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Alexander Moultrie (1750-1807) —
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., July 2,
1750.
South
Carolina state attorney general, 1776-92; impeached
for embezzling state money into the Yazoo Land Company, and resigned.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., August, 1807
(age 57
years, 0 days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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Samuel Swartwout (1783-1856) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., November
17, 1783.
He was participant in Aaron
Burr's "Western Conspiracy"; delivered a message from Burr to
Gen. James Wilkinson in New Orleans; subsequently arrested
in November 1806 for misprision
of treason, but released a few months later; early promoter of railroads;
openly supported the Texas Republic in its war for independence from
Mexico; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1829-38; in 1838, it was alleged that he had
embezzled more than $1.2 million from the New York customs
house, and fled
to England; later investigation implicated a subordinate of his as
having obtained most of that money; forfeited
his property and returned to the U.S. in 1841.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
21, 1856 (age 73 years, 4
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Jesse Hoyt (1792-1867) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn., June 28,
1792.
Lawyer;
law partner of Martin
Van Buren and Benjamin
F. Butler; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1823; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1838-41; removed
from office in 1841, over allegations of embezzlement.
Died March
17, 1867 (age 74 years, 262
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Goold Hoyt and Sarah (Reed) Hoyt; sixth great-grandnephew of Thomas
Welles; third cousin once removed of Daniel
Chapin; third cousin twice removed of Pierpont
Edwards, Harold
Sheffield Van Buren, Mabel
Thorp Boardman, Sheffield
Phelps and Asbury
Elliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah
Cowles, Simeon
Baldwin and Phelps
Phelps; fourth cousin of Graham
Hurd Chapin and Martin
E. Weed; fourth cousin once removed of John
Davenport, Aaron
Burr, James
Davenport, Theodore
Dwight, Henry
Waggaman Edwards, Hanford
Nichols Lockwood, George
Smith Catlin and Barzillai
Bulkeley Kellogg. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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article |
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Isaac Vanderbeck Fowler (1818-1869) —
also known as Isaac V. Fowler —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born August
20, 1818.
Democrat. Postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1853-60; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1860;
charged
in 1860 with embezzlement as Postmaster; fled
to Mexico and Cuba.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
29, 1869 (age 51 years, 40
days).
Interment at Old
Town Cemetery, Newburgh, N.Y.
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Caleb Lyon (1822-1875) —
of Lyonsdale, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born in Lyonsdale, Lewis
County, N.Y., December
7, 1822.
Member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1851; resigned 1851; member of
New
York state senate 21st District, 1851; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1853-55; Governor
of Idaho Territory, 1864-66.
In 1866, an audit
revealed that he had embezzled $46,418 in federal funds
intended for the Nez Perce Indians, but he was never convicted.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
8, 1875 (age 52 years, 275
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Magear Tweed (1823-1878) —
also known as William M. Tweed; William Marcy Tweed;
"Boss Tweed" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1823.
Democrat. Chairmaker;
fire
fighter; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1853-55; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1868-73.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Convicted
of embezzlement and sentenced
to twelve years in prison;
escaped;
captured
in Spain and brought back to New York.
Died in
prison, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
12, 1878 (age 55 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Seeger —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.
Republican. Minnesota
state treasurer, 1872-73.
After disclosure that he had accepted his predecessor's note for
$112,000 of missing state funds, and had concealed
this fact from investigators, he resigned;
in spite of that, he was subsequently impeached
and removed from
office. The lost money was recovered from Seeger's bondsmen, and
no criminal prosecution was made.
Burial location unknown.
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Corliss P. Stone (1838-1906) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Franklin
County, Vt., March
20, 1838.
Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1872-73.
Caused a scandal
in 1873, when he suddenly vacated
his mayoralty; he fled
to San Francisco with a
married woman and $15,000 he had embezzled from his firm.
Later returned to Seattle.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., September
14, 1906 (age 68 years, 178
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Dublin J. Walker (born c.1837) —
of Chester
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, about 1837.
Republican. Chester
County School Commissioner, 1870-74; member of South
Carolina state senate from Chester County, 1874-77; indicted
in 1875 for issuing fraudulent teacher pay certificates; convicted
in September 1875; sentenced
to 12 months in prison; Gov. Daniel
H. Chamberlain commuted his sentence, then granted him a full
pardon; arrested
in April 1877 on the same charge, and resigned
from the Senate.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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George C. Bennett —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 8th District, 1872, 1874;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1874; Brooklyn
Commissioner of City Works; indicted,
along with John
W. Flaherty, in December 1878, for conspiracy to defraud
the city of $50,000; tried in
1879 and convicted;
fined
$250; the conviction was reversed on appeal; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1884.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles H. Houghton —
of Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New York.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lost a
leg in a Civil War battle; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1875-82.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Arrested
in May 1882, and charged
with embezzlement, fraud,
and forgery;
tried,
convicted,
and fined.
