See thetrouble anddisgrace main page, as well as theFAQ and thePoliticalGraveyard privacy policy, for important explanations anddisclaimers. in chronological order | |  James Blair (1786-1834) — of South Carolina. Born in The Waxhaws,LancasterCounty, S.C.,September26, 1786.Democrat.Planter;sheriff;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1821-22, 1829-34 (9thDistrict 1821-22, 8th District 1829-34); resigned 1822; died inoffice 1834; in 1832, heassaulted newspaper editor DuffGreen, breaking some bones, andfined$350.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,inWashington,D.C.,April 1,1834 (age47 years, 187days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Ambrose Latting Jordan (1789-1865) — also known asAmbrose L. Jordan — of Cooperstown,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.; Hudson,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.Born in Hillsdale,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,May 5,1789.Whig.Lawyer;OtsegoCounty Surrogate, 1815-18;OtsegoCounty District Attorney, 1818-20;newspapereditor; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Columbia County, 1825; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1826-29; resigned 1829; in September1845, during a trial, he and the opposing counsel (New York AttorneyGeneralJohnVan Buren)came to blows in the courtroom; both weresentencedto 24 hours in jail;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1846;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1848-49.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 16,1865 (age76 years, 72days).Interment atHudsonCity Cemetery, Hudson, N.Y.  | John Van Buren (1810-1866) — also known as"Prince John" — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Hudson,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,February10, 1810.Lawyer;NewYork state attorney general, 1845-47; appointed 1845; defeated,1847, 1865; in September 1845, during a trial, he and opposingcounselAmbroseL. Jordancame to blows in the courtroom; both weresentencedto 24 hours solitary confinement in jail; hisresignationas Attorney General was refused by the governor.Died, fromexposure,on boardthe shipScotia, en route from Liverpool to New York, intheNorthAtlantic Ocean,October13, 1866 (age56 years, 245days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.  | Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) — also known as"Old Bullion" — of Franklin,WilliamsonCounty, Tenn.;St.Louis, Mo.Born near Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.,March14, 1782.Lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1809;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1821-51;U.S.Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; BentonDemocrat candidate forGovernor ofMissouri, 1856.Fought aduelwithAndrewJackson, who later became a political ally. In April, 1850, hecaused ascandalwith his attempt toassault Sen.HenryStuart Foote, of Mississippi, during debate on the Senate floor;he was restrained by other senators. Foote had a cocked pistol in hishand and undoubtedly would have shot him.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,April10, 1858 (age76 years, 27days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Joseph Barker (c.1806-1862) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born inAlleghenyCounty, Pa., about 1806.Mayorof Pittsburgh, Pa., 1850-51; defeated, 1851, 1852.In 1849, after ananti-Catholicspeech, he wasarrested,chargedwith usingobscenelanguage,obstructingthe streets, andcausing ariot,convicted,andsentencedto a year inprison;elected mayor in 1850 while still incarcerated. While mayor, he wastwicearrestedonchargesofassault and battery. In 1851, he wasconvictedofriot.Struck and killed by arailroadtrain, in Ross Township,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,August2, 1862 (ageabout 56years).Interment atAlleghenyCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | Alexander J. Bergen — ofSuffolkCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1861.Outraged by a criticism published in the newspaper, heassaulted the editor of theSuffolk County Democrat, in1861, and was laterprosecutedandfined$25.Burial location unknown.  | Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) — also known asRobert G. Ingersoll;"The GreatAgnostic";"American Infidel";"Impious Pope Bob" —of Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.;Washington,D.C.Born in Dresden,YatesCounty, N.Y.,August11, 1833.Lawyer;Democratic candidate forIllinoisstate house of representatives 5th District, 1860; colonel in theUnion Army during the Civil War;chargedabout 1864 withassault and battery against the Peoria CountySheriff;tried;the jury was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict; the case wasdismissed before a new trial could be held;Illinoisstate attorney general, 1867-69; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1876;made the nominating speech which dubbedJamesG. Blaine as "The Plumed Knight".Agnostic.Died in Dobbs Ferry,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 21,1899 (age65 years, 344days).Cremated;ashes interred atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue erected 1911 atGlenOak Park, Peoria, Ill.