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Type of site | Political |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Lawrence Kestenbaum |
| URL | politicalgraveyard |
| Launched | 1996 |
The Political Graveyard is awebsite anddatabase that catalogues information on more than 277,000American political figures andpolitical families, along with other information. The name comes from the website's inclusion of burial locations of the deceased (when known). It is also a pun; where bodies are buried can refer to the politicians accused of crimes or touched by scandal.
The site was created in 1996 byLawrence Kestenbaum,[1][2][3] then an academic specialist atMichigan State University, and later on staff at theUniversity of Michigan.
Kestenbaum was formerly a county commissioner, and in 2004 was elected to beCounty Clerk/Register of Deeds ofWashtenaw County,Michigan.[3]
Some are listed in categories, including occupations, ethnicity, religious and organizational affiliation, honors, and awards. "For example, 18 politicians were born into slavery; six have been in space; 69 survived assassination attempts; and 908 were in trouble or disgraced."[2] An exhaustive cataloging of transgressions are listed by the nature of the accusation,[1] as well as by decade and by state.
'You always seem to have politicians doing bizarrely self-destructive things, especially involving sex,' says Lawrence Kestenbaum, creator of 'Political Graveyard,' a history Web site that includes an exhaustive cataloging of transgressions by politicians.
If you're sick to death of politics, take a stroll through The Political Graveyard (politicalgraveyard.com), which logs where more than 200,000 U.S. politicians are buried.
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