Burial location unknown.
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Marshall Tate Polk (1831-1884) —
also known as M. T. Polk —
of Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., May 15,
1831.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1876;
Tennessee
state treasurer, 1877-83.
Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, during the Civil War, and lost a
leg. In 1883, a $400,000 shortfall was was discovered
in the state treasury. Polk fled
to Texas, was arrested
there, and brought back to Nashville for trial.
Charged
with embezzlement, he pleaded not guilty -- his lawyer argued
he was only guilty of "default of pay" -- but was convicted,
sentenced
to twenty years in prison,
and fined.
Imprisonment was delayed pending his appeal, and he died in the
meantime.
Died in Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn., February
20, 1884 (age 52 years, 281
days).
Interment at Polk
Cemetery, Bolivar, Tenn.
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Thomas Johnson Tiffany (1834-1906) —
also known as Thomas J. Tiffany; "Henry
Fullerton" —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.; Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Pittsford, Rutland
County, Vt., March 6,
1834.
Republican. Postmaster at Bennington,
Vt., 1872-84; in March, 1884, he was confronted
by a postal inspector about a shortage in the post office
accounts, he fled,
also taking $2,000 in Bennington school funds; in October,
1885, he was arrested
near Greeley, Colorado, where he was living under the alias "Henry
Fullerton", and brought back to Vermont, where he plead
guilty to federal charges,
and was sentenced
to five years' imprisonment.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., June 26,
1906 (age 72 years, 112
days).
Interment at Bennington Village Cemetery, Bennington, Vt.
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James William Tate (b. 1831) —
also known as James W. Tate; "Honest
Dick" —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., January
2, 1831.
Democrat. Kentucky
state treasurer, 1867-88; absconded
from the state treasurer's office in March, 1888; Gov. Simon
Buckner said Tate had embezzled almost $250,000 from the
state; impeached
in absentia by the Kentucky House; convicted
and removed from
office by the Senate.
He never
returned, and his fate is unknown.
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John M. Lingle (1843-1889) —
of Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Pennsylvania, April 2,
1843.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster at Webb
City, Mo., 1885-89.
After being threatened with criminal
prosecution for allegedly misappropriating funds as
postmaster, he stepped out the back door of the post
office, and killed
himself by gunshot,
in Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo., January
4, 1889 (age 45 years, 277
days).
Interment at Webb
City Cemetery, Webb City, Mo.
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Edward Austin Burke (1839-1928) —
also known as Edward A. Burke; Edward A.
Burk —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
13, 1839.
Democrat. Telegraph
operator; railroad
superintendent; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; importer
and exporter; railway
freight agent; newspaper
editor; Louisiana
state treasurer, 1878-88; engaged in a pistol duel
with Henry J. Hearsey on January 25, 1880; neither man was injured;
in 1882, he was wounded in a duel with C. Harrison Parker; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1884;
in 1889, his successor as state treasurer, William
Henry Pipes, discovered discrepancies in state funds, and accused
Burke of embezzlement; he was subsequently indicted
by a grand jury; Burke, then in London, chose not to return to
Louisiana, and instead fled
to Honduras, and remained in Central America for the rest of his life.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, in the Hotel
Ritz, Tegucigalpa, Honduras,
September
24, 1928 (age 89 years, 11
days).
Interment somewhere in Yuscarán, Honduras.
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Stevenson Archer (1827-1898) —
of Bel Air, Harford
County, Md.
Born near Churchville, Harford
County, Md., February
28, 1827.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1854; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1867-75; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1868,
1876;
Maryland
state treasurer, 1886-90; Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1887-89.
In April, 1890, following an investigation
which revealed a shortage of $132,000, he was arrested,
removed
from office as State Treasurer, and charged
with embezzlement. He pleaded
guilty and wrote to the court: "No part of the State's money or
securities was ever used by me in gambling, stock speculation, or for
political purposes; nor have I at this time one dollar of it left."
Sentenced
to five years in prison.
Due to his failing health, was pardoned
by Gov. Frank
Brown in May 1894.
Slaveowner.