| |  Relatives: Sonof Rev. John Ingersoll and Mary (Livingston) Ingersoll; brother ofEbonClarke Ingersoll; married,February13, 1862, to Eve Amelia Parker; uncle ofJohnCarter Ingersoll; second cousin thrice removed ofJonathanIngersoll andJaredIngersoll; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesJared Ingersoll,JosephReed Ingersoll,RalphIsaacs Ingersoll andCharlesAnthony Ingersoll; fourth cousin once removed ofLamanIngersoll,ColinMacrae Ingersoll andCharlesRoberts Ingersoll. | | | | Political families:Ingersollfamily of New Haven, Connecticut;Ingersollfamily of New Haven, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoNNDBdossier | | | | Books about Robert G. Ingersoll: OrvinLarson,AmericanInfidel: Robert G. Ingersoll | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
| | Lovell Harrison Rousseau (1818-1869) — also known asLovell H. Rousseau — of Bloomfield,GreeneCounty, Ind.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born near Stanford,LincolnCounty, Ky.,August4, 1818.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1844-45; served in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War; member ofIndianastate senate, 1847-49; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1860-61; general in the Union Army during the CivilWar;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1865-66, 1866-67;resigned 1866; on June 14, 1866, heassaulted Iowa Rep.JosiahB. Grinnell with the iron handle of his cane;reprimandedby the House of Representatives, andresigned,but was elected to fill his own vacancy.Slaveowner. Died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,January7, 1869 (age50 years, 156days).Original interment and cenotaph atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; reinterment in 1892 atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Almar F. Dickson (1846-1915) — of Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard,DukesCounty, Mass.; East Haddam,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in East Haddam,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,January20, 1846.Democrat. On August 1, 1874, in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, inresponse to thesuspectedseduction of his wife and her two sisters, he and hisbrother-in-law Caleb Smith were among a group of five men who, atmidnight during a storm, attempted tokidnap at gunpointSamuel K. Elliot, one of the supposed perpetrators, so they couldtar andfeather him; Elliot successfully defended himself from the group,and during the affray, Caleb Smith was shot dead; Elliot was ruled tohave acted in self-defense, and denied any improper relations withthe women; thescandalwas widely publicized in the press; Dickson and his wife weredivorced soon after; U.S. Consul inGaspé Basin, 1887-1908; candidate forConnecticutstate house of representatives from East Haddam, 1910, 1912.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,April17, 1915 (age69 years, 87days).Interment atMoodus Cemetery, Moodus, East Haddam, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel S. Dickson and Hannah 'Betsy' (Hill) Dickson; married,August14, 1870, to Elizabeth Chase 'Lizzie' Smith; married,May 17,1883, to Callie (Brainard) Wetherell; second cousin once removedofCharlesRussell Kelsey; third cousin twice removed ofDavidKelsey andElishaKelsey; third cousin thrice removed ofHenryChampion,EpaphroditusChampion andJoshuaCoit; fourth cousin once removed ofAshbelGriswold,DavidParmalee Kelsey,StephenArnold Douglas,SamuelTownsend Douglass andSilasHamilton Douglas. | | | | Political families:Douglasfamily of Ann Arbor, Michigan;Douglasfamily of Greensboro, North Carolina (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1918) — also known asBenjamin R. Tillman;"PitchforkBen";"The One-Eyed Plowboy" —of Trenton,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.Born in Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,August11, 1847.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lost hisleft eye in 1864;farmer;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1890-94; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from South Carolina,1892(ConventionVice-President),1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1912(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1916;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention from EdgefieldCounty, 1895;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1895-1918; died in office 1918; inFebrury, 1902, heaccusedfellow South Carolina senatorJohnMcLaurin, of accepting a bribe (in the form of federal patronage)to support a treaty; McLaurin called Tillman a liar, and the twocame to blows on the Senate floor; both werecensuredby the Senate; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from South Carolina, 1912-16.Englishancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 3,1918 (age70 years, 326days).Interment atEbenezerCemetery, Trenton, S.C.; statue atStateHouse Grounds, Columbia, S.C.  | John Lowndes McLaurin (1860-1934) — also known asJohn L. McLaurin — of Bennettsville,MarlboroCounty, S.C.Born inMarlboroCounty, S.C.,May 9,1860.