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John T. Gregorio (1928-2013) —
also known as "The Lion of Linden" —
of Linden, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., February
6, 1928.
Democrat. Florist;
mayor
of Linden, N.J., 1968-83, 1991-2006; defeated, 2006; shot
at in his car, in March 1968; two days later, his house was firebombed;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 21st District, 1974-77; indicted
in April 1975 on perjury
and fraud charges,
over his purchase of a vacant lot from Elizabethtown Gas Company,
while conspiring to falsify
documents to conceal his involvement as buyer; later charged
with extorting
a $25,000 kickback
from a building contractor on a high school project; following jury
selection, the charges were dismissed in February 1976; member of New
Jersey state senate, 1978-83 (21st District 1978-81, 20th
District 1982-83); indicted
in September 1981 on charges
of income
tax evasion, concealing his interest in two "go-go bars",
and for failing to
enforce state alcohol laws; convicted
in December 1982 of conspiracy to commit official
misconduct, but found not guilty on other charges.
Died, from leukemia,
in Trinitas Hospital,
Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., October
23, 2013 (age 85 years, 259
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Melba Till Allen (1933-1989) —
also known as Melba Till —
of Hope Hull, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Grady, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Marbury, Autauga
County, Ala.
Born in Friendship Community, Butler
County, Ala., March 3,
1933.
Democrat. Alabama
state auditor, 1967-75; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1972; Alabama
state treasurer, 1975-78; Convicted
in 1978 of using her position as state treasurer to obtain bank
loans to build a theme park, and for failing to disclose
her personal finances; she denied any wrongdoing; sentenced
to six years in jail,
but spent most of her sentence working as a bookkeeper in a
retirement home.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star.
Died, of cancer,
in Baptist Medical
Center, Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
20, 1989 (age 56 years, 231
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Samuel Ben Till and Gertrude (Johnson) Till; married, December
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George Vernon Hansen (1930-2014) —
also known as George V. Hansen —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Tetonia, Teton
County, Idaho, September
14, 1930.
Republican. Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1962 (primary), 1968, 1972 (primary); U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1965-69, 1975-85.
Mormon.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Kiwanis.
Convicted
in 1984 of failing to include four transactions on federal
disclosure forms; sentenced
to 15 months in prison
and fined
$40,000; reprimanded
by the U.S. House; his conviction was reversed in 1995.
Died in Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho, August
14, 2014 (age 83 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Ryoichi Ariyoshi (b. 1926) —
also known as George R. Ariyoshi —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, March
12, 1926.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Hawaii
territorial House of Representatives, 1954-58; member of Hawaii
territorial senate, 1958-59; member of Hawaii
state senate, 1959-70; delegate
to Hawaii state constitutional convention, 1968; Lieutenant
Governor of Hawaii, 1970-73; Governor of
Hawaii, 1974-86; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Hawaii, 1980,
1996,
2000.
Protestant.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Lions.
Detained
by U.S. Customs in 1987 for failing to declare jewelry brought
from Japan, and fined
$11,389.
Still living as of 2014.
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Frank Munch (born c.1925) —
of Palatine, Cook
County, Ill.
Born about 1925.
Real
estate broker; village
president of Palatine, Illinois, 1985-87; charged
with failing to disclose a loan and a partnership on financial
disclosure forms; tried in
January 1987 and found not guilty.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Evan Mecham (1924-2008) —
of Ajo, Pima
County, Ariz.; Glendale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Duchesne, Duchesne
County, Utah, May 12,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; automobile
dealer; newspaper
publisher; candidate for Arizona
state house of representatives, 1952; member of Arizona
state senate, 1960-62; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1962 (Republican), 1992 (Independent); Governor of
Arizona, 1987-88; defeated, 1964, 1974, 1978, 1982.
Mormon.
Member, John
Birch Society.
Indicted
in 1988 on six felony counts of perjury
and filing a false
campaign report, specifically of failing to report a
$350,000 loan to his campaign by Barry Wolfson, a real estate
developer; later acquitted of these charges. Impeached
by the Arizona House of Representatives on February 5, 1988, on charges
of obstructing
justice and illegally lending
state money to his business; convicted
and removed from office by the Arizona Senate on April 4, 1988. A
recall
election was scheduled against him, but it was cancelled by the
Arizona Supreme Court.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
22, 2008 (age 83 years, 286
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Carl Christopher Perkins (b. 1954) —
also known as Carl C. Perkins; Chris
Perkins —
of Leburn, Knott
County, Ky.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August
6, 1954.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1981-84; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1985-93; pleaded
guilty in 1994 to bank
fraud in connection with the House banking scandal;
he wrote overdrafts totaling about $300,000 (covered by the House
bank) and made false statements to obtain
loans from commercial banks; also pleaded
guilty to charges of filing false statements with the Federal
Election Commission and false financial disclosure
reports; sentenced
to 21 months in prison;
in March 2000, pleaded
guilty to criminal
contempt of court for lying to a federal probation officer about
his income; minister.