Died, in Baltimore City Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., August
2, 1898 (age 71 years, 155
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Churchville, Md.
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Edward T. Noland (d. 1926) —
of Jackson
County, Mo.
Democrat. Missouri
state treasurer, 1889-90; resigned 1890.
In March 1890, following reports of his drunkenness
and gambling,
his accounts were investigated;
a shortage of about $32,000 was discovered; suspended
from office as state treasurer, and resigned
a few days later; arrested
soon after, and charged with embezzlement; tried in 1891, and
ultimately convicted
and sentenced to two years in prison.
Died June 26,
1926.
Burial location unknown.
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Lucien Wells Sperry (1820-1890) —
also known as Lucien W. Sperry —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbridge, New Haven
County, Conn., March 8,
1820.
Coal
dealer; insurance
agent; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1866-69; member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1869-70.
Unable to account for money entrusted to him, and likely to be arrested
as an embezzler, he died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., June 26,
1890 (age 70 years, 110
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Charles A. Binder (1857-1891) —
also known as John Roth —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
2, 1857.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1884, 1886; accused
in 1891 of embezzling $20,000 from the estate of Barbara
Hausman; fled
and became a fugitive,
traveling under the alias "John Roth".
German
ancestry.
Wounded by self-inflicted
gunshot,
in his room at the Sheridan House Hotel,
and died there early the next morning, in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., May 17,
1891 (age 33 years, 196
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Mapes (1861-1896) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., 1861.
Democrat. Postmaster at Kansas
City, Kan., 1893-96.
While postal inspectors discovered
that he had embezzled about $9,200 from post office accounts,
he died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., March
15, 1896 (age about 34
years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred R. Mapes and Elizabeth P. (Chittenden) Mapes; married to
Annie Lispenard Sharp. |
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memorial |
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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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Joseph Andrew Iasigi (1848-1917) —
also known as Joseph A. Iasigi —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Massachusetts, January
15, 1848.
Consular
Agent for France in Boston,
Mass., 1873-77; Consul-General
for Turkey in Boston,
Mass., 1889-97; he failed to account for a trust fund, refused to
answer questions, and fled
to New York City; arrested
there in February 1897 and extradited
to Boston; charged
with embezzlement of about $220,000; pleaded not guilty; tried
and convicted
in November 1897; sentenced to 14-18 years in prison; pardoned
in 1909.
Armenian
and French
ancestry.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
24, 1917 (age 69 years, 9
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Charles Henry Meyer (1826-1898) —
also known as Charles H. Meyer; Carl H. Meyer; Karl
Heinrich Meyer —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Schleiz, Germany,
March
15, 1826.
Dry
goods importer;
banker;
Consul
for Germany in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1872-98; silk ribbon
manufacturer.
German
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
14, 1898 (age 72 years, 152
days). During a lawsuit following his death, his successor as
German Consul alleged
that Mr. Meyer had defaulted with at least $11,000 of the
consulate's funds; this was denied by the executors of his estate,
and the outcome of the dispute is unknown.
Interment at Woodlands
Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Christoph Heinrich Meyer and Marie (Felder) Meyer; married, April
16, 1857, to Sophie Karoline Wilhelmine Brossman. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Philadelphia Times,
August 18, 1898 |
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Louis E. Otto (d. 1931) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Republican. Pharmacist;
postmaster at Key
West, Fla., 1898-99; arrested
in June 1899, suspended
from office as postmaster, and charged
with forgery,
perjury,
and embezzlement; mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1919-21; defeated, 1917.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
1, 1931.
Burial location unknown.
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Fred A. Maynard (b. 1852) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in 1852.
Michigan
state attorney general, 1895-98.
Indicted
in 1901 on 48 charges
of embezzlement; a jury was selected for trial,
but the indictment was quashed before it could get underway.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Stern (c.1856-1901) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Germany,
about 1856.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
reporter; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Bamberg, 1893-1901.
Jewish.
Arrested
and fined in
Kissingen, Germany, 1895, for insulting
the Baron von Thuengen; also charged
with misrepresenting
his 15-year-old son as being twelve in order to get cheaper passage
to Europe for him on a steamship; the U.S. Consul General in Berlin
asserted that Mr. Stern was "very harshly and unjustly treated".