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1890-91;SouthCarolina state attorney general, 1891-97;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1892-97;resigned 1897;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1897-1903; in Februry, 1902, he wasaccused,by fellow South Carolina senatorBenTillman, of accepting abribe(in the form of federal patronage) to support a treaty; he calledTillman a liar, and the twocame to blows on the Senate floor;both werecensuredby the Senate; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Marlboro County, 1913-14; SouthCarolina Warehouse Commissioner, 1915-17.Died in Bennettsville,MarlboroCounty, S.C.,July 20,1934 (age74 years, 72days).Interment atMcCallCemetery, Bennettsville, S.C. | | Frederic Duncan MacMaster — also known asFrederic MacMaster — Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member ofTheodoreRoosevelt's "Rough Rider" regiment; U.S. Consul inZanzibar, 1905-06;dismissedfrom his consular position in 1906 over multiple instances ofmisconduct,including theassault of police officers in a bar-room; enroute to the U.S., he stopped in Nice, France, andobtaineda bank loan by pretending to be U.S. ConsulHaroldS. Van Buren.Burial location unknown. | | Wythe Leigh Kinsolving (1878-1964) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.; Winchester,FranklinCounty, Tenn.; Chattanooga,HamiltonCounty, Tenn.; Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Oakland,GarrettCounty, Md.;Charlottesville,Va.; Stanardsville,GreeneCounty, Va.Born in Halifax,HalifaxCounty, Va.,November14, 1878.Democrat.Episcopalpriest; rector of Epiphany Episcopal Church, Barton Heights, Va.,until 1908, when heresignedfollowing awidelyreportedfist fight with his father-in-law, Rev. Dr. E. H.Pitt;composer;poet;translator;prolific writer of opinion pieces for newspapers, expressing moderatepacifist views, along with strong support for the League of Nations;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1924 ; in 1928, he toured the country giving speeches in support ofDemocratic presidential nomineeAlSmith; initially supported PresidentFranklinRoosevelt and the New Deal, but in the late 1930s turned towardisolationism and anti-Communism.Episcopalian.Died, fromcerebralvascular accident, while suffering fromchronicbrain syndrome due tocerebralarteriosclerosis, in DeJarnette State Sanatorium, amentalhospital, inAugustaCounty, Va.,December21, 1964 (age86 years, 37days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | Harry M. Schriver — of Rock Island,RockIsland County, Ill.Mayorof Rock Island, Ill., 1911-15, 1919-23; on March 22, 1912, angryover personal attacks published by newspaper publisher and crimesyndicate bossJohnLooney, he had Looney brought to the Rock Island police stationand gave him asevere beating; during a riot on March 27, asnipershotat the mayor in his office;convictedin 1923 onviceprotection conspiracycharges.Burial location unknown. | | David Dows (1885-1966) — also known as"Big Dave" — of Locust Valley,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley,GreenwoodCounty, S.C.Born in Irvington,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1885.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked iniron and steelmills; supervisedconstructionofsteelmills overseas; studied foreign industries as representative of asteamshipline;horsebreeder;bankdirector;NassauCounty Sheriff, 1932-34; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1944;member, New York State Racing Commission, 1944-49; delegate toRepublican National Convention from South Carolina,1956(delegation chair);SouthCarolina Republican state chair, 1956-58; Republican candidatefor Presidential Elector for South Carolina,1956.Convictedofassault in 1913, over his treatment of a New York Timesreporter who was attempting to interview him.Died in Hot Springs,BathCounty, Va.,August13, 1966 (age81 years, 1days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. | | David H. Trembley (b. 1858) — of Rahway,UnionCounty, N.J.Born in New Jersey,1858.Carriagepainter;mayor ofRahway, N.J., 1918-22; on May 31, 1919, he prevented a Socialistorator,FrederickHarwood, from speaking, by spraying him and his audience with afire hose; subsequentlyarrestedandchargedwithassault andincitingto riot; retaliated by arresting Justice of the Peace GustavTheimer, who had indicted him, and arraigned him on a charge ofimproper procedure.FrenchHuguenot ancestry.Burial location unknown. | | James B. Furber (c.1868-1930) — of Rahway,UnionCounty, N.J.; Linden,UnionCounty, N.J.Born in Allegan,AlleganCounty, Mich., about 1868.Traveling salesman for National Cash Register Company;newspaperpublisher;real estatedeveloper;lawyer;mayor ofRahway, N.J., 1906, 1922-24; resigned 1906;chargedwithassault in connection with his participation in aSocialistrally in Rahway, N.J., May 31, 1919, which was ended by sprayingthe speaker and audience with a fire hose; Socialist candidate forU.S.Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1920; Progressivecandidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1924;elected (Democratic)mayor ofLinden, N.J. 1930, but died before taking office.Suffered aparalyticstroke, whileaddressinga meeting of the Parent Democratic Club, and died soon after inSt. ElizabethHospital,Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,November12, 1930 (ageabout 62years).Burial location unknown. | | James E. Kewin — of Melvindale,WayneCounty, Mich.Mayorof Melvindale, Mich., 1933-40; defeated, 1940; in June, 1936,after an exchange of insults with Sever Green, who Kewin had tried tooust from a Melvindale city position, he climbed into Green's car andscratched his face; later convicted ofassault andbattery over this incident and wasfined$25.Burial location unknown. | | Eugene C. Keyes (1900-1963) — of Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.BornAugust23, 1900.Republican.Lawyer;dentist;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1943-44, 1947-48; defeated, 1940, 1944,1948; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1950, 1954; candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1952.Convicted,in Dearborn municipal court in August 1944, ofassaulting awoman who came to his office to protest his slapping of her sonduring an argument over campaign work; thesentencewas a $25fine or15 days injail.Died in1963(ageabout62 years).Burial location unknown. | | Anthony Franciosa (1928-2006) — also known asTony Franciosa;Anthony GeorgePapaleo —of Brentwood, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October25, 1928.Democrat.Actor;hit and kicked a press photographer at the Los Angeles CivicCenter on April 19, 1957;arrestedforassault,pleadedguilty, served to ten days injail,andfined$250;honored guest, Democratic National Convention,1960.Italianancestry.Suffered astroke,and died a few days later, in UCLAMedicalCenter, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January19, 2006 (age77 years, 86days).Cremated. | | Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923-2007) — also known asNorman Mailer — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Long Branch,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,January31, 1923.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;novelist,essayist,magazineeditor,Hollywoodscreenwriter,director,andactor;among the founders of theVillage Voicenewspapernewspaperin New York City; in November, 1960, whiledrunkat a party, hestabbedand wounded his wife, Adele; he wasarrestedand held for psychiatric evaluation, and eventuallypleadedguilty tothird-degree assault;arrestedandjailedin 1967 in connection with anantiwarprotest; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1969.Jewishancestry.Won thePulitzerPrize for nonfiction in 1969 and for fiction in 1980.Died, fromacute renalfailure, in Mount SinaiHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November10, 2007 (age84 years, 283days).Interment atProvincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, Mass. | | Donald J. Lobsinger (1934-2018) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; St. Clair Shores,MacombCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,1934.Republican. Founder and leader of an anti-Communist group called"Breakthrough", an offshoot of the John Birch Society; candidate in primary formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1969, 1973;convictedofdisorderlyconduct, 1971; in January 1973, whileprotestingagainst a peace rally outside a Detroit church, he and others shoved,knocked down, kicked and pummeled a Catholic priest; he waschargedwithassault,convictedafter a tumultuoustrial,andsentencedto 45 days injail;later, on appeal, a new trial was ordered, and he wasconvictedagain; Republican candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1994, 1996 (primary),1998 (primary).Catholic.Died in Romeo,MacombCounty, Mich.,November18, 2018 (ageabout 84years).Burial location unknown. | | Bernhard Hugo Goetz (b. 1947) — also known asBernhard H. Goetz;Bernie Goetz;"Subway Vigilante" —of New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.Born in Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,November7, 1947.On December 22, 1984, heshotand wounded four young men who were about to rob him, andsubsequentlyfledto New England, until heturnedhimself in at Concord, N.H.;arraignedonattemptedmurder,assault, andweaponscharges;convictedonly forcarryingan unlicensed gun;sentencedto one year injail;served eight months; Fusion candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 2001.GermanandJewishancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | Henry Barbosa Gonzalez (1916-2000) — also known asHenry B. Gonzalez — of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,May 3,1916.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate senate, 1956-61; candidate forGovernor ofTexas, 1958; candidate forU.S.Senator from Texas, 1961;U.S.Representative from Texas 20th District, 1961-99; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1964,1996.Catholic.Hispanicancestry. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Was in the motorcade in Dallas, Tex., when PresidentJohnF. Kennedy was shot. In a San Antonio restaurant in 1986, hepunched a man who called him a communist; he waschargedwithassault, but acquitted.Died, in Downtown BaptistHospital,San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,November28, 2000 (age84 years, 209days).Interment atSanFernando Cemetery #2, San Antonio, Tex. | | John T. Broderick Jr. (b. 1947) — of Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in1947.Justiceof New Hampshire state supreme court, 1995-.Investigatedin 2000 by the Judiciary Committee of the New Hampshire House ofRepresentatives in connection with the charges against Chief JusticeDavidA. Brock and JusticeW.Stephen Thayer III, but articles ofimpeachmentagainst him were rejected by the House.Arrestedin October 2000 forassault against his 30-year-old son. butcharges were dropped.Still living as of 2001. | | Arthur E. Teele (1946-2005) — also known asArt Teele — of Florida. Born inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,May 14,1946.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;lawyer;director, U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1981-83;Republican Presidential Elector for Florida,1992;as Miami city commissioner in 1997-2004, he chaired the CommunityRedevelopment Agency (CRA); aninvestigationof corruption in the agency, started in 2003, led tochargesthat he had accepted $135,000 inkickbacksfrom two construction companies; as a result, he wasremoved fromoffice in 2004 by Gov.JebBush; in August, 2004, when he and his wife were undersurveillance, hedrove hiscar at a police detective in an attempt torun him over,and alsothreatenedto kill police officers who had been following his wife duringthe investigation;convictedin March 2005 onchargesrelated to this incident;indictedon July 14, 2005, on federal conspiracy andmoneylaundering charges, over a scheme to fraudulently obtaincontracts for electrical work at the Miami International Airportthrough a "minority-owned" shell company; published police reportsrevealed that he had put hismistresson the CRA payroll, that he regularly bought and usedcocaine,and that he frequently made use of a maleprostitute.Churchof God in Christ.Africanancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Psi;NAACP;Freemasons.Came to theofficesof theMiami Herald newspaper, andshothimselfin the head with a semiautomatic pistol; he died two hours later inthe trauma unit of Jackson MemorialHospital,Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,July 27,2005 (age59 years, 74days).Interment atCulley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla. | | Andrew L. Cetraro (born c.1976) — of Bozeman,GallatinCounty, Mont.Born in Bozeman,GallatinCounty, Mont., about 1976.Restaurantowner;mayorof Bozeman, Mont., 2004-05.Arrestedat his home in November 2005; accused ofassaulting hispregnant wife whileintoxicated;arraignedon misdemeanorcharges;pleaded not guilty.Still living as of 2005. | | Christopher Lee Bollyn (born c.1957) — also known asChristopher Bollyn — of Hoffman Estates,CookCounty, Ill.Born about 1957.Journalist;promoter of theory that Israeli agents were responsible for the 2001attack on the World Trade Center; candidate in primary forvillagepresident of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, 2001; in August 2006, hecalled 911 to report a suspicious vehicle in his neighborhood; gotinto an altercation and scuffle with police;arrestedand charged withaggravated assault andresistingarrest; tried andconvictedin 2007; did not appear for sentencing.Still living as of 2006. | | Anthony Dryden Marshall (1924-2014) — also known asAnthony D. Marshall;Tony Marshall;Anthony Dryden Kuser —of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 30,1924.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.Consul inIstanbul, as of 1958-59; U.S. Ambassador toMalagasy Republic, 1969-71;Trinidad and Tobago, 1972-73;Kenya, 1973-77;Seychelles, 1976-77; in 1971, he wasaccusedin press reports of involvement in a supposed plot tooverthrowthe President, Philibert Tsiranana; the Malagasy government declaredhimpersonanon grata, andexpelledhim fron the country;theatricalproducer; guardian of his ailing mother, Brooke Astor; alleged tohavedivertedmillions of dollars to his own theatrical productions, andremovedworks of art from her apartment; his son Philipsued,allegingabuse and demanding hisremovalas guardian; an independent investigation found no evidence forabuse, but revealed financial misconduct;indictedin 2007, andtried on16chargesin 2009; the trial lasted six months; ultimatelyconvictedandsentencedto one to three years inprison;served eight weeks and was released on medical parole.Member,Rotary.Died, at New York PresbyterianHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November30, 2014 (age90 years, 184days).Burial location unknown. | | Kwame Malik Kilpatrick (b. 1970) — also known asKwame M. Kilpatrick — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 8,1970.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 9th District, 1997-2001; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Michigan,2000,2004,2008;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 2002-08; resigned 2008; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Michigan, 2004-08;chargedin 2008 withobstructionof justice,perjury,andmisconductin office, in connection with his denial under oath of anaffairwith his chief of staff, Christine Beatty, and misleading the citycouncil over a payment of $8.4 million to settle a whistleblowerlawsuit filed by two police officers, which included a secret deal toprevent evidence of the affair from being disclosed; laterchargedwithassