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Robert Cumming Schenck (1809-1890) —
also known as Robert C. Schenck —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Franklin, Warren
County, Ohio, October
4, 1809.
Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1839-43; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1843-51, 1863-71 (3rd District 1843-51,
1863-67, 5th District 1867-69, 3rd District 1869-71); U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1851-53; Great Britain, 1870-76; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
While U.S. minister to Great Britain in 1871, he promoted the sale of
shares in the Emma Silver Mine Company, of which was a director;
quietly sold his own shares before news about the mine's depletion
caused their value to collapse. His diplomatic immunity enabled him
to avoid facing fraud charges
in a British court.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
23, 1890 (age 80 years, 170
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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John W. Flaherty (1832-1904) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland,
1832.
Democrat. Ship carpenter;
contractor;
Independent Democratic candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 7th District, 1874; Brooklyn
Commissioner of City Works; indicted,
along with George
C. Bennett, in December 1878, for conspiracy to defraud
the city of $50,000; tried
and convicted;
fined
$250; the conviction, which he claimed was the work of Mayor James
Howell and the corrupt "Brooklyn Ring", was reversed on appeal;
Independent Democratic candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1879.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
26, 1904 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Stephen Wallace Dorsey (1842-1916) —
also known as Stephen W. Dorsey —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Benson, Rutland
County, Vt., February
28, 1842.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1873-79; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arkansas, 1876,
1880.
Indicted
in 1881 for his participation in the Star Route frauds against
the U.S. Post Office Department; tried
twice in 1882-83 and ultimately acquitted.
Died March
20, 1916 (age 74 years, 21
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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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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Albert Hiram Lennox (1842-1907) —
also known as Albert H. Lennox; Albert Hiram
Lenox —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
22, 1842.
Shipbroker;
commission
merchant; Vice-Consul
for Haiti in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1877-83; Consul
for Greece in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1881-91; Consul
for Haiti in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1883-91; in 1891, he and other officers of some mutual
benefit associations were charged
in Philadelphia with obtaining money under false pretenses; in
1894, he resisted eviction
for non-payment
of rent; he was no longer consul, but falsely
claimd diplomatic
immunity; the government of Haiti contradicted his claim, and a
scandal
resulted.
Died in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., July 4,
1907 (age 64 years, 194
days).
Interment at Colestown
Cemetery, Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Elizabeth Jane Lenox and Hiram Lenox; married to Emma
Stoy. |
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John Hampton Hoge (1856-1903) —
also known as J. Hampton Hoge —
of Montgomery
County, Va.
Born in 1856.
Republican. In October 1893, he was appointed Consul at Amoy, China,
and set out for San Francisco en route to his post; just before
leaving town, he gave a bad check to settle a debt; on the
train to San Francisco, he was conspicuously
drunk on the entire journey; President Cleveland
rescinded
the appointment, and Hoge was ridiculed
in newspapers all over the U.S.; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1894, 1896; candidate
for Governor of
Virginia, 1901.
Died in 1903
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Westview Cemetery, Blacksburg, Va.
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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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John Looney (1865-1942) —
also known as Patrick John Looney —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., October
5, 1865.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; indicted
with others in 1897 over a scheme to defraud the city of Rock
Island in connection with a storm drain construction project; convicted,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1900; created and led a crime
syndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests in gambling,
prostitution,
extortion,
and eventually bootlegging
and automobile
theft; indicted
in 1907 on 37 counts of bribery,
extortion,
and libel,
but acquitted; shot
and wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February
22, 1909, he was shot
and wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; on
March 22, 1912, after publishing
personal attacks on Rock Island Mayor Henry
M. Schriver, he was arrested,
brought to the police station, and severely
beaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two men
and injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island rackets
in 1921; in 1922, he was indicted
for the murder
of saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence against
Looney to federal agents; arrested
in Belen, N.M., in 1924, and later convicted
of conspiracy and murder;
sentenced
to 5 years in prison
for conspiracy and 14 years for murder;
served 8 1/2 years.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in a sanitarium
at El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1942
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Hipple Mitchell (1835-1905) —
also known as John H. Mitchell; John Mitchell
Hipple —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., June 22,
1835.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state senate, 1862-66; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1873-79, 1885-97, 1901-05; died in office
1905.
Indicted
in December 1904 in connection with land frauds; a bribery
charge was added later.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., December
8, 1905 (age 70 years, 169
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Frank P. Demarest —
of Mont Moor, Rockland
County, N.Y.; West Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1888-89, 1891, 1900.
Indicted
several times on various
offenses in 1891-03; tried in
1903 and acquitted; indicted
on fraud charges
in 1904; he had presented claims against the Town of Clarkstown for
services he had not provided; tried in
Rockland County and convicted
on November 18, 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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John Hicklin Hall (1854-1937) —
also known as John H. Hall —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Multnomah
County, Ore., July 17,
1854.
Member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1891-92; U.S.
Attorney for Oregon, 1897-1904.
Removed
from office as district attorney; tried
and convicted
in 1905 on land fraud charges;
later pardoned
by President Taft.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., July 27,
1937 (age 83 years, 10
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Henry Wulff (1854-1907) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Meldorf, Germany,
August
24, 1854.
Republican. Cook
County Clerk, 1886-94; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1892;
Illinois
state treasurer, 1895-97; president of Continental Financing
Company, which in 1905 was investigated
by the Illinois Attorney General as a fraud scheme; charged
in federal court with using the mails to defraud, he and an
associate pleaded
guilty in 1906, and were sentenced to
prison.
Member, Freemasons;
Foresters;
Redmen;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
27, 1907 (age 53 years, 125
days).
Interment at Union
Ridge Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus Wulff and Catherine Wulff; married 1875 to
Katherine Englehart. |
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memorial |
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1905 |
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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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Harry Micajah Daugherty (1860-1941) —
also known as Harry M. Daugherty —
of Washington Court House, Fayette
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington Court House, Fayette
County, Ohio, January
26, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; Fayette
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1890-94; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1924;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1921-24.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Subject of a Senate investigation
of his conduct
as Attorney General; resigned
under fire; indicted
on charges of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government, but
acquitted in 1927.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
12, 1941 (age 81 years, 259
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington Court House, Ohio.
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Motley H. Flint (1864-1930) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
19, 1864.
Republican. Postmaster at Los
Angeles, Calif., 1904-10; banker;
provided critical support for the Warner Brothers Movie
studio in its early years; one of the promoters of Julian
Petroleum Corporation, a Ponzi scheme which collapsed in 1927;
about 40,000 investors lost their money; tainted by the scandal,
he moved to Europe for a time.
Member, Freemasons.
Called as a witness in a civil suit involving David
O. Selznick; after his testimony, as he returned to the audience
section of the courtroom,
in Los Angeles City
Hall, he was shot and
killed
by Frank Keaton, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 14,
1930 (age 66 years, 145
days). Keaton, who had lost his money in Julian Petroleum, was
immediately arrested, and subsequently tried, convicted, and hanged.
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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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). |
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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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Frederick Nicholas Zihlman (1879-1935) —
also known as Frederick N. Zihlman —
of Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
2, 1879.
Republican. Glass
blower; president,
Maryland Federation of Labor, 1906-07; member of Maryland
state senate, 1910-17; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1917-31; defeated,
1914, 1930; investigated
in 1924 by the U.S. House over an accusation
that he accepted a
bribe of $5,000 from a "fixer"; the charges were not
substantiated; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maryland, 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee); in December 1929, he, Daniel
R. Crissinger, and five others, officers of the F. H. Smith
Company, which had promoted and sold apparently worthless securities,
were indicted
on federal charges
of using the mails to commit fraud; most of those indicted
went to prison, but Zihlman and Crissinger were never tried, and
charges against them were dismissed in 1932.
Methodist.
Swiss
ancestry. Member, Moose.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., April
22, 1935 (age 55 years, 202
days).
Interment at St.
John the Evangelist Cemetery, Forest Glen, Md.
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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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Stephen J. Stilwell (1866-1942) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, May 10,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1909-13; removed 1913; charged
in 1913 with extorting
a bribe
of $3,500 from George H. Kendall, president of the New York Bank Note
company, over a bill that Kendall supported; tried in
the State Senate and found not guilty on April 15 by a vote of 28 to
21; indicted
on May 12 by a grand jury for soliciting
a bribe; tried
soon after, and convicted
on May 24; this removed him from office; sentenced
to four to eight years in prison;
after his release, he moved to Mamaroneck and entered the real
estate business; indicted
in 1934 on charges that he defrauded his former stenographer
of $9,000 when she came to him seeking a Naval Academy appointment
for her son, but the case did not go to trial; arrested
in March 1941 and indicted
in April on charges that he attempted to bribe
a Mamaroneck village trustee $1,000 to obtain a police job for an
associate; pleaded
guilty, but never sentenced; while incarcerated, his legs were
amputated.
Died, while a prisoner
awaiting sentence, in Grasslands Hospital,
Valhalla, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
20, 1942 (age 75 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Delia (Archer) Stilwell and William Jewitt Stilwell; married,
February
14, 1887, to Celia A. Blanck. |
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Washington Irving Vanderpoel (born c.1880) —
also known as W. Irving Vanderpoel —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Freeport, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1880.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; insurance
broker; village
president of Freeport, New York, 1925-26; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1926.
Dutch
ancestry.
Indicted
in December 1936, along with his brother Edwin and others, by a
federal grand jury, over his involvement in a stock swindle;
found not guilty, but his brother was convicted.
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob P. Nathanson (1901-1986) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Lake Worth (now Lake Worth Beach), Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Russia,
February
21, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1927-33; defeated
in primary, 1933.
Jewish.
Charged
in 1930 with professional
misconduct by the Brooklyn Bar Association, over his handling of
a client's $500 bail payment; suspended
from the practice of law in 1931, and ordered to pay
restitution. Indicted
in October and November 1938 on charges
of forgery,
grand
larceny, and subornation
of perjury, over his involvement in fraudulent bail bonds;
pleaded
guilty to subornation
of perjury, and testified against other conspirators; disbarred
in 1939.
Died in Palm Beach
County, Fla., March 2,
1986 (age 85 years, 9
days).
Interment somewhere
in Palm Beach County, Fla.
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Nathan Lieberman (c.1888-1939) —
also known as Leonard Madden —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1912;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1921; in March
1939, he was charged,
along with two others, over a stock fraud scheme; he pleaded
not guilty and was released on bail; meanwhile, in a separate case,
he was indicted
in Broome County.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, apparently of pneumonia,
while attempting to kill
himself with poison,
in his room at the Tudor Hotel
(where he had registered under the assumed name "Leonard Madden"),
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
12, 1939 (age about 51
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank D. McKay (1883-1965) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., November
4, 1883.
Republican. Financier;
political boss who dominated Republican politics in Michigan for
years; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920,
1928,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944;
Michigan
state treasurer, 1925-30; investigated
by a grand jury in 1931 over his handling
of state funds while Treasurer; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1940-44; subject of three
federal grand jury investigations
in 1940 over alleged fraud, extortion
and kickbacks;
indicted
in 1944 for bribery
of state legislators; hired a Purple
Gang figure to murder
the star witness, State Sen. Warren
G. Hooper, and the case collapsed; charged
in 1945, along with William
McKeighan, with conspiracy to violate
state liquor laws; tried in
1946; the judge directed a verdict of not guilty.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., January
12, 1965 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Entombed at Greenwood
Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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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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Donald Wakefield Smith —
also known as Donald W. Smith —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Member, National Labor Relations Board, 1936-39; indicted
in federal court in 1943, with James
M. Curley 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 four months to one year and one day in prison
and fined
$1,000.
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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Jack Paul Faustin Gremillion (1914-2001) —
also known as Jack P. F. Gremillion —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Donaldsonville, Ascension
Parish, La., June 15,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1956-72; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1960.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Order
of Alhambra; Elks; Lions; American Bar
Association.
While opposing New Orleans school desegregation in federal court in
1960, walked out of the courtroom, calling the court a "den of
iniquity"; convicted
of contempt
of court; sentence
was suspended. Indicted
in 1969 for fraud and conspiracy over his dealings with the
bankrupt Louisiana Loan and Thrift Corp.; tried in
1971 and acquitted. Convicted
later that year on federal perjury
charges in a related case; sentenced
to three years in prison;
served 15 months. Pardoned
in 1976 by Gov. Edwin
Edwards.
Died in Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical
Center, Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., March 2,
2001 (age 86 years, 260
days).
Interment at Greenoaks
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
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Salvador Anzelmo (born c.1924) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born about 1924.
Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1969.
Indicted
in 1969 on fraud and conspiracy charges
in connection with the bankrupt Louisiana Loan and Thrift Corporation.
Still living as of 1969.
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Bruce Bennett —
Arkansas
state attorney general, 1957; indicted
in 1969 on fraud and conspiracy charges
over his relationship with the bankrupt Arkansas Loan and Thrift
Corporation.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Raymond James Donovan (1930-2021) —
also known as Raymond J. Donovan —
of Short Hills, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., August
31, 1930.
Insurance
business; construction
executive; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1981-85; in 1982, he was investigated
by a federal special prosecutor over allegations of links to organized
crime figures, but insufficient evidence was found for any
prosecution; indicted
in 1984 over alleged fraud on a subway construction project in
the Bronx, New York City; resigned
from the Cabinet; tried in
1987 and found not guilty; following his acquittal, he famously
asked, "Which office do I go to, to get my reputation back?".
Catholic.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in New Vernon, Morris
County, N.J., June 2,
2021 (age 90 years, 275
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Donovan and Eleanor Donovan; married 1957 to
Catherine Sblendorio. |
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Joseph L. Galiber (c.1924-1995) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state senate, 1969-95 (32nd District 1969-82, 31st District
1983-95); died in office 1995; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988.
African
ancestry.
Indicted
twice on fraud charges;
acquitted both times.
Died at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
21, 1995 (age about 71
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche Jr. (1922-2018) —
also known as Lyndon LaRouche; Lyn Marcus —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H., September
8, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Labor candidate for
President
of the United States, 1976; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1980,
1984,
1988,
1992,
1996,
2000,
2004;
indicted,
with others, on fraud and conspiracy charges
in 1986 over solicitation of loans from supporters without intending
to repay them; also charged
with obstruction
of justice over destruction of financial records; tried in
federal court in Boston; a mistrial was declared in 1988; re-indicted
in federal court in Virginia on charges
of conspiracy, mail fraud, and tax
evasion; convicted
and sentenced
to fifteen years in prison;
released on parole in 1994; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1990.
Died in 2018
(age about
95 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Meese III (b. 1931) —
also known as Ed Meese; "Reagan's
Geographer" —
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., December
2, 1931.
Lawyer;
legal affairs secretary to Gov. Ronald
Reagan, 1967-68; executive assistant and chief of staff, 1969-74;
law
professor; U.S.
Attorney General, 1985-88.
Lutheran.
Member, Federalist
Society.
The independent counsel who investigated
the Wedtech scandal
reported that Meese, who had worked as a lobbyist
for Wedtech, was complicit
in the company's bribery
and fraud; following this disclosure, he resigned
from the Cabinet.
Still living as of 2020.
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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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Gerald McCann (born c.1950) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., about 1950.
Democrat. Mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1981-85, 1989-92; defeated, 1985; removed
1992; chair of
Hudson County Democratic Party, 1984-85.
Catholic.
Convicted
in 1992 on federal charges
of fraud and tax
evasion, and sentenced
to federal prison.
Still living as of 2003.
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Alberto Gutman (b. 1959) —
also known as Al Gutman —
of Florida.
Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba,
January
4, 1959.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1984-92; member of Florida
state senate 34th District, 1992-99.
Jewish.
Cuban
ancestry. Member, Phi
Theta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
In 1999, he was indicted,
along with his wife and 23 others, on charges of Medicaid
fraud and conspiracy; pleaded
guilty to felony conspiracy charges
that he helped set up home health care companies that never did any
legitimate business, got names of purported patients from voter
lists, and received over $800,000 in Medicare payments; resigned
from the Florida Senate as part of the plea bargain; sentenced
in 2000 to five years in prison,
fined,
and ordered to pay restitution.
Still living as of 1999.
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Nick Wilson (born c.1943) —
of Pocahontas, Randolph
County, Ark.
Born about 1943.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1971-98.
Convicted
in November, 1999, on federal tax
evasion charges. Pleaded
guilty in March, 2000 to fraud; 128 other charges were
dropped in return for his agreement to testify against three others.
Still living as of 2000.
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Edward Maurice Mezvinsky (b. 1937) —
also known as Edward Mezvinsky —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa; Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Ames, Story
County, Iowa, January
17, 1937.
Democrat. Member of Iowa state legislature, 1970; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1973-77; defeated, 1970,
1976; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1981-86; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1984.
Jewish.
Ukrainian
ancestry.
Indicted
in March, 2001 on 56 federal fraud charges;
pleaded
guilty to 31, and sentenced
to prison.
Still living as of 2014.
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Wallace G. Wilkinson (1941-2002) —
also known as "The Weasel" —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Casey
County, Ky., December
12, 1941.
Democrat. Governor of
Kentucky, 1987-91.
During bankruptcy proceedings in 2001, it was revealed that Wilkinson
had been operating a Ponzi scheme, and that his liabilities
exceeded his assets by $300 million; he repeatedly refused to answer
questions under oath, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
However, he died before any prosecution could take place.
Died, of lymphatic
cancer and a stroke,
in St. Joseph Hospital,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., July 5,
2002 (age 60 years, 205
days).
Entombed at Sarasota Memorial Park, Sarasota, Fla.
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James W. Treffinger —
of Verona, Essex
County, N.J.
Republican. Essex
County Executive; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2000.
Pleaded
guilty in 2003 to corruption and fraud charges;
ordered to pay $30,000 restitution,
and sentenced
to 13 months in federal prison.
Still living as of 2003.
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Earle Elias Morris Jr. (1928-2011) —
also known as Earle E. Morris, Jr. —
of Pickens, Pickens
County, S.C.
Born in Pickens, Pickens
County, S.C., July 14,
1928.
Democrat. Banker; merchant;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1951-54; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1954-70 (Pickens County 1954-66, 2nd
District 1966-70); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
South Carolina, 1956,
1968,
1972;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1966-68; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1971-74; South
Carolina state comptroller general, 1976-99; convicted
in 2004 of securities fraud following the collapse of Carolina
Investors, though he denied any intent to defraud anyone; sentenced
to 44 months in prison.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Moose; Woodmen of
the World; Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Blue
Key; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Lexington, Lexington
County, S.C., February
11, 2011 (age 82 years, 212
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Bush River Memorial Gardens, Columbia, S.C.
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Robert W. Levy (b. 1947) —
also known as Bob Levy —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., May 16,
1947.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 2005-07; resigned 2007.
Falsely
claimed to have served in the U.S. Army U.S. Army
Special Forces (Green Berets); admitted
that he used false information in his service record to obtain
benefits; disappeared
on September 26, 2007; his lawyer announced on October 10 that he had
resigned;
pleaded
guilty in November to defrauding the Department of
Veterans Affairs, sentenced
to three years probation,
fined,
and ordered to pay restitution.
Still living as of 2008.
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Tony F. Mack (b. 1966) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., January
8, 1966.
Democrat. Mercer
County Freeholder, 1997-2008; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 2000;
mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 2010-14; removed 2014; arrested
in September 2012, and charged
with accepting
a bribe, fraud, and extortion;
tried
and convicted
in 2014, and sentenced
to five years in prison.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Still living as of 2014.
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Stephen Ernest Stockman (b. 1956) —
also known as Steve Stockman —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich., November
14, 1956.
Republican. Accountant;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 1995-97; defeated, 1992
(9th District), 1996 (9th District), 2006 (22nd District); candidate
for Texas
railroad commissioner, 1998; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 2014; arrested
in March 2017 and charged
in federal court on multiple counts, including obtaining $1.25 millon
under false pretenses, money
laundering, making false
statements to the FEC, not reporting income on his tax
return; tried
starting in January 2018; convicted
in April of 23 felonies; sentenced
to ten years in prison
and ordered to pay more than $1 million restitution.
Baptist.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2020.
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