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Hortense W. Gabel (1912-1990) —
also known as Hortense Wittstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
16, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
York City Rent and Rehabilitation Commissioner, 1962-65; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1975-87; appointed 1975;
resigned 1987; accused in 1987 of accepting a bribe
from New York Consumer Affairs Commissioner Bess
Myerson in the form of a city job for her daughter;
allegedly in return, the judge reduced child support payments for
Myerson's lover, Carl A. Capasso; the scandal
was called "the Bess Mess"; she resigned
as Justice; indicted
on federal bribery
charges in 1988, along with Myerson and Capasso; tried
and found not guilty.
Female.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1990 (age 77 years, 356
days).
Interment at Calverton
National Cemetery, Calverton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Samuel Eden Gaillard (1839-1879) —
of Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., March 8,
1839.
Republican. School
teacher; merchant;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1871-77; resigned
1877; chair of
Charleston County Republican Party, 1874; his "activities"
were investigated
in 1877, and he subsequently resigned.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died near Monrovia, Liberia,
April
13, 1879 (age 40 years, 36
days).
Interment somewhere in Liberia.
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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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Cornelius Edward Gallagher (1921-2018) —
also known as Neil Gallagher —
of Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., March 2,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 13th District, 1959-73; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1968.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Accused,
by Life magazine in 1968, of having made deals with New Jersey
Mafia
leader Joseph Zicarelli. Indicted
in 1972 on federal charges
of income
tax evasion, conspiracy, and perjury.
After losing the primary that year, he pleaded
guilty to some of the charges, and was sentenced
to two years in prison
and a $10,000 fine.
Died in Monroe Township, Middlesex
County, N.J., October
17, 2018 (age 97 years, 229
days).
Interment at Marksboro
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Blairstown, N.J.
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Earl C. Gallagher (b. 1899) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ontonagon
County, Mich., October
15, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked for carmakers
Ford Motor Company and Chrysler Corporation; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1937-44; removed 1944; defeated, 1954 (Wayne County 10th District);
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Member, Elks; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1936 to Mary
Thibault. |
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Joseph Galloway (1731-1803) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in West River, Anne
Arundel County, Md., 1731.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1757-75; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-75.
Opposed independence for the Colonies and remained loyal to King
George; joined the British Army; moved to England; in 1778, the
General Assembly of Pennsylvania convicted
him of high
treason and confiscated
his estates.
Died in Watford, Hertfordshire, England,
August
29, 1803 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hastings Gantt —
of Beaufort
County, S.C.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,
1870-74, 1876-84; in 1878, his election was protested
by W. J. Verdier, who alleged that Gantt was not
eligible to be a member of the House, because he had confessed
to taking a
bribe in a previous legislative session; committees of the House
considered the matter and were unable to reach a decision.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Garcia (1933-2017) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
9, 1933.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; computer
engineer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1966-67 (83rd District 1966, 77th District 1967);
resigned 1967; member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1967-78; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1978-90 (21st District 1978-83,
18th District 1983-90); resigned 1990; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1988;
indicted
in 1988, along with his wife, on federal bribery
and extortion
charges;
convicted
in October 1989 and sentenced
to three years in prison
(served 104 days); the conviction was reversed on appeal; retried
and again convicted
in 1991; the second conviction was also overturned, and prosecutors
dropped the case.
Puerto
Rican ancestry.
Died in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, January
25, 2017 (age 84 years, 16
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Asa Bird Gardiner (1839-1919) —
also known as Asa Bird Gardner —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
30, 1839.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the Medal
of Honor for actions in Civil War War battles, but it was revoked
in 1917 when no evidence was found to support his award; law
professor; New
York County District Attorney, 1898-1900; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1900;
removed
from office as District Attorney in December 1900, by Gov. Theodore
Roosevelt, over charges
that he had interfered
with the prosecution of election cases against Tammany Hall.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Society
of the Cincinnati; Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic; Society
of the War of 1812; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y., May 24,
1919 (age 79 years, 236
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Gerald P. Garson (born c.1932) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born about 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1998-2003.
Convicted
in April 2007 on bribery
and misconduct charges,
and sentenced
to three to ten years in prison.
Still living as of 2007.
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Abraham J. Gellinoff (1902-1994) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born November
18, 1902.
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1961-76.
Jewish.
Resigned
during an inquiry
into the appointment of his
son-in-law as an arbitrator.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1994 (age 91 years, 64
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Saddle Brook, N.J.
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G. August Gerber —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Socialist. Arrested
for making seditious
utterances on March 26, 1920, in Philadelphia, when police broke
up a protest
meeting, and charged
with inciting
to riot; released when the charges were dropped the next day;
candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 18th District, 1921, 1922;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1930 (19th District), 1932
(at-large).
Burial location unknown.
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Adolph Germer (1881-1966) —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wehlau, East Prussia (now Znamensk, Kaliningrad
Oblast), January
15, 1881.
Socialist. Miner; union
official in various capacities for the United Mine Workers of
America, 1906-16; member of Socialist National Committee from
Illinois, 1911; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1912; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; National Executive Secretary,
Socialist Party of America, 1916-19; indicted
in Chicago, 1918, along with former U.S. Rep. Victor
L. Berger, and three others, for making speeches
that encouraged disloyalty
and obstructed military
recruitment; tried
and convicted;
sentenced
to twenty years in prison;
the conviction was later overturned; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1921.
Member, United
Mine Workers.
Died in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., May, 1966
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jay Gibbons —
of Albany
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1861; expelled
from the Assembly, April 18, 1861.
Burial location unknown.
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Milton A. Gibbons (born c.1900) —
of Tuckahoe, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1900.
Democrat. Police
officer; mayor
of Tuckahoe, N.Y., 1949-65; defeated (Republican), 1965; he and
two others, including Joseph
Venuti, were indicted
in July 1951, and charged with conspiring to violate gambling
laws; tried
and convicted;
sentenced
to three months in jail,
but released on bail a week later, pending appeal; in January 1953,
the appellate court unanimously reversed his conviction and dismissed
the indictment.; in 1962, he started a petition drive for a
Constitutional amendment to allow prayer in public schools.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elisa Cuyar. |
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David E. Giles (born c.1950) —
of Washington.
Born about 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 8th District, 1986, 1990.
Convicted
in June 2000 of child
rape.
Still living as of 2000.
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Percy Z. Giles (born c.1952) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born about 1952.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1996.
African
ancestry.
Convicted
in 1999 on federal bribery
and extortion
charges.
Still living as of 1999.
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Hiram Charles Gill (1866-1919) —
also known as Hiram C. Gill —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born July 23,
1866.
Republican. Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1910-11, 1914-18; recalled 1911; defeated,
1912.
Recalled
from office as mayor in 1911 over his permissive
attitude toward gambling and prostitution.
Died January
7, 1919 (age 52 years, 168
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Newt Gingrich (b. 1943) —
also known as Newton Leroy McPherson; "Nuclear
Newt" —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., June 17,
1943.
Republican. College
professor; author; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1979-99; defeated,
1974, 1976; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1995-99.
Baptist;
later Catholic.
Reprimanded
in 1997 by the House of Representatives, and fined
$300,000, over false
statements he had made during an investigation of his use of
tax-exempt organizations for partisan
advocacy.
Still living as of 2020.
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Relatives: Son
of Newton Searles McPherson and Kathleen (Daugherty) McPherson;
married, June 19,
1962, to Jackie Battley; married, August
8, 1981, to Marianne Ginther; married, August
18, 2000, to Callista Louise Bisek; step-father of Robert
Gingrich. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Encyclopedia
of American Loons |
| | | Books by Newt Gingrich: Winning
The Future: A 21st Century Contract with America
(2005) — Saving
Lives & Saving Money : Transforming Health and Healthcare, with
Dana Pavey & Anne Woodbury — To
Renew America (1995) — Lessons
Learned the Hard Way: A Personal Report (1998) — Ronald
Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny, with Callista Gingrich & David
N. Bossie (2011) — A
Nation Like No Other: Why American Exceptionalism Matters
(2011) |
| | | Fiction by Newt Gingrich: Gettysburg:
A Novel of the Civil War, with William R. Forstchen —
Grant
Comes East, with William R. Forstchen — Never
Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory, with William R.
Forstchen — 1945,
with William R. Forstchen |
| | | Books about Newt Gingrich: Mel Steely,
The
Gentleman from Georgia : The Biography of Newt
Gingrich — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History |
| | | Critical books about Newt Gingrich:
David Maraniss & Michael Weisskopf, Tell
Newt to Shut Up : Prize-Winning Washington Post Journalists Reveal
How Reality Gagged the Gingrich Revolution — John K.
Wilson, Newt
Gingrich: Capitol Crimes and Misdemeanors |
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Philip A. Giordano (born c.1963) —
also known as Phil Giordano —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born about 1963.
Republican. Mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1995-2001; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 2000.
In 2001, he was arrested
and charged
with sexual
assault on two preteen girls; convicted
in federal court, in March 2003, of violating their civil rights, and
sentenced,
in June 2003, to 37 years in prison.
Still living as of 2001.
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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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Benjamin Gitlow (c.1891-1965) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1891.
Communist. Member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1918; defeated
(Socialist), 1918; convicted
on criminal
anarchy charges,
1920; sentenced
to five to ten years in prison;
lost an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1925; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1921 (Communist), 1925 (Workers);
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1924, 1928; Workers candidate for
Governor
of New York, 1926.
Died in 1965
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Anthony Giuliano (c.1897-1970) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., about 1897.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1927; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1948; Essex
County Clerk, 1955; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1956;
municipal judge in New Jersey, 1968-69.
Indicted
in federal court, December, 1969, along with Newark Mayor Hugh
J. Addonizio, other city officials, and reputed organized
crime leader Anthony 'Tony Boy' Boiardo, on extortion
and income
tax evasion charges
over a scheme to share kickbacks
from a sewer contracting company; became ill and died before he could
be arraigned.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
4, 1970 (age about 73
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Freda. |
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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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Bernard Hugo Goetz (b. 1947) —
also known as Bernard H. Goetz; Bernhard Goetz;
"Subway Vigilante" —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
7, 1947.
Fusion candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 2001.
German
and Jewish
ancestry.
On December 22, 1984, he shot
and wounded four young men who were about to rob him, and
subsequently fled
to New England, until he turned
himself in at Concord, N.H.; arraigned
on attempted
murder, assault,
and weapons
charges;
convicted
only for carrying
an unlicensed gun; sentenced
to one year in jail;
served eight months.
Still living as of 2014.
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Henry Barbosa Gonzalez (1916-2000) —
also known as Henry B. Gonzalez —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., May 3,
1916.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state senate, 1956-61; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1958; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961; U.S.
Representative from Texas 20th District, 1961-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964,
1996.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Was in the motorcade in Dallas, Tex., when President John
F. Kennedy was shot. In a San Antonio restaurant in 1986, he
punched a man who called him a communist; he was charged
with assault,
but acquitted.
Died, in Downtown Baptist Hospital,
San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., November
28, 2000 (age 84 years, 209
days).
Interment at San
Fernando Cemetery #2, San Antonio, Tex.
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Matthew Eduardo Gonzalez (b. 1965) —
also known as Matt Gonzalez —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex., June 4,
1965.
Lawyer;
as trial attorney for San Francisco Office of Public Defender, was
twice jailed
for contempt
of court; the contempt findings were overturned on appeal;
candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 2003; Independent candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2008.
Mexican
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Cassius Goodloe (1841-1889) —
also known as W. Cassius Goodloe —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., June 27,
1841.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1868,
1872
(delegation chair), 1884,
1888;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1871; defeated, 1867; member of
Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1872-; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1873; candidate for Kentucky
state attorney general, 1875; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1878-80.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
During a violent encounter in the lobby of the Lexington Post
Office, he repeatedly
stabbed and ultimately killed a political enemy, Col. Armistead
Swope, who meanwhile shot and
badly
wounded him; before any prosecution
could ensue, he died of his own wounds two days later, in the Phoenix
Hotel,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
8, 1889 (age 48 years, 134
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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John Goodnow (born c.1858) —
of Minnesota.
Born about 1858.
Republican. Minnesota's most prominent advocate of William
McKinley for president in 1896; U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, 1897-1905; charges
of malfeasance
against him were made by Americans in China to the State Department
in 1902, and to President Theodore
Roosevelt in December 1904; two months later, his resignation
was announced; became an advisor to the Chinese government in 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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William Warring Gordon (1874-1963) —
also known as William W. Gordon —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Owen
County, Ky., June 13,
1874.
Member of Kansas state legislature, 1910; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1923-26; removed 1926.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Charged
in September 1926 with 25 counts of official
misconduct, and removed from
office as mayor.
Died May 26,
1963 (age 88 years, 347
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Thomas Francis Grady (1853-1912) —
also known as Thomas F. Grady; Tom Grady;
"Silver-Tongued Grady" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
29, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 2nd District, 1877-79; member
of New
York state senate, 1882-83, 1889, 1896-1912 (6th District
1882-83, 1889, 14th District 1896-1912); died in office 1912;
Independent Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1886; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900,
1904
(chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker).
Member, Tammany
Hall.
In 1883, then-Gov. Grover
Cleveland wrote to Tammany leader John
Kelly to request that Grady not be renominated to the State
Senate; Kelly complied with the Governor's request. In 1908, a
police raid on a poolroom revealed
betting slips showing that Grady had bet on a
horse named Azelina; this detail became a running joke in
political cartoons about Mr. Grady.
Died in 1912
(age about
58 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1907 |
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James C. Green (c.1922-2000) —
also known as Jimmy Green —
of Clarkton, Bladen
County, N.C.
Born about 1922.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-77; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1975-77; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1977-85; candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1984.
Presbyterian.
Charged
in 1983 with accepting
a bribe from an undercover FBI agent, but acquitted; convicted
of tax
evasion in 1997, fined,
and sentenced
to home
confinement.
Died at Bladen County Hospital,
Elizabethtown, Bladen
County, N.C., February
4, 2000 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Clarkton
Cemetery, Clarkton, N.C.
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William Green (1880-1956) —
of Hillman, Montmorency
County, Mich.
Born in Montmorency
County, Mich., March
26, 1880.
Republican. Lumberman;
farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Presque Isle District,
1929-36, 1939-44; defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1940;
indicted
for bribery
on December 2, 1944 (along with Frank
D. McKay); the case collapsed when the star witness, Sen. Warren
G. Hooper was murdered; indicted
again on different bribery
charges
on December 16, 1944; tried in
1945 and convicted;
sentenced
to three to five years in prison.
Died in 1956
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John T. Gregorio (1928-2013) —
also known as "The Lion of Linden" —
of Linden, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., February
6, 1928.
Democrat. Florist;
mayor
of Linden, N.J., 1968-83, 1991-2006; defeated, 2006; shot
at in his car, in March 1968; two days later, his house was firebombed;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 21st District, 1974-77; indicted
in April 1975 on perjury
and fraud charges,
over his purchase of a vacant lot from Elizabethtown Gas Company,
while conspiring to falsify
documents to conceal
his involvement as buyer; later charged
with extorting
a $25,000 kickback
from a building contractor on a high school project; following jury
selection, the charges were dismissed in February 1976; member of New
Jersey state senate, 1978-83 (21st District 1978-81, 20th
District 1982-83); indicted
in September 1981 on charges
of income
tax evasion, concealing
his interest in two "go-go bars", and for failing to
enforce state alcohol laws; convicted
in December 1982 of conspiracy to commit official
misconduct, but found not guilty on other charges.
Died, from leukemia,
in Trinitas Hospital,
Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., October
23, 2013 (age 85 years, 259
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Lawrence Gresser (1851-1935) —
also known as Lorenz Gresser; "Honest
Larry" —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Bavaria, Germany,
January
1, 1851.
Shoe
manufacturer; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1908-11; removed 1911; removed from
office as borough president by Gov. John
A. Dix, for neglect
of duty in failing to prevent corruption among his subordinates.
Died, in the rectory of the Church
of the Holy Family, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
30, 1935 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Nelson Gerard Gross (1932-1997) —
also known as Nelson G. Gross —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.; Saddle River, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born January
9, 1932.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1962-63;
candidate for New
Jersey state senate District 13, 1965; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1968;
chair
of Bergen County Republican Party, 1969; New Jersey
Republican state chair, 1969; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1970; real estate
developer; restaurant
owner.
Jewish.
Indicted
in May 1973 on charges
of falsifying
a $5,000 contribution to the 1969 campaign of Gov. William
T. Cahill, conspiring to commit tax
evasion by disguising the contribution as a business expense, and
counseling a witness to commit perjury;
convicted
in March 1974, and sentenced
to two years jail;
served six months.
Kidnapped in Edgewater, N.J., robbed of $20,000, taken to New York,
and stabbed
to death, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1997 (age 65 years, 251
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Marshall Grout (1861-1931) —
also known as Edward M. Grout —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Greens Farms, Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of William
J. Gaynor, later New York City mayor; candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1895; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1898-1901; New York City
Controller, 1902-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1904;
president of Union Bank in
Brooklyn; after the bank closed in 1911, he was indicted
for perjury,
based on the sworn report he had made of the bank's condition to the
New York Banking Department; tried in
1915 and convicted;
sentenced
to prison;
in 1916 the conviction was overturned, and he was not retried.
Died in Greens Farms, Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
9, 1931 (age 70 years, 13
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Daniel Grove (1923-1999) —
of Colorado.
Born in Millport, Lamar
County, Ala., December
14, 1923.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1960.
Sponsored legislation to create Colorado's prison work release
program. Served ten years on Colorado's State Adult Parole Board
before being fired in
1984 over allegations of sexual
harassment; later reinstated; the sexual harassment allegations
were never substantiated.
Died of bone
cancer, in Denver,
Colo., September
13, 1999 (age 75 years, 273
days).
Interment at Fort
Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Carl Tommy Cruz Gutierrez (b. 1941) —
also known as Carl T. C. Gutierrez —
of Agana (now Hagatna), Guam.
Born in Agana Heights, Guam,
October
15, 1941.
Democrat. Construction
business; member of Guam
senate, 1973-86, 1989-94; Governor of
Guam, 1995-2002; defeated, 1978 (Independent), 1986 (primary),
2006 (primary); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Guam,
1996,
2000;
indicted
on political
corruption charges,
but never convicted.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2006.
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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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William McKendree Gwin (1805-1885) —
also known as W. M. Gwin —
of Mississippi; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born near Gallatin, Sumner
County, Tenn., October
9, 1805.
Democrat. Physician;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1841-43; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S.
Senator from California, 1850-55, 1857-61.
Engaged in a duel
with J.
W. McCorkle, June 1, 1853; there were no injuries; twice arrested
for alleged disloyalty
during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
3, 1885 (age 79 years, 329
days).
Entombed at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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