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Ephraim Paine (1730-1785) —
of New York.
Born in Canterbury, Windham
County, Conn., August
19, 1730.
County judge in New York, 1778-81; member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1779-81, 1782-85; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1784.
Expelled
from the New York State Senate on March 15, 1781, for neglect of
duty.
Died in Amenia, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
10, 1785 (age 54 years, 356
days).
Interment at Red
Meeting House Cemetery, Near Amenia, Dutchess County, N.Y.
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Samuel Chase (1741-1811) —
of Maryland.
Born near Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., April
17, 1741.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-78, 1781-82, 1783-85;
signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge in Maryland,
1788; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1796-1811; died in office 1811.
Episcopalian.
Articles of impeachment
were filed against him in 1804 on charges of malfeasance in
office; tried by
the Senate in 1805 and acquitted of all charges.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 19,
1811 (age 70 years, 63
days).
Interment at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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William Hull (1753-1825) —
Born in Derby, New Haven
County, Conn., June 24,
1753.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1798-1805; Governor
of Michigan Territory, 1805-12; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812.
Following his surrender of Detroit to the British in 1812, was found
guilty by a court-martial
of cowardice,
neglect of duty, and unofficerlike
conduct, and sentenced
to death; President Madison accepted this decision but remitted the
sentence.
Died in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
29, 1825 (age 72 years, 158
days).
Interment at Newton
Cemetery, Newton, Mass.
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John Armstrong Jr. (1758-1843) —
also known as "Old Soldier"; "Monsieur
Tombo" —
of Pennsylvania; Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., November
25, 1758.
Republican. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1783-87; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1787-88; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1800-02, 1803-04; U.S. Minister to France, 1804-10; general in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1813-14; blamed for the British capture
of Washington, D.C. in August 1814, and forced to
resign; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1825.
Catholic.
Slaveowner.
Died in Red Hook, Dutchess
County, N.Y., April 1,
1843 (age 84 years, 127
days).
Entombed at Rhinebeck
Cemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y.
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Samuel W. Davies (c.1776-1843) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in England,
about 1776.
Mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1833-43.
Tried
by the city council in 1842 for mishandling a bank riot, and
found
guilty, but excused due to poor health.
Died December
22, 1843 (age about 67
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John M. Hansford (c.1800-1844) —
of Texas.
Born about 1800.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1838-40; judge of Texas
Republic, 1840-42.
Resigned
as judge in 1842 while being impeached
over his handling of a trial arising out of the
"Regulator-Moderator War" in East Texas.
Killed
by members of the Regulators who had seized his home, in Texas, 1844
(age about
44 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Fitzpatrick (1844-1919) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born May 1,
1844.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,
1880,
1884;
mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1892-96.
In 1894, a suit was brought in an attempt to impeach
and remove him
from office based on a long list of malfeasance and
corruption charges;
a trial
was held, and he was acquitted on all charges.
Died April 8,
1919 (age 74 years, 342
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Stern (c.1856-1901) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Germany,
about 1856.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
reporter; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Bamberg, 1893-1901.
Jewish.
Arrested
and fined in
Kissingen, Germany, 1895, for insulting
the Baron von Thuengen; also charged
with misrepresenting
his 15-year-old son as being twelve in order to get cheaper passage
to Europe for him on a steamship; the U.S. Consul General in Berlin
asserted that Mr. Stern was "very harshly and unjustly treated".
Depressed over financial problems and perceived anti-Semitism, he
began neglecting his work; he was recalled
as commercial agent in 1901, but remained at Bamberg; his failure
to return money he had collected on behalf of U.S. citizens led
to a judgement
against him for 2,000 marks, which he was unable to pay; he died
by self-inflicted
gunshot,
in the public gardens at Bamberg, Germany,
June
10, 1901 (age about 45
years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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Frederic Duncan MacMaster —
also known as Frederic MacMaster —
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Theodore
Roosevelt's "Rough Rider" regiment; U.S. Consul in Zanzibar, 1905-06; dismissed
from his consular position in 1906 over multiple instances of
misconduct, including the assault
of police officers in a bar-room; en route to the U.S., he stopped in
Nice, France, and obtained
a bank loan by pretending to be U.S. Consul Harold
S. Van Buren.
Burial location unknown.
