, Idaho; Payette, Payette
County, Idaho.
Born in Council, Adams
County, Idaho, July 20,
1945.
Republican. Member of Idaho
state senate, 1975-81; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 1st District, 1981-91; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1991-2009.
Methodist.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Arrested
for soliciting
sex in a men's bathroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International
Airport, June 11, 2007; charged
with disorderly conduct; pleaded
guilty, and was fined.
Still living as of 2014.
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Daniel Bever Crane (b. 1936) —
also known as Dan Crane —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
10, 1936.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1979-85 (22nd District 1979-83,
19th District 1983-85).
Censured
by the House of Representatives in 1983 for having sexual
relations with a teenage House page in 1980.
Still living as of 2014.
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Alan MacGregor Cranston (1914-2000) —
also known as Alan Cranston —
of Los Altos Hills, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 19,
1914.
Democrat. Journalist;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; real estate
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972,
1988
(speaker);
California
state controller, 1959-67; U.S.
Senator from California, 1969-93; defeated in primary, 1964;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1984.
Protestant.
Member, United
World Federalists.
Sued by Adolf Hitler over his unexpurgated translation into English
of Mein Kampf. Reprimanded
by the Senate in 1991 over his dealings with Lincoln Savings and Loan
president Charles Keating.
Died in Los Altos, Santa Clara
County, Calif., December
31, 2000 (age 86 years, 195
days).
Cremated.
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John H. Crary —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1922-30; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1928,
1932;
Waterbury city assessor.
Charged
in May, 1938, along with Mayor T.
Frank Hayes and 25 others, with conspiracy to cheat
and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;
tried
in 1938-39 and convicted;
sentenced
to two months in jail and
fined
$500.
Burial location unknown.
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Shirley M. Crawford (1872-1917) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
5, 1872.
Republican. Actor;
newspaper
writer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
law partner of Augustus
E. Willson; Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Louisville,
Ky., 1901-07; in February 1905, amidst a controversy over the
appointment of a new Colonel, a military court of inquiry was
convened to investigate
the officers of the First Kentucky regiment, including a Major and
six Captains, for willful
disobedience; all were releived of duty, but Capt. Crawford was
singled out as "an agitator and fomenter of strife, disloyal and
insubordinate to his superior officers," and ordered court-martialed;
secretary-treasurer and director, Kentucky-Arizona Copper
Company (engaged in mining and
smelting).
Hit by
a car while crossing a street, suffered a fractured leg and pneumonia,
and died two weeks later, in German Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., September
6, 1917 (age 45 years, 32
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.
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Daniel Richard Crissinger (1860-1942) —
also known as Daniel R. Crissinger —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Tully Township, Marion
County, Ohio, December
10, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; Marion
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1889-94; Marion city solicitor,
1895-1900; one of the organizers of the Marion County Telephone
Company; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1904, 1906; banker;
U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1921-23; member, board of
governors, Federal Reserve, 1923-27; in December 1929, he, along with
U.S. Rep. Frederick
N. Zihlman, 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 Crissinger and Zihlman
were never tried, and charges against them were dismissed in 1932.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Died in Marion, Marion
County, Ohio, July 12,
1942 (age 81 years, 214
days).
Interment at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio.
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Bobby E. Crittendon —
of Dayton, Campbell
County, Ky.
Mayor
of Dayton, Ky., 1991-2000; appointed 1991; removed 2000; Impeached
and removed from office, by unanimous vote of the city council,
over misconduct
including his attempts to intimidate
the police chief on behalf of his son-in-law.
Still living as of 2000.
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George William Crockett Jr. (1909-1997) —
also known as George W. Crockett, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., August
10, 1909.
Democrat. Recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1966-78; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980-91; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984,
1988;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; National
Lawyers Guild.
Served four months in federal prison
for contempt
of court in 1950, following his defense of a Communist leader on
trial in New York for advocating the overthrow of the government.
Among the founders of the nation's first
interracial law firm.
Ill with bone
cancer in 1997, he suffered a stroke
and died five days later, in Washington Home and Hospice,
Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1997 (age 88 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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Richard Welsted Croker (1841-1922) —
also known as Richard Croker —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; County Dublin, Ireland.
Born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland,
November
23, 1841.
Democrat. Railroad
mechanic; charged
with the murder
of a political enemy in 1874; tried
and found not guilty; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1888,
1892,
1900.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Leader of Tammany Hall from 1886 until 1901.
Suffered exposure during a snowstorm,
was ill for months, and subsequently died, in County Dublin, Ireland,
April
29, 1922 (age 80 years, 157
days).
Original interment at Glencairn
House Grounds, County Dublin, Ireland; reinterment in 1939 at Kilgobbin
Cemetery, County Dublin, Ireland.
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Hugh Ware Cross (1896-1972) —
also known as Hugh W. Cross —
of Jerseyville, Jersey
County, Ill.