Depressed over financial problems and perceived anti-Semitism, he
began neglecting
his work; he was recalled
as commercial agent in 1901, but remained at Bamberg; his failure
to return money he had collected on behalf of U.S. citizens led
to a judgement
against him for 2,000 marks, which he was unable to pay; he died
by self-inflicted
gunshot,
in the public gardens at Bamberg, Germany,
June
10, 1901 (age about 45
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Reinberg (b. 1852) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Tuckum, Russia (now Tukums, Latvia),
June
20, 1852.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Vice Consul in Guayaquil, 1883-84; U.S. Vice Consul General in Guayaquil, 1884-1902; founded an export
and banking
company in Guayaquil, Martin Reinberg & Company; in 1901, the company
became bankrupt, with debts over one million dollars; following an
investigation, his arrest was
ordered by Ecuadorian authorities, who suspected him of
embezzlement or bank
fraud; removed
from his consular post.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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John J. Girimondi —
of Hazleton, Luzerne
County, Pa.; Shakopee, Scott
County, Minn.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Catholic
priest; naturalized U.S. citizen; concealed his clerical
background from Congressmen who recommended him for a consular
appointment; U.S. Consul in Santos, 1900-01; removed
as consul for neglect
of duty and possible embezzlement; went to Italy and misrepresented
himself as U.S. Consul to Persia; arrested
by Italian authorities on charges
of betraying
a young woman, and imprisoned
there.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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James Lawrence Blair (1854-1904) —
also known as James L. Blair —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April 2,
1854.
Lawyer;
president, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, 1884; general
counsel, St. Louis World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition),
1901-03; indicted
in December, 1903, for forgery
of two deeds of trust to obtain a loan from an estate he
managed.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, either from suicide
(which he had attempted at least twice before) or from "congestion of
the brain", in Eustis, Lake
County, Fla., January
16, 1904 (age 49 years, 289
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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James Valentine Wagner (1848-1903) —
also known as James V. Wagner —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
8, 1848.
Cashier, National Marine Bank; Honorary
Consul for Nicaragua in Baltimore,
Md., 1891-96; Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Baltimore,
Md., 1901-03.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Baltimore,
Md., January
31, 1903 (age 54 years, 84
days). Following his death, it was discovered
that he had embezzled about $30,000 from the bank.
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Frank Porter Glazier (1862-1922) —
also known as Frank P. Glazier —
of Chelsea, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., March 8,
1862.
Republican. Pharmacist;
President of Glazier Stove Company (manufacturer
of stoves for cooking and heating); president of Chelsea Savings Bank;
member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1903-04; Michigan
state treasurer, 1905-08; resigned 1908.
Forced to
resign as state treasurer in 1908; convicted
of embezzlement; served two years in prison;
pardoned
in 1920.
Died near Chelsea, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
1, 1922 (age 59 years, 299
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Mich.
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James Edward Ferguson (1871-1944) —
also known as James E. Ferguson; "Pa
Ferguson" —
of Temple, Bell
County, Tex.
Born near Salado, Bell
County, Tex., August
31, 1871.
Governor
of Texas, 1915-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); American candidate for President
of the United States, 1920.
Indicted
on embezzlement and other charges
in 1917; soon after, was impeached
by the Texas House, and removed from
office by the Texas Senate.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., September
21, 1944 (age 73 years, 21
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Blaine Jackson Brickwood (1888-1949) —
also known as Blaine J. Brickwood —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
5, 1888.
Lawyer;
Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Chicago,
Ill., 1915-20; on November 18, 1917, while driving, he struck and
killed
Walter Israel; censured
by the coroner's jury which investigated the death; indicted
on a charge of manslaughter;
following a trial in June 1920, he was found not guilty by a jury;
meanwhile, he was arrested
on a charge of embezzlement.
Died in Cook
County, Ill., March
13, 1949 (age 61 years, 36
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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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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Hillyer Rudisill (1875-1923) —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Forsyth, Monroe
County, Ga., April
26, 1875.
Republican. Postmaster at Macon,
Ga., 1922-23 (acting, 1922).
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in the post
office at Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., February
16, 1923 (age 47 years, 296
days). A shortage of about $86,000 was discovered
after his death.
Interment at Forsyth
Cemetery, Forsyth, Ga.
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William H. Reynolds (1868-1931) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
29, 1868.