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John Francis Ahearn (1853-1920) —
also known as John F. Ahearn —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
18, 1853.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1882; member of
New
York state senate, 1890-1902 (6th District 1890-93, 8th District
1894-95, 10th District 1896-1902); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1896,
1912,
1916,
1920;
borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1904-09; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 11th District, 1915.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Following an investigation,
Gov. Charles
Evans Hughes denounced his administration as "flagrantly
inefficient and wasteful" and ordered him removed from
office as Manhattan Borough President on December 9, 1907.
Following a long legal battle, he finally left office in 1909.
Died, of pleurisy,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
19, 1920 (age 67 years, 245
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Francis Haffen (1854-1935) —
also known as Louis F. Haffen; "Father of the
Bronx" —
of Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., November
6, 1854.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; engineer, New York City Department of Parks, 1883-93;
commissioner of street improvement in Annexed Territory (Bronx),
1893-98; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1898-1909; removed 1909; removed from
office by Gov. Charles
Evans Hughes over maladministration charges,
1909; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930.
Catholic.
German
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Royal
Arcanum; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from arteriosclerosis,
in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
25, 1935 (age 81 years, 49
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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George N. Rigby —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Ormond Beach, Volusia
County, Fla.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1904-05;
member of condemnation commission for appraising property for site of
proposed Hill View Reservoir in Westchester County; censured
by the New York Supreme Court in 1910 for unnecessary delay,
such as holding 65 hearings o one parcel; removed
from the position in 1915 because he had moved to Florida; mayor
of Ormond Beach, Fla., 1924-26.
Burial location unknown.
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James Kellogg Apgar (1862-1940) —
also known as James K. Apgar —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
8, 1862.
Republican. Private secretary and clerk to Assembly Speaker James
W. Husted, 1884-87 and 1890; clerk to Assembly Speaker Fremont
Cole, 1888-89; clerk to Lt. Gov. Charles
T. Saxton, 1894-96; private secretary to Rep. William
L. Ward, 1896-97; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1899-1907;
defeated, 1897; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1900;
member of condemnation commission for appraising property for site of
proposed Hill View Reservoir in Westchester County; censured
by the New York Supreme Court in 1910 for unnecessary delay,
such as holding 65 hearings on one parcel; Westchester
County Register, 1919-24; village
president of Peekskill, New York, 1925-27.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Elks.
Died in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
21, 1940 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph A. Apgar and Eleanor (Herbert) Apgar; married, June 21,
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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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Thomas Mott Osborne (1859-1926) —
also known as Thomas M. Osborne; "Tom
Brown" —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., September
23, 1859.
Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1924;
Independent candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1898; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1903-05.
Son of the founder of International Harvester; prison reformer; New
York State Public Service Commissioner; New York State Fish and Game
Commissioner, 1911; warden of Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, N.Y.,
1914-16; indicted
by a grand jury in 1915 for alleged perjury
and neglect of duty; tried,
but the charges were dismissed; commander of naval prison,
Portsmouth, N.H., 1917-20.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
20, 1926 (age 67 years, 27
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Hudson Snowden Marshall (1870-1931) —
also known as H. Snowden Marshall —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
15, 1870.
Lawyer;
law partner of Bartow
S. Weeks, George
Gordon Battle, and James
A. O'Gorman; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1913-17; in
1915-16, U.S. Rep. Frank
Buchanan (who was at the time being indicted by a federal grand
jury) introduced impeachment
resolutions against Marshall; the charges, including
malfeasance in the handling of past cases, were investigated
by a House Judiciary subcommittee, which held hearings in New York,
and inquired into the proceedings of the grand jury which had
indicted Rep. Buchanan; Marshall wrote a critical letter to the
subcommittee, impugning its motives; based on this letter, the full
House voted to find him in contempt
of Congress, and ordered his
arrest; on appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the
authority of the House to punish for contempt extended only to
actions which directly interfered with its proceedings.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1931 (age 61 years, 134
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Charles M. Slaughter —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Mayor
of Athens, Ohio, 1910-14.
Charged
with misconduct as justice of the peace; convicted
on a lesser charge of misappropriating public funds; served about a
year in prison;
pardoned;
made restitution.
