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Robert Charles Lacey (b. 1886) —
also known as Robert C. Lacey —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
10, 1886.
Democrat. Coal and
ice dealer; president,
Buffalo Central Labor Council, 1920; member of New York
state senate 49th District, 1923-24; defeated, 1924; during a
railway strike in 1922, the Niagara Falls High Speed Line train line
was dynamited,
wrecking a train and injuring its passengers; in 1923, Lacey was charged
in federal court with transporting the explosives
in his car; he falsely
testified to his non-involvement; later confessed to his part in
the incident; pleaded
guilty to perjury
over his earlier testimony; sentenced
to one day in jail and fined
$500; pardoned
in 1924 by President Calvin
Coolidge; in 1925, he was again indicted
for complicity in the bombing,
and pleaded not guilty; after some others were acquitted, the charges
were dropped; in December 1937, during an investigation
into corruption involving the Buffalo city council, he was charged
with perjury.
Member, Eagles;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Lacey and Sarah (Cooper) Lacey; married, September
30, 1908, to Harriet 'Hattie' Noack. |
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Corliss Lamont (1902-1995) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., March
28, 1902.
Socialist. Author; lecturer;
arrested
on June 27, 1934, while picketing
in support of a labor
union at a furniture plant in Jersey City, N.J.; chairman,
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, 1943-47; this
organization and its leaders were investigated
for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; charged
in 1946 with contempt
of Congress for his refusal to provide records demanded by the
committee; in 1951, the U.S. State Department denied a
passport to him, based on his membership in what were deemed "Communist-front
organizations"; on August 17, 1954, the U.S. Senate cited
him with contempt
of Congress for refusing to testify before Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy's subcommittee; subsequently indicted;
pleaded not guilty; the indictment was dismissed in 1955; the Court
of Appeals upheld the dismissal in 1956; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952 (American Labor), 1958 (Independent
Socialist).
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of heart
failure, in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
26, 1995 (age 93 years, 29
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.
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James Henry Lane (1814-1866) —
also known as James H. Lane; "Liberator of
Kansas"; "Fighting Jim" —
of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind.; Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., June 22,
1814.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1849-53; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1853-55; delegate
to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1855, 1857; Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1855; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1861-66; died in office 1866; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Member, Freemasons.
Deranged, and charged
with financial irregularities, he was mortally wounded by a self-inflicted
gunshot
on July 1, 1866, and died ten days later, near Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., July 11,
1866 (age 52 years, 19
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Albert Lange (1801-1869) —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Charlottenburg, Prussia (now part of Berlin, Germany),
December
16, 1801.
Republican. He belonged to a secret society which advocated
a constitutional government for the German Empire; in 1824, the
conspiracy was uncovered; he was convicted
of treason
and sentenced
to fifteen years in in prison;
pardoned
in 1829, and left Germany for the United States; U.S. Consul in Amsterdam, 1849-50; Indiana
state auditor, 1861-63; mayor
of Terre Haute, Ind., 1863-67.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., July 25,
1869 (age 67 years, 221
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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John Wesley Langley (1868-1932) —
also known as John W. Langley —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.; Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky.
Born in Floyd
County, Ky., January
14, 1868.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1886-90; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1888,
1900,
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1907-26; defeated,
1896; resigned 1926.
Convicted
in 1924 of conspiracy to transport
and sell liquor re-elected while his appeal was pending, but resigned
from Congress in 1926; sentenced
to a term in federal prison.
Granted clemency by President Calvin
Coolidge.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky., January
17, 1932 (age 64 years, 3
days).
Interment at Langley
Cemetery, Middle Creek, Ky.
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Thomas Peter Lantos (1928-2008) —
also known as Tom Lantos; Tamas Peter
Lantos —
of Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
February
1, 1928.
Democrat. University
professor; television
news commentator; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1976,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1981-2008 (11th District 1981-93,
12th District 1993-2008); died in office 2008.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Mu.
Arrested
for disorderly conduct in April 2006, while taking part civil
disobedience action to protest
genocide in Darfur, in front of the Sudanese embassy
in Washington, D.C.
Died, of cancer
of the esophagus, in Bethesda
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
11, 2008 (age 80 years, 10
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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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Edgar J. Lauer (1871-1948) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
Judge, New York City Municipal Court, 1906-33; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1934-39; resigned 1939.
In 1938, his wife pleaded guilty in Federal Court to charges that she
smuggled expensive clothing and diamonds from Europe to the U.S.; she
was fined and sentenced to three months in prison and fined. In 1939,
the state legislature moved to investigate
whether Judge Lauer had knowledge of his wife's smuggling
activities; he denied this, but immediately resigned
his seat.
Died, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
9, 1948 (age 76 years, 365
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Emanuel Lauer and Cecilia (Hornthal) Lauer; married to
Elma M. Kramer. |
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(1914) |
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Peggy A. Lautenschlager (b. 1955) —
also known as Peg Lautenschlager —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., November
22, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; Winnebago
County District Attorney, 1985-88; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1989-93; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 6th District, 1992; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1993-2001; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 2003-07; defeated in primary, 2006; in
February 2004, en route from Madison to Fond du Lac, she accidentally
drove a state-owned car into a ditch; pleaded
guilty to driving
while intoxicated
and refusing
a blood test; lost her
license for a year, paid a fine of
$784, and a self-imposed
penalty of $3,250; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 2004,
2008.
Female.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2011.
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Joseph H. Lawlor (born c.1878) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1878.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 1925-31; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1928-30.
Charged
in 1938 with accepting
a bribe in 1935.
Burial location unknown.
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Maurice Larry Lawrence (1926-1996) —
also known as M. Larry Lawrence —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
16, 1926.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1964,
1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; U.S. Ambassador to
Switzerland, 1994-96, died in office 1996.
Jewish.
Member, Zeta
Beta Tau.
Falsely
claimed to have served and been injured in the Merchant
Marine during World War
II; this was discovered
a year after his death.
Died, of leukemia
and blood
dyscrasia, in Berne, Switzerland,
January
9, 1996 (age 69 years, 146
days).
Original interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; reinterment in 1997 at El
Camino Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Luke Lea (1879-1945) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., April
12, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; founder of the Nashville Tennesseean; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1911-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1912
(speaker);
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; in January 1919, after
the war was over, he led a group of U.S. Army officers in an unauthorized
attempt to seize former German leader Kaiser Wilhelm; they illegally
entered the Netherlands (which was neutral
territory) using forged
passports; he and the others were reprimanded
by the Army; following the collapse of the Asheville Central Bank and
Trust, he and others were indicted
in 1931 for bank
fraud; convicted
on three counts; sentenced to prison,
served two years before being paroled; ultimately pardoned
in 1937.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died, in Vanderbilt University Hospital,
Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., November
18, 1945 (age 66 years, 220
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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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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Raymond Francis Lederer (1938-2008) —
also known as Raymond F. Lederer —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 19,
1938.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1974; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1977-81.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; indicted
May 28, 1981; convicted
of bribery
January 9, 1981; sentenced
to three years in prison
and fined
$20,000; resigned
from Congress on April 29, 1981; began his prison sentence July 7,
1983.
Died December
1, 2008 (age 70 years, 196
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Brooke Lee Jr. (1917-2004) —
also known as E. Brooke Lee, Jr. —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
25, 1917.
Real
estate developer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maryland, 1944,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee); marketing and accounting executive with Scott Paper
Company; candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1982; pleaded
guilty in July 1995 to misdemeanor child abuse after being charged
with fondling
a babysitter; reportedly fined
and given a suspended sentence; later settled a
civil suit against him by the babysitter's parents.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., August
20, 2004 (age 86 years, 300
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Doyle Lee (1812-1877) —
also known as John D. Lee —
Born in Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill., September
6, 1812.
Member of Utah
territorial House of Representatives, 1858.
Mormon.
Involved in the Mountain Meadows massacre on September 11, 1857, when
a Mormon militia and Paiute Indian tribesmen slaughtered about 120
settlers who had been traveling through Utah by wagon train; indicted
for murder
almost twenty years later, and tried in
1875; the first trial ended in a hung jury; retried
in 1876; convicted
and sentenced to
death; released for a time in order to settle his business
affairs; executed
by firing
squad, at Mountain Meadows, Washington
County, Utah, March
23, 1877 (age 64 years, 198
days).
Interment at Panguitch
Cemetery, Panguitch, Utah.
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Jacob Leisler (c.1640-1691) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bockenheim, Holy Roman Empire (now part of Frankfurt am Main,
Germany),
about 1640.
Fur trader;
tobacco
business; following the English Revolution of 1688, which brought
Protestant rulers William and Mary to power, he led "Leisler's
Rebellion" and seized control of the colony; Colonial
Governor of New York, 1689-91; provided land for a settlement of
French Huguenot refugees (now the city of New Rochelle); following
the arrival of a new royal governor, he was ousted.
Arrested,
charged with treason,
tried,
convicted,
and sentenced to
death; executed
by hanging
and decapitation,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May
16, 1691 (age
about 51
years). Four years later, he was posthumously exonerated by an
act of Parliament.
Original interment at a private or family graveyard, New York County, N.Y.;
subsequent interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment to unknown
location; statue at Broadview Avenue, New Rochelle, N.Y.
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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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William Shannon Lerach (b. 1946) —
also known as William S. Lerach; Bill
Lerach —
of Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in 1946.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1996.
Plead
guilty in 2007 to federal charges
of conspiracy to commit obstruction
of justice and making false
declarations under oath in connection with a kickback
scheme; sentenced
to two years in prison, fined $250,000, and ordered to do 1,000 hours
of community service.
Still living as of 2010.
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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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Roy C. Lewellen —
also known as Bill Lewellen —
of Marianna, Lee
County, Ark.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1990.
Refused to take a blood-alcohol
test following a November 1998 accident in which he struck a
woman with his Cadillac, dragging her 55 feet; his driver's license
was suspended
for six months. A charge of driving
while intoxicated
was dismissed.
Still living as of 2000.
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Herbert E. Lewis (d. 1972) —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ontario.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1945-47.
A member of the "Solid Five," a bloc on the Long Beach city council;
all were recalled
from office in 1947.
Died in 1972.
Burial location unknown.
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George Gordon Battle Liddy (1930-2021) —
also known as G. Gordon Liddy —
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., November
30, 1930.
Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; FBI
agent; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1968; organized and
directed the burglaries
of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate
complex in May and June 1972; the resulting Watergate scandal
led to President Richard
Nixon's resignation in 1974; convicted
on charges of burglary
and wiretapping;
sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $40,000; released in 1977
after serving four and a half years; became a popular radio talk
show host.
Irish
and Italian
ancestry.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Fairfax
County, Va., March
30, 2021 (age 90 years, 120
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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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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Albert Jason Lima (1907-1989) —
also known as Albert J. Lima —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Mendocino
County, Calif., August
31, 1907.
Communist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1940, 1942;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Convicted
in 1952 of conspiracy to overthrow
the United States government; the verdict was overturned on appeal.
Died, of cancer,
in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 3,
1989 (age 81 years, 276
days).
Burial location 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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Washington G. Lithgow (1840-1925) —
also known as Washington Lithgow —
of Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass.; Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.; Puerto Plata, Dominican
Republic.
Born, of American parents, in Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo (now Dominican
Republic), July 4,
1840.
Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Puerto Plata, 1875-99; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1880;
Consul-General
for Dominican Republic in San
Juan, P.R., 1899; in 1912, due to his alleged support
for rebels, he was ordered expelled
from the Dominican Republic; the U.S. State Department interceded in
his behalf, and the order was revoked.
Died in Puerto Plata, Dominican
Republic, December
8, 1925 (age 85 years, 157
days).
Interment somewhere in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
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Relatives:
Married, July 17,
1863, to Ellen Prentiss Peirce; grandfather of Arthur Washington
Lithgow; great-grandfather of John Arthur Lithgow. |
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William Bross Lloyd (1875-1946) —
also known as William B. Lloyd; "The Millionaire
Socialist" —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
27, 1875.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1918; arrested
in downtown Chicago, 1918, for refusing to remove a red
flag from his limo; co-founder of Communist Labor Party, 1919; indicted
for sedition,
1920; represented at trial by
Clarence
Darrow; convicted,
sentenced
to 1-5 years in prison;
his sentence was commuted in 1922.
Died, of cancer,
in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 30,
1946 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Demarest Lloyd and Jessie (Bross) Lloyd; married to Lola
Maverick and Madge Bird; grandson of William
Bross. |
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Jerry Thomson Logie (1887-1966) —
also known as Jerry T. Logie —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., 1887.
Republican. Pharmacist;
member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1939-44; 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
in a different bribery
case in 1945; tried
and convicted.
Died in 1966
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Long (1816-1886) —
of Ohio.
Born in Greenville, Mercer
County, Pa., December
24, 1816.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1863-65; defeated, 1860;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864,
1880;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1865.
Censured
by the House of Representatives during the Civil War, for treasonable
utterances.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
28, 1886 (age 69 years, 339
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935) —
also known as Huey P. Long; Hugh Pierce Long;
"The Kingfish" —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born near Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., August
30, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1928;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1928-32; member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 1928; impeached
by the Louisiana House in 1929 over multiple charges including his
attempt to impose an oil tax and his unauthorized demolition of the
governor's mansion, but not convicted by the Senate; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1932-35; died in office 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Elks.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dr. Carl Weiss (who was immediately killed at the
scene), in the Louisiana State
Capitol Building, September 8, 1935, and died two days later at
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital,
Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., September
10, 1935 (age 42 years, 11
days).
Interment at State
Capitol Grounds, Baton Rouge, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh Pierce Long and Caledonia Palestine (Tison) Long; brother of
George
Shannon Long and Earl
Kemp Long (who married Blanche
B. Revere); married, April
12, 1913, to Rose
McConnell; father of Russell
Billiu Long; second cousin once removed of Gillis
William Long and Speedy
Oteria Long. |
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family of Louisiana. |
| | | Cross-reference: Cecil
Morgan — John
H. Overton — Harvey
G. Fields — Gerald
L. K. Smith |
| | | The Huey P. Long - O.K. Allen Bridge
(opened 1940), which carries U.S. Highway 190 and a rail line over
the Mississippi River, between East Baton
Rouge Parish and West Baton
Rouge Parish, Louisiana, is partly named for
him. — Senador Huey Pierce Long, a street
in Asunsion,
Paraguay, is named for
him. |
| | | Campaign slogan: "Every Man a
King." |
| | | Campaign slogan: "Share Our
Wealth." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Huey P. Long: Every
Man a King : The Autobiography of Huey P. Long |
| | | Books about Huey P. Long: T. Harry
Williams, Huey
Long — Harnett T. Kane, Huey
Long's Louisiana Hayride: The American Rehearsal for Dictatorship
1928-1940 — Richard D. White, Kingfish:
The Reign of Huey P. Long — David R. Collins, Huey
P. Long : Talker and Doer (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: KnowLA Encyclopedia of
Louisiana |
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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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Byron Low Tax Looper (1964-2013) —
also known as Byron Anthony Looper —
of Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Putnam
County, Tenn., September
15, 1964.
Democratic candidate for Georgia
state house of representatives, 1987; Republican candidate for Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1992; Republican candidate for Tennessee
state senate, 1998.
Changed his middle name from Anthony to Low Tax. He was indicted
in March, 1998, on 14 counts of official
misconduct as Putnam County Tax Assessor. On October 19, 1998, he
shot
and killed Tommy
Burks, his opponent for a state senate seat; he was arrested
soon after and charged
with murder.
He lost the November 1998 senate election to Burks' widow, who ran as
a write-in candidate with the support of both parties. In August,
2000, he was tried
for murder,
convicted,
and sentenced
to life in prison
without parole.
Died, as a prison
inmate, in Morgan County Correctional Complex, Wartburg, Morgan
County, Tenn., June 26,
2013 (age 48 years, 284
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Lorimer (1861-1934) —
also known as "The Blond Boss" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manchester, England,
April
27, 1861.
Republican. Real estate
business; contractor;
brick
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1895-1901, 1903-09 (2nd District
1895-1901, 6th District 1903-09); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1896,
1904,
1908;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1909-12.
Scottish
ancestry.
He was accused
of bribery
in winning election to the Senate; in 1912, the Senate invalidated
his election.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1934 (age 73 years, 139
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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John L. Lotsch (1881-1967) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born February
15, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1928.
Arrested
and indicted
in 1935 on federal charges
of taking
bribes while serving as a special master overseeing a patent
case; the case was dismissed in 1936, but he was immediately reindicted
on an extortion
charge;
that indictment was thrown out by the Court of Appeals. Charged
in 1938, with other officials of a defunct Brooklyn bank, with
conspiracy to violate federal banking
laws by accepting fees for granting loans; tried
and convicted
on three counts; sentenced
to serve one year in jail;
also disbarred.
Pleaded
guilty in 1939 to charges
that he bribed
federal judge Martin
T. Manton, and testified at the judge's bribery trial.
Died in 1967
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Morss Lovett (1870-1956) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Lake Zurich, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
25, 1870.
Progressive. University
professor; novelist;
playwright;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; secretary
of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1939-43; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1940-41; removed from
office as Secretary of the Virgin Islands, and barred
from federal employment, by action of the U.S. Congress in 1943, over
his ties to left-wing
and purportedly Communist
individuals and groups; the action was later struck down by the U.S.
Supreme Court as an unconstitutional bill of attainder, and he
received about $2,000 in salary owed to him.
Atheist.
Died, in St. Joseph's Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
8, 1956 (age 85 years, 45
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Isaac Low (1735-1791) —
of New York.
Born in Raritan Landing (now part of Piscataway), Middlesex
County, N.J., April
13, 1735.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1774.
Was opposed to armed conflict with Great Britain; accused
of treason
and imprisoned;
his property was confiscated
through a bill of
attainder in 1779; moved to England in 1783.
Died in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England,
July
25, 1791 (age 56 years, 103
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Echols Lowery (b. 1921) —
also known as Joseph E. Lowery —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., October
6, 1921.
Democrat. Pastor;
leader in the civil rights movement; co-founder of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference; escaped death in 1963 when his hotel
room in Birmingham, Ala., was bombed,
and in 1979 when Klansmen in Decatur, Ala., opened
fire on Lowery and other protesters; arrested
while demonstrating
in support of a garbage workers' strike in Atlanta, 1968; arrested
during protests
in Cullman, Ala., 1978; arrested
while protesting
apartheid at the South African Embassy
in Washington, D.C., 1984; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1988 ; delivered eulogies at the funerals of Rosa Parks and Coretta
Scott King; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 2008.
Methodist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Donald Edgar Lukens (1931-2010) —
also known as Donald E. Lukens; Buz Lukens —
of Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Harveysburg, Warren
County, Ohio, February
11, 1931.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1967-71, 1987-90 (24th District
1967-71, 8th District 1987-90); member of Ohio
state senate, 1975.
Member, Sertoma;
Farm
Bureau; Delta
Chi; Order of
Ahepa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Toastmasters.
Convicted
in 1989 on a misdemeanor charge
of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, by having sex
with a 16 year old girl; sentenced
to 30 days in jail. Indicted
in February 1995 on five counts of bribery
and conspiracy; a jury in October 1995 found him not guilty on three
counts but was unable to reach a verdict on the other two; a mistrial
was declared. Reindicted
in March 1996; tried
and convicted.
Died May 22,
2010 (age 79 years, 100
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph P. Luna —
of Lodi, Bergen
County, N.J.
Democrat. Mayor of
Lodi, N.J., 1944-51; defeated, 1951; indicted
in 1951 on charges
of failure
to enforce gambling laws; the charges were dropped in 1955; recalled
from office as borough councilman in 1960.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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James Lustig (b. 1902) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
1902.
Communist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; agent,
United Electrical Workers; candidate for New York
state senate 22nd District, 1932; member, Joint Anti-Fascist
Refugee Committee; the group was investigated for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; indicted
in 1947, along with other members, for contempt
of Congress over their refusal to provide records demanded by the
House committee; convicted
in 1947; sentenced
to three months in jail, and fined
$500.
Hungarian
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard George Luxford (1917-1986) —
also known as Richard G. Luxford —
of Littleton, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Colorado, March
20, 1917.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1950; in 1981, his law
license was suspended
by the Colorado Supreme Court, over three counts of professional
misconduct involving the cashing of bad checks and failing to
repay loans from clients.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in January, 1986
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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John A. Lynch Jr. (b. 1938) —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., 1938.
Democrat. Mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1979-91; member of New
Jersey state senate 17th District, 1982-2001; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1996;
pleaded
guilty in 2006 to tax
evasion and mail fraud over failing to report $150,000 in income;
sentenced
to prison; released in 2009.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Matthew Lyon (1749-1822) —
of Eddyville, Lyon
County, Ky.
Born in County Wicklow, Ireland,
July
14, 1749.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1779-83; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1797-1801; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1802; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1803-11; defeated,
1810.
Convicted
and jailed in 1789 under the Sedition
Act.
Slaveowner.
Died in Spadra Bluff, Johnson
County, Ark., August
1, 1822 (age 73 years, 18
days).
Original interment at Spadra
Bluff Cemetery, Spadra Bluff, Ark.; reinterment in 1833 at River
View Cemetery, Eddyville, Ky.
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