Baptist;
later Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Walter Edward Fauntroy (b. 1933) —
also known as Walter E. Fauntroy —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
6, 1933.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1971-91;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1972,
1980,
1988
(speaker);
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
sit-in at the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984; candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1990.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Charged
in federal court on March 22, 1995 with making false statements on
financial disclosure forms, including a claimed donation of
almost $24,000 to the New Bethel Baptist Church where he served as
pastor, to make it appear that he had complied with House rules
limiting outside income, and that he had failed to disclose a
June 1988 loan of $24,200. Pleaded
guilty to one felony count, and sentenced
to probation.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Clarence M. Mitchell IV (b. 1962) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 16,
1962.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 44, 1995-99; member of Maryland
state senate 44th District, 1999-2003; defeated in primary, 2002;
reprimanded
by the Maryland General Assembly in 2002 for failure to report
a $10,000 loan from a Baltimore businessman.
Still living as of 2003.
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Robert Alphonso Taft III (b. 1942) —
also known as Bob Taft —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
8, 1942.
Republican. Served
in the Peace Corps; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1977-81; Hamilton
County Commissioner, 1981-90; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1986; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1991-99; Governor of
Ohio, 1999-2007; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 2004;
in 2005, he pleaded no
contest to four misdemeanors involving failure to disclose
gifts, and was fined
$4,000; subsequently reprimanded
by the Ohio Supreme Court.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Sharpe James (b. 1936) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
20, 1936.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1980,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
mayor
of Newark, N.J., 1986-2006; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New Jersey; member of New
Jersey state senate 29th District, 1999-2008; indicted
in July 2007 on federal charges
of using city credit cards for personal
expenses, and letting a girlfriend buy nine parcels of city-owned
land for a small fraction of their value, without disclosing
their relationship; convicted
in April 2008; sentenced
to 27 months in prison,
and fined
$100,000.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2014.
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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 Eric Ensign (b. 1958) —
also known as John E. Ensign —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Roseville, Placer
County, Calif., March
25, 1958.
Republican. Veterinarian;
hotel
and casino manager; U.S.
Representative from Nevada 1st District, 1995-99; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 2001-; defeated, 1998; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 2008.
Pentecostal.
Italian,
German,
and Filipino
ancestry.
In June 2009, he admitted
to an extramarital
affair with Cindy Hampton, a member of his campaign staff and the
wife of his Senate aide Doug Hampton. In an unsuccessful attempt to
keep the Hamptons quiet about the affair, he gave them $96,000 (an
illegally undisclosed severance payment) through his parents.
He also used his influence to set up Jeff Hampton as a lobbyist,
in violation of laws restricting lobbying by former congressional
aides. A grand jury investigation
is in progress.
Still living as of 2014.
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Michael Francis Easley (b. 1950) —
also known as Mike F. Easley —
of Brunswick
County, N.C.
Born near Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C., March
23, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1990; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1993-2001; Governor of
North Carolina, 2001-09; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 2004,
2008;
pleaded
guilty in 2010 to failing to report a 2006 helicopter ride
in his campaign
finance filings.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Julian Bentley (b. 1943) —
also known as Robert J. Bentley; "The Love
Gov" —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Columbiana, Shelby
County, Ala., February
3, 1943.
Republican. Physician;
dermatologist;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 2003-10; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Alabama, 2008;
Governor
of Alabama, 2011-17; resigned 2017; accused
in 2016 of having an extramarital
affair with Rebekah Caldwell Mason, a politcal advisor on his
campaign staff; an impeachment
resolution was brought; as part of an agreement with prosecutors, he
pleaded
guilty to two campaign
finance violations, including failing to disclose a
$50,000 personal loan to his campaign account; his sentence was
suspended, but he was placed on probation,
ordered to do community
service, and fined
$7,000.
Still living as of 2017.
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