Burial location unknown.
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Warren Jay Terhune (1869-1920) —
also known as Warren J. Terhune —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Midland Park, Bergen
County, N.J., May 3,
1869.
Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Navy
commander; Governor of
American Samoa; died in office 1920.
Three days before he was to face an inquiry
into charges
against his administration, he shot himself
in the heart, in a bathroom of the Executive
Mansion, Utulei, American
Samoa, November
3, 1920 (age 51 years, 184
days); later, the Navy exonerated him; his accuser, Lieutenant
Commander Creed H. Boucher, was courtmartialed and found guilty of
fomenting unrest among the Samoans.
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert V. Mundy (b. 1854) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in New Jersey, 1854.
Hardware
business; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1917-21.
In March, 1921, a grand jury charged
him with misfeasance in office and neglect of
duty, in his tolerance of
vice such as illegal liquor sales, prostitution, and gambling in
Bay City, and called for the common council to remove him from
office. Mundy disputed the grand jury's authority to make this kind
of report, and on his motion, it was stricken from the court record.
Nonetheless, his organization was defeated in the election shortly
afterward.
Burial location unknown.
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Harmon Mortimore Kephart (b. 1865) —
also known as Harmon M. Kephart —
of Connellsville, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Frankstown, Blair
County, Pa., July 17,
1865.
Republican. Railroad
work; hotel
owner; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Fayette County, 1895-96;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908;
chief clerk, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1909; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1917-21.
Member, Elks.
Charged
in 1922 with failure to keep correct accounts and to make
required reports while he was state treasurer; investigators found
money missing for various periods, costing the state some $11,000 in
interest income; pleaded no
contest in 1923 and fined
$3,425 and costs.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel A. Kephart and Henrietta B. (Wolfe)
Kephart. |
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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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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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Florence Elizabeth Smith Knapp (1875-1949) —
also known as Florence E. S. Knapp; Florence Elizabeth
Smith —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., March
25, 1875.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; dean, College of Home Economics, Syracuse University;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924
(alternate); secretary
of state of New York, 1925-27; in 1927, an investigation
discovered her maladministration of the 1925 state census; she
had paid salaries to relatives
and others who did no census work, forged
indorsements on checks, received
money she was not entitled to, and burned state records to conceal
evidence of these things; resigned
her position at Syracuse University; indicted
on various charges in 1928, tried
twice and eventually convicted
of grand
larceny; sentenced
to 30 days in jail.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grange.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Marcy State Hospital (insane
asylum), Marcy, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
26, 1949 (age 74 years, 215
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James E. Smith and Mary (Hancock) Smith; married to
Philip Schuyler Knapp. |
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Paris Montrose (c.1895-1961) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born about 1895.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 22nd District, 1927, 1928.
In 1929, he was one of several Brooklyn lawyers who were disciplined
for ambulance chasing activities and paying
insurance company adjusters for favorable settlement of claims; his
license to practice law was suspended
for two years.
Died, of cancer,
in the Memorial Center
for Cancer and Allied Diseases of the Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Institute, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1961 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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James P. Kohler —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Lawyer;
secretary to New York City Mayor William
J. Gaynor; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1920.
In 1929, he was one of several Brooklyn lawyers who were disciplined
for ambulance chasing activities; his license to practice law
was suspended
for 30 days.
Burial location unknown.
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Mortimer J. Wohl (1888-1931) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
20, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1921.
Member, American
Legion.
In 1929, he was one of several Brooklyn lawyers who were charged
with ambulance chasing activities; he disputed the charges.
Died, from septicemia,
in Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
14, 1931 (age 43 years, 208
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Wohl and Fannie Whol; married, November
11, 1923, to Adelaide Finkelstein. |
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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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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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John Clinton Porter (1871-1959) —
also known as John C. Porter —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Leon, Decatur
County, Iowa, 1871.
Democrat. Telegraph
operator; automobile
accessories business; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1929-33; defeated, 1933, 1941.
Christian.
Petitions for his recall
as mayor were filed in 1932; petitioners, led by his political
adversaries on city council, charged that "the Mayor is
incompetent, inefficient and unsatisfactory" and
that he "has brought ridicule and insult to Los Angeles and its
citizenry by his conduct." The recall, and nine candidates who sought
to replace him, was defeated.