Born in Jerseyville, Jersey
County, Ill., August
24, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 38th District, 1933-40; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1939-40; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1941-49; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1944,
1948;
member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1949-55; resigned
under fire from the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1955,
following a unanimous vote of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations to open an
inquiry into the propriety
of his actions influencing the award of a Chicago transportation
contract; the committee later reported that he had "made
a mistake and acted
indiscreetly".
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Elks; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Jerseyville, Jersey
County, Ill., October
15, 1972 (age 76 years, 52
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Jerseyville, Ill.
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Robert Green Crow (1883-1942) —
also known as Robert G. Crow; Bob Crow —
of Caruthersville, Pemiscot
County, Mo.
Born in Scott
County, Mo., December
24, 1883.
Republican. Insurance
agent; postmaster at Caruthersville,
Mo., 1909-14; indicted
in October 1915 on federal charges of revealing
information from the federal civil service examination, to help his
half-brother, James L. Crow; pleaded
guilty in April 1916, and was fined
$500.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Modern
Woodmen.
On December 21, 1914, he mysteriously disappeared from the Pontiac
Hotel, St. Louis, Mo., leaving behind all of his clothes, and the
room disordered as if a scuffle had taken place; he was thought to
have been kidnapped and murdered by a gang, but a few months later,
he was found to be serving in the U.S. Army.
Died in Harlingen, Cameron
County, Tex., September
16, 1942 (age 58 years, 266
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gentry Crowell (1932-1989) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Chestnut Mound, Smith
County, Tenn., December
10, 1932.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1969-77; secretary
of state of Tennessee, 1977-89; died in office 1989.
His office was a target of the federal "Operation Rocky Top" investigation
into fraudulent
charity bingo games; his administrative assistant admitted to
longtime embezzlement.
Suffered a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound on December 12, 1989, and died eight days later in
Vanderbilt Hospital,
Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., December
20, 1989 (age 57 years, 10
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tenn.
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Edward Hull Crump (1874-1954) —
also known as Edward H. Crump; Ed Crump; "Boss
Crump" —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., October
2, 1874.
Democrat. Head, E. H. Crump Buggy
Manufacturing Co.; president, E. H. Crump & Co. (involved in banking,
real
estate, and insurance);
mayor
of Memphis, Tenn., 1910-16, 1940; resigned 1916; proceedings were
brought for his ouster
as mayor in 1915-16, based on charges
that he failed to
enforce state liquor
laws; when the ouster suit was upheld by the state supreme court,
he resigned;
Shelby
County Treasurer, 1917-23; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1931-35 (10th District 1931-33,
9th District 1933-35); member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1936-45.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
16, 1954 (age 80 years, 14
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Owen Windle Crumpacker (1912-1998) —
also known as Owen W. Crumpacker —
of Whiting, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Hammond, Lake
County, Ind., January
28, 1912.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; disbarred
in 1978 by the Indiana Supreme Court, over his unprofessional
conduct; repeatedly jailed
for contempt
of court for continuing to practice law after disbarment;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1988.
Died in Portage, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., February
10, 1998 (age 86 years, 13
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Randall Cunningham (b. 1941) —
also known as Randy Cunningham;
"Duke" —
of Del Mar, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
8, 1941.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; U.S.
Representative from California, 1991-2005 (44th District 1991-93,
51st District 1993-2003, 50th District 2003-05); resigned 2005; pleaded
guilty on Federal conspiracy and tax
evasion charges,
November 28, 2005; subsequently resigned
from Congress.
Christian.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Michael Curley (1874-1958) —
also known as James M. Curley; "The Rascal
King" —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
20, 1874.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; president, Hibernia Savings Bank;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902-03; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1911-14, 1943-47 (10th
District 1911-13, 12th District 1913-14, 11th District 1943-47);
resigned 1914; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1914-18, 1922-26, 1930-34, 1946-50; defeated,
1917, 1937, 1941, 1949, 1951, 1955; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1935-37; defeated, 1924, 1938; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1936; member of Democratic
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1940-54; indicted
in federal court in 1943, with Donald
W. Smith and others, over his participation in Engineers Group,
Inc., which fraudulently
obtained war contracts; re-indicted
in 1944; tried in
1945-46 and convicted;
sentenced
to six to eighteen months in prison
and fined
$1,000; released in November 1947 when his sentence was commuted by
President Harry
Truman.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Eagles;
Moose;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
12, 1958 (age 83 years, 357
days).
Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Roslindale, Boston, Mass.
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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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Richard Cutts (1771-1845) —
of Pepperell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, June 28,
1771.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1790; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1801-13 (at-large 1801-05,
14th District 1805-13); imprisoned
for debt,
1828.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1845 (age 73 years, 283
days).
Original interment at St.
John's Church Cemetery, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.;
reinterment in 1857 at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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