Republican. Builder;
real
estate developer; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1894-95; indicted
by a grand jury in August 1917 for perjury,
over his 1912 expert testimony on the value of land sought by the
city for a park; the grand jury alleged that he falsely
denied any personal
interest in the realty company which owned the property; also indicted
in October 1917, with three others, for conspiracy defraud
the city of $500,000 by inflating the appraisal; the indictments were
dismissed in May 1920 over the prosecutor's delay of the trial; village
president of Long Beach, New York, 1921-22; mayor
of Long Beach, N.Y., 1922-24; removed 1924; defeated, 1925; indicted
on May 1, 1924, along with the Long Beach city treasurer, for
misappropriating city funds in connection with a bond issue;
tried
in June 1924, convicted,
sentenced
to six months in the county
jail, and automatically removed from
office as mayor; released pending appeal; the Appellate Division
reversed the conviction in June 1925 and ordered a new trial; the
indictment was dismissed in June 1927.
English
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1931 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Reynolds and Margaret (McChesney) Reynolds; married to
Elise Guerrier. |
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James Lee Adams (1873-1946) —
also known as James L. Adams —
of Coraopolis, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., May 27,
1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 12th
District, 1907-09; resigned 1909; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 45th District, 1909-12; as receiver to wrap up the
affairs of a defunct Pittsburgh bank, he allegedly failed to pay
$22,000 owed to the city; in November 1926, he was arrested
in St. Petersburg, Florida, and charged
with embezzlement; released on $10,000 bond; re-arrested
in December, after detectives received information that he was about
to jump
bail; waived extradition and voluntarily returned to Pittsburgh;
the case against him was dropped in April 1927.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa., April
20, 1946 (age 72 years, 328
days).
Interment at Allegheny County Memorial Park, Allison Park, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of William Adams and Mary Emma (Butler) Adams; married to Elise M.
Campbell. |
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memorial |
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Florence Elizabeth Smith Knapp (1875-1949) —
also known as Florence E. S. Knapp; Florence Elizabeth
Smith —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., March
25, 1875.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; dean, College of Home Economics, Syracuse University;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924
(alternate); secretary
of state of New York, 1925-27; in 1927, an investigation
discovered her maladministration
of the 1925 state census; she had paid salaries to relatives
and others who did no census work, forged
indorsements on checks, received money she was not entitled
to, and burned state records to conceal
evidence of these things; resigned
her position at Syracuse University; indicted
on various charges in 1928, tried
twice and eventually convicted
of grand larceny; sentenced
to 30 days in jail.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grange.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Marcy State Hospital (insane
asylum), Marcy, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
26, 1949 (age 74 years, 215
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James E. Smith and Mary (Hancock) Smith; married to
Philip Schuyler Knapp. |
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memorial |
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Edward Gallatin Roberts (1878-1931) —
also known as Gallatin Roberts —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Flat Creek, Buncombe
County, N.C., October
26, 1878.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Buncombe
County Attorney, 1907-08; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Buncombe County,
1911-16; mayor
of Asheville, N.C., 1919-23, 1927-30; as mayor, he found that
millions of dollars of city money were held in the failing Asheville
Central Bank and Trust Company; rather than bringing the bank down
and losing the money, he helped sustain it for a while by maintaining
city deposits there.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Following the collapse of Central Bank and Trust, and the city's loss
of $4 million in deposits, he was forced to
resign as mayor, and later indicted
over his alleged misuse of city funds to support the bank; shot and
killed
himself in an office
lavatory, Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
25, 1931 (age 52 years, 122
days).
Interment at Green Hills Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob R. Roberts and Mary Elizabeth (Buckner) Roberts; married, January
19, 1907, to Mary Altha Sams. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Knoxville News-Sentinel,
May 13, 1931 |
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Willis M. Brewer (1892-1972) —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in 1892.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928
(alternate), 1952;
candidate for secretary
of state of Michigan, 1928; chairman, Oakland County Board of
Auditors; in 1931, he was charged
with embezzling $2,500 from the county; convicted,
and sentenced
to five to fifteen years in prison;
his sentence was commuted by Gov. William
A. Comstock in 1933; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1947.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in 1972
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Dale Ray Andre (1889-1950) —
of Iowa.
Born in 1889.
Member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1917.
Was indicted
in 1931 for misusing investment funds; found not guilty, but
his career was wrecked.
Died in 1950
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Aspen
Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa.
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Samuel Insull (1859-1938) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Kenilworth, Cook
County, Ill.; near Libertyville, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in London, England,
November
11, 1859.
Republican. Associate of Thomas Edison and executive of electric
utilities; one of the founders of the company that became General
Electric; also had major holdings in railroads;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1904;
when his utility holding company collapsed, wiping out the
stockholders, he fled
the country; indicted
in 1932 on fraud
and embezzlement charges;
ultimately extradited
from Turkey in 1934; tried in
Chicago and found not guilty.
Congregationalist.
Member, Union
League.
Died from a heart
attack, in the Place de la Concorde station
on the Paris Métro subway system, Paris, France,
July
16, 1938 (age 78 years, 247
days).
Interment at Putney
Vale Cemetery, London, England.
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Edward J. Dowling (b. 1875) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916;
member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1917-20; defeated, 1920.
Pleaded
guilty in 1934 for embezzling $20,000 in Liberty bonds
from an estate he represented as attorney; made restitution,
resigned
his law license, and received a suspended sentence.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Joseph Santosuosso (1877-1968) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Taurasi, Italy,
July
18, 1877.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician;
lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1928;
in 1933, he was attorney for General Equipment Corporation, in a
lawsuit against the city of Boston for damages caused by subway
constuction; he and others worked out a scheme in which Mayor James
M. Curley would obtain $85,000 from the city to settle the claim,
of which $50,000 was improperly retained by Santosuosso and
Curley; in 1937, the city successfully sued
both men for the return of the $50,000.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March, 1968
(age 90
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin J. Szarzynski (born c.1907) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., about 1907.
Republican. Credit
manager; charged
in 1937 with embezzlement of $2,553 from his employer; pleaded
guilty to a reduced charge, and sentenced
to six months in the workhouse; served three and a half months; arrested
in 1942 in a raid on a gambling
operation; fined
$15; dock
worker; candidate for Missouri
state senate 5th District, 1960.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry E. Mackenzie —
of Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1928,
1932,
1936.
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;
admitted that he received large fees for lobbying,
and paid half back as a kickback
to the other conspirators; pleaded
guilty in November 1938, and testified against the other
defendants; sentenced
to nine months in jail.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Daniel J. Leary —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Brewer;
carbonated
beverage business; Waterbury city controller, 1930-37; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1932.
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 10-to-15 years in prison;
his plea for a reduced sentence was rejected by the State Board of
Pardons in 1949.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles E. Williamson (born c.1880) —
of Darien, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Darien, Fairfield
County, Conn., about 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Darien, 1909-12, 1915-16,
1921-22; member of Connecticut
state senate 26th District, 1917-20; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1924,
1932
(alternate).
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 one year in jail and
fined
$500.
Burial location unknown.
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T. Frank Hayes (c.1884-1965) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born about 1884.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1927-30; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1930-39; resigned 1939; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1932,
1936;
Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1935-39.
Charged
in May, 1938, along with 26 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 10-to-15 years in prison;
released in 1949.
Suffered a heart
attack at home, and died soon after, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., March
26, 1965 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence J. Murray Jr. (1910-2000) —
of Haverstraw, Rockland
County, N.Y.; Pearl River, Rockland
County, N.Y.; Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, June 20,
1910.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1938-40; removed 1940; charged,
in January 1940, with embezzling $49,102 from Miss May
Dunnigan, his mentally incompetent law client (also sister-in-law to
U.S. Postmaster General James
A. Farley); the money was lost in gambling
on horse races; tried,
convicted
on all counts, and hence automatically disbarred
and removed from
office; sentenced
to five to ten years in prison;
his sentence was commuted in 1942; arrested
in 1952, along with other bookmakers, for illegally taking
bets.
Irish
ancestry.
Died March
15, 2000 (age 89 years, 269
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lawrence J. Murray and Emma (Brennan) Murray. |
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Kenneth Romney (1885-1952) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., October
20, 1885.
Democrat. Newspaper
correspondent; Sergeant-at-Arms of the U.S. House of
Representatives, 1931-47; convicted
in 1947 of concealing a shortage of about $121,000 in House
bank accounts, and sentenced to one to three years in prison;
released in 1949.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., April 6,
1952 (age 66 years, 169
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Hamilton, Mont.
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John Parnell Thomas (1895-1970) —
also known as J. Parnell Thomas —
of Allendale, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
16, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of
Allendale, N.J., 1926-30; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1935-36; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1937-50; defeated,
1954.
Pleaded
no contest to payroll padding; resigned
from Congress and sentenced
to prison,
1950.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
19, 1970 (age 75 years, 307
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Stonington, Conn.
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Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) —
also known as Harold G. Hoffman —
of South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
7, 1896.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; banker; newspaper
columnist and radio
commentator; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1923-24; mayor
of South Amboy, N.J., 1925-27; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1927-31; New Jersey
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35; Governor of
New Jersey, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1940, 1946; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Royal
Arcanum.
Suspended
in 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation system
for an investigation
of financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his written
confession
of embezzlement schemes was disclosed.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Blake Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1954 (age 58 years, 117
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J.
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Orville E. Hodge —
of Illinois.
Illinois
state auditor of public accounts, 1953-56.
Convicted
of embezzling state funds; sentenced
to prison.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Marvin Lewis Kline (1903-1974) —
also known as Marvin L. Kline —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Excelsior, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Brunswick, Antelope
County, Neb., August
9, 1903.
Republican. Architectural
engineer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,
1940;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1941-45; convicted
in 1964 of grand larceny for illegally boosting his salary as
director of a rehabilitation institute, and for diverting
fundraising proceeds; sentenced
to 10 years in prison;
released after three years.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Moose;
Optimist
Club.
Died in Ventura, Ventura
County, Calif., April 9,
1974 (age 70 years, 243
days).
Interment at Cuming City Cemetery, Blair, Neb.
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John Charles Houlihan —
also known as John Houlihan —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 1961-66; resigned 1966; indicted
in April 1966, and charged
with embezzling nearly $100,000 from an estate of which he was
conservator; resigned
as mayor as the scandal
developed.
Still living as of 1966.
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Thomas Joseph Dodd (1907-1971) —
also known as Thomas J. Dodd —
of Lebanon, New London
County, Conn.; West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; North Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., May 15,
1907.
Democrat. FBI
special agent; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1953-57; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1959-71; defeated, 1956, 1970 (Dodd
Independent).
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Censured
by the Senate on June 23, 1967 for financial improprieties, having
diverted some $116,000 in campaign and testimonial funds to
his own use.
Died of a heart
attack, in Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn., May 24,
1971 (age 64 years, 9
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's New Cemetery, Pawcatuck, Stonington, Conn.
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Joseph E. Parisi (1913-1990) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 10,
1913.
Republican. Real estate
broker; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1942; member of
New
York state senate 14th District, 1945-48; defeated, 1948, 1950;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
Chief Clerk, Criminal Term, Brooklyn Supreme Court; indicted
in 1973, along with retired Justice David
L. Malbin, on federal charges
of aiding and abbetting an embezzlement scheme, involving
officials of the International Production, Service and Sales
Employees Union; in 1975, both men were acquitted.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from kidney
disease, in United Hospital,
Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 29,
1990 (age 77 years, 19
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Union Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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David L. Malbin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1970; indicted
in 1973, along with the Chief Clerk of of the Brooklyn criminal
court, Joseph
E. Parisi, on federal charges
of aiding and abbetting an embezzlement scheme, involving
officials of the International Production, Service and Sales
Employees Union; in 1975, he was aquitted on motion soon after the
trial began.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Daily News, January 23, 1956 |
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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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Joseph R. Pisani —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly, 1966-72 (100th District 1966, 91st District
1967-72); member of New York
state senate 36th District, 1973-84.
Indicted
on federal charges
of tax
evasion and embezzling campaign
funds; convicted
in 1984 on 18 of the 39 counts; the conviction was later reversed on
appeal.
Still living as of 1984.
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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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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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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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Harold Guy Hunt (1933-2009) —
also known as Guy Hunt —
of Holly Pond, Cullman
County, Ala.
Born in Holly Pond, Cullman
County, Ala., June 17,
1933.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; Baptist
minister; candidate for Alabama
state senate, 1962; probate judge in Alabama, 1964-76; Governor of
Alabama, 1987-93; defeated in primary, 1978.
Baptist.
Convicted
in 1993 of misusing campaign
and inaugural funds to pay personal debts, and removed from
office as Governor.
Died January
30, 2009 (age 75 years, 227
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William L. Webster (b. 1953) —
of Jasper
County, Mo.
Born September
17, 1953.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1981-84; Missouri
state attorney general, 1985-93; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1992.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Pleaded
guilty in 1993 to embezzlement and conspiracy, and sentenced
to two years in prison.
Still living as of 1993.
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Joseph Paul Kolter (b. 1926) —
also known as Joseph P. Kolter; Joe Kolter —
of New Brighton, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in McDonald, Trumbull
County, Ohio, September
3, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 14th District, 1969-82; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1983-93; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1984.
Member, Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Sons of
Italy.
Indicted
in 1994 by a Federal grand jury on five felony charges
of embezzlement at the U.S. House post office; pleaded
guilty in May 1996.
Still living as of 2014.
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William James McCuen (c.1943-2000) —
also known as Bill McCuen —
of Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Heber Springs, Cleburne
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., about 1943.
Democrat. School
teacher; Arkansas
land commissioner, 1981-85; secretary
of state of Arkansas, 1985-94; defeated in primary, 1994;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1992.
After leaving office as Secretary of State, he admitted
accepting kickbacks
from two supporters he gave jobs, and not
paying taxes on the money. He also admitted
to conspiring with a political consultant to split $53,560
embezzled from the state in a sham transaction. He was indicted
on corruption charges
in 1995. On January 5, 1996, he pleaded
guilty to felony counts of tax
evasion and accepting a kickback;
he pleaded no
contest to a misdemeanor count of trading
in public office. Sentenced
to 17 years in prison,
and fined.
Released on parole (due to illness) in February 1999.
Died of colon
cancer and a stroke,
in Heber Springs, Cleburne
County, Ark., September
9, 2000 (age about 57
years).
Interment somewhere
in Van Buren, Ark.
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Barbara A. Bullock (born c.1939) —
also known as Barbara Bullock —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born about 1939.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1996,
2000.
Female.
President
of the Washington Teachers Union, 1994-2002; pleaded
guilty in 2003 to federal charges
of embezzlement from a labor union, over her use of a union
credit card to purchase costly costly luxury items including jewelry,
furs and
clothing; she and two co-conspirators also wrote union checks to
themselves and to intermediaries who shared the proceeds, amounting
to millions of dollars. Her chauffeur pleaded guilty to money
laundering on her behalf. Sentenced to nine years in prison;
the sentence was later reduced to six and a half years.
Still living as of 2007.
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Frank W. Ballance Jr. (b. 1942) —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Windsor, Bertie
County, N.C., February
15, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; librarian;
college
professor; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1982-85; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1989-2002; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 2003-04;
resigned 2004; indicted
in federal court in September 2004 on federal money
laundering charges
for diverting state funds through a charitable foundation; pleaded
guilty to one count, sentenced
to four years in prison,
fined
$10,000, ordered to pay restitution,
and disbarred.
African
ancestry.
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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Anthony Dryden Marshall (1924-2014) —
also known as Anthony D. Marshall; Tony Marshall;
Anthony Dryden Kuser —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 30,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Consul in Istanbul, as of 1958-59; U.S. Ambassador to Malagasy Republic, 1969-71; Trinidad and Tobago, 1972-73; Kenya, 1973-77; Seychelles, 1976-77; in 1971, he was accused
in press reports of involvement in a supposed plot to overthrow
the President, Philibert Tsiranana; the Malagasy government declared
him persona
non grata, and expelled
him fron the country; theatrical
producer; guardian of his ailing mother, Brooke Astor; alleged to
have diverted millions of dollars to his own theatrical
productions, and removed
works of art from her apartment; his son Philip sued,
alleging abuse
and demanding his removal
as guardian; an independent investigation found no evidence for
abuse, but revealed financial misconduct; indicted
in 2007, and tried on
16 charges
in 2009; the trial lasted six months; ultimately convicted
and sentenced
to one to three years in prison;
served eight weeks and was released on medical parole.
Member, Rotary.
Died, at New York Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 2014 (age 90 years, 184
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Scott Faughn (b. 1980) —
of Poplar Bluff, Butler
County, Mo.
Born in 1980.
Mayor
of Poplar Bluff, Mo., 2002-04; charged
in 2005 with embezzling money while Chairman of the Highway 67
Corporation, by forging
checks to himself and his ex-wife; convicted
in 2007 on the forgery charges, and fined
$1,500.
Still living as of 2007.
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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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Aaron Jon Schock (b. 1981) —
also known as Aaron Schock —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Morris, Stevens
County, Minn., May 28,
1981.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 2005-08; speaker, Republican National Convention, 2008 ;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 2009-15; resigned
2015; in 2014, news media reported that he had misused government
funds to pay for lavish redecorating, international trips, and
luxury items; he also claimed mileage reimbursements on his car for
many more miles than he had actually driven; following these
revelations, he resigned
from Congress; indicted
in November 2016; pled not guilty; trial pending.
Still living as of 2018.
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Kenneth E. Rankle (c.1961-2018) —
of Dayton, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born about 1961.
Carpenter;
mayor
of Dayton, Ky., 2003-14; defeated, 2014; sued in
2015 by the Dayton city government, alleging that he
misappropriated funds.
Died in 2018
(age about
57 years).
Burial location unknown.
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