Died, of a lung and heart
condition, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 27,
1959 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Paul Martin Pearson (1871-1938) —
Born in Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill., October
22, 1871.
College
professor; author; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1931-35; forced to
resign in July, 1935 during a Congressional investigation
of financial mismanagement in the Islands government.
Suffered a stroke,
and died a month later, March
26, 1938 (age 66 years, 155
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Herman Methfessel (1900-1963) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
23, 1900.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 2nd District, 1935-38; Richmond
County District Attorney, 1948-51.
In September 1951, the New York State Crime Commission, investigating
rackets on the Staten Island waterfront, heard testimony from Mrs.
Anna Wentworth that she had seen District Attorney Methfessel in a gambling
house, which implied that he was protecting
vice; in response, he ordered her arrest and charged her with
perjury. At the request of the Crime Commission, citing abuse
of power, Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey superseded him from all cases related to the
investigation; in the meantime, he was defeated for re-election. In
1952, he and a subordinate were charged
with official misconduct, but found not guilty.
Injured in a one-car
accident, and died the next day, in North Shore Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 7,
1963 (age 62 years, 226
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Raymond McCarthy (1908-1957) —
also known as Joseph R. McCarthy; Joe McCarthy;
"Tail-Gunner Joe" —
of Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.
Born in Grand Chute, Outagamie
County, Wis., November
14, 1908.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Wisconsin 10th Circuit, 1940-46; served in the U.S.
Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57; died in office 1957; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948;
speaker, 1952.
Catholic.
Claimed in a 1950 speech that he had a list of 205 Communists
employed in the U.S. State Department; went on to conduct hearings
and investigations into alleged subersive activities and Communist
influence on society; with his sensationalist tactics and disregard
for fairness and due process, he dominated the American political
scene for a period of time, now called the McCarthy Era; public
opinion turned against him when he tried to investigate the Army; in
December 1953, the Senate voted 67-22 to censure
him for "contemptuous conduct" and abuse
of select committee privilege.
Died of a liver
ailment at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 2,
1957 (age 48 years, 169
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Appleton, Wis.
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1908.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,
16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1952,
1960,
1964;
cited
for contempt
of court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit against
him; on February 28, 1967, he was expelled
from the House of Representatives on charges
of unbecoming
conduct and misusing public funds; the Supreme Court
overturned the expulsion in 1969.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 4,
1972 (age 63 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Bahamas.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. and Mattie (Fletcher) Powell; married, March 8,
1933, to Isabel Washington; married, August
1, 1945, to Hazel Scott; married, December
15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father of Adam
Clayton Powell IV. |
| | | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
(formerly part of Seventh Avenue), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. — The Adam Clayton Powell State
Office Building (opened 1974 as the Harlem State Office Building;
renamed 1983), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.: Adam
by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:
Tisha Hamilton, Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American
Dilemma — Wil Haygood, King
of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
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Congress |
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William Ewing Duffield (1922-2001) —
also known as William E. Duffield —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Cherry Tree, Indiana
County, Pa., January
7, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1971-78.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Disbarred
in 1975 for mishandling cases and client funds; reinstated to
the bar in 1978. Convicted
in 1980 on 11 federal counts of mail fraud and one count of perjury;
served six months in federal prison.
Disbarred
again in 1994 for mishandling a murder case.
Died, of cancer
and strokes,
in Uniontown Hospital,
Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., January
14, 2001 (age 79 years, 7
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Heights Cemetery, Oliver, Pa.
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S. Samuel DiFalco (1906-1978) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Italy,
July
26, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly, 1935; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1949-56; New
York County Surrogate, 1957-76.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Indicted
in May 1976, along with Justice Irving
Saypol, on official misconduct charges,
in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain appraisal and auction
commissions for Saypol's son; the charges were later dismissed. Indicted
in February 1978 for criminal
contempt, in connection with his statements to a grand jury, but
died before trial.
Died, from a heart
attack, while dining
with friends at the Columbus Club, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1978 (age 71 years, 337
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Charles Herbert Wilson (1917-1984) —
also known as Charles H. Wilson —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Magna, Salt Lake
County, Utah, February
15, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1955-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California 31st District, 1963-81.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1978 for accepting a $1,000
wedding gift from a key figure in the Koreagate scandal;
censured
by the House of Representatives in 1980 for financial
misconduct; no criminal charges were filed.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Southern Maryland Hospital,
Clinton, Prince
George's County, Md., July 21,
1984 (age 67 years, 157
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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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 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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Beryl W. Cohen (born c.1935) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born about 1935.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1964;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1965-70; won fame for his representation of
long-term residents of a Massachusetts institution for the mentally
retarded; censured
in 1983 and disciplined
in 1988 for attorney misconduct, over neglect of probate
matters.
Still living as of 2007.
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Paul Louis Douglas (b. 1927) —
also known as Paul L. Douglas —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., September
19, 1927.
Lancaster
County Attorney, 1960-74; Nebraska
state attorney general, 1975-84.
Eastern
Orthodox.
Impeached
by the Legislature in 1984 over his conduct in office and
dealings with an officer of a failed savings and loan; acquitted by
the state supreme court. Convicted
of perjury
in December, 1984 and resigned
as Attorney General, but the conviction was later overturned.
Still living as of 1984.
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James Patrick Screen Jr. (1943-1994) —
also known as Pat Screen —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born May 13,
1943.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor-president
of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, 1981-88; indicted,
along with an aide, in 1987, on a felony malfeasance charge
over management of a road improvement program; the charges were
dismissed three days later.
Catholic.
Died, from a drug
overdose, in a hotel
room at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
12, 1994 (age 51 years, 122
days).
Interment at Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum, Baton Rouge, La.
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Antonio James Manchin (1927-2003) —
also known as A. James Manchin —
of Farmington, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Farmington, Marion
County, W.Va., April 7,
1927.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1949-50, 1999-2003; defeated,
1950; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1952;
secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1976-84; West
Virginia state treasurer, 1985-89; resigned 1989.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Following the disclosure of losses from the State Consolidated
Investment Fund and accusations of mismanagement in the State
Treasurer's office, the House of Delegates, in 1989, brought impeachment
charges against him, but he resigned
as State Treasurer before a trial could be held.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Fairmont General Hospital,
Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., November
3, 2003 (age 76 years, 210
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Farmington, W.Va.
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Samuel Riley Pierce Jr. (1922-2000) —
also known as Samuel R. Pierce, Jr.; "Silent
Sam" —
Born in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
8, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1981-89.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
First
Black partner of a major New York City law firm. First
Black member of the board of directors of a Fortune 500 corporation.
Only Black member of the Reagan Cabinet. An independent counsel
appointed in March 1990 found "a
pervasive pattern of improper and illegal behavior" within HUD,
amounting to a "monumental and calculated abuse of the public trust."
Pierce acknowledged
that he helped create a climate in which the corruption took
place, and in return for that statement, prosecutors agreed not to
pursue charges against him.
Died October
31, 2000 (age 78 years, 53
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Ferdinand Durenberger (b. 1934) —
also known as David F. Durenberger —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn., August
19, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer;
executive secretary to Gov. Harold
LeVander, 1967; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1978-95.
Catholic.
Member, Jaycees;
Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Lions.
Investigated
in 1990 by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics over allegations
that he had broken rules restricting Senators' outside income, in
particular by laundering
about $100,000 in speaking fees into book royalties. Denounced
by unanimous vote of the Senate in July 1990 for bringing
"dishonor and disrepute" to the body. Subsequently he was
disbarred;
in 1995 he pleaded
guilty to five misdemeanor counts of misusing his
congressional expense account.
Still living as of 2014.
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Thomas W. Pearlman (born c.1928) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born about 1928.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1960.
Found
guilty of lawyer misconduct by the Rhode Island Supreme
Court, for fee-gouging and providing incompetent
counsel; censured
in 1993, suspended
in 2004, and ordered to pay restitution
in 2010.
Still living as of 2010.
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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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Jesse M. Norwood —
of Prichard, Mobile
County, Ala.
Mayor
of Prichard, Ala., 1996-2000.
Convicted
of willful neglect of duty as mayor and removed from office on
March 17, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Bobby E. Crittendon —
of Dayton, Campbell
County, Ky.
Mayor
of Dayton, Ky., 1991-2000; appointed 1991; removed 2000; Impeached
and removed from office, by unanimous vote of the city council,
over misconduct including his attempts to intimidate
the police chief on behalf of his son-in-law.
Still living as of 2000.
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Steven Effman (b. 1950) —
also known as Steve Effman —
of Sunrise, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Sunrise, Fla., 1993-96; member of Florida
state house of representatives 98th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Admitted
in 2003 to inappropriate relationships
with three divorce clients; suspended
from the practice of law for 91 days.
Still living as of 2003.
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Kwame Malik Kilpatrick (b. 1970) —
also known as Kwame M. Kilpatrick —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 8,
1970.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 9th District, 1997-2001; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 2002-08; resigned 2008; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 2004-08; charged
in 2008 with obstruction
of justice, perjury,
and misconduct in office, in connection with his denial under
oath of an affair
with his chief of staff, Christine Beatty, and misleading the city
council over a payment of $8.4 million to settle a whistleblower
lawsuit filed by two police officers, which included a secret deal to
prevent evidence of the affair from being disclosed; later charged
with assaulting
two police officers who were serving a subpoena; pleaded
guilty to two felony counts of obstruction
of justice and no
contest to one assault
charge;
he also agreed to four months in jail,
payment of $1 million in restitution,
to resign
as mayor, and to give up his law license and pension.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2020.
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Del M. Mauhrine Brown —
of Hopewell,
Va.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996;
candidate for Virginia
state house of delegates 75th District, 1997; publicly
admonished in June 2008 by the Virginia State Bar for lawyer
misconduct, over failure to file a timely notice of appeal on
behalf of three clients.
Still living as of 2008.
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Sheila Ann Dixon (b. 1953) —
also known as Sheila Dixon; Sheila
Dixon-Smith —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
27, 1953.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1988,
2004,
2008
(member, Credentials
Committee); mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 2007-10; resigned 2010.
Female.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Indicted
in January 2009, on perjury
theft,
and misconduct charges,
over secretly
accepting more than $20,000 worth of gifts from developers doing
business with the city, and for using gift cards intended for needy
families to buy furs
and other expensive items for herself; the charges were dismissed in
May, but she was reindicted
in July; tried in
fall 2009; convicted
on one count of embezzlement,
and acquitted on other charges; pleaded
guilty to perjury,
and resigned
as mayor, as part of a plea
agreement.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Philip Dixon, Sr. and Winona Dixon. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Phill Kline (b. 1959) —
of Overland Park, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., December
31, 1959.
Republican. Lawyer; radio show
host; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1986 (2nd District), 2000 (3rd
District); member of Kansas
state house of representatives 18th District, 1993-2000; Kansas
state attorney general, 2003-07; defeated, 2006; Johnson
County District Attorney, 2007-08.
Nazarene.
In October, 2011, the Kansas Supreme Court indefinitely
suspended his license to practice law, citing misconduct
while investigating abortion clinics, including perjury
and deliberately deceiving judges,
state officials, a grand
jury, and the investigating panel of the Board for Discipline of
Attorneys.
Still living as of 2014.
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Philip J. Berg (b. 1944) —
also known as Phil Berg —
of Lafayette Hill, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
14, 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1992;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 2000; in 2001, he issued a formal
demand that U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sandra
Day O'Connor, Clarence
Thomas, and Antonin
Scalia be disbarred for their participation in the Bush v.
Gore decision; in 2004, he filed a federal lawsuit under the
Racketeer Influencd and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, accusing
President George
W. Bush, and 155 other defendants, of complicity in the 9/11
terrorist attacks (the case was dismissed); in 2008, he sued in
federal court, contending that Barack
Obama was born in Kenya and not eligible to be President (the
case was dismissed); sued by
clients and disciplined
by Pennsylvania legal authorities for malpractice, mostly due
to neglect of cases entrusted to him, missing legal deadlines, and
failure to keep clients informed; his law license was suspended
for two years in 2013, and he ultimately agreed to be disbarred
in 2015.
Still living as of 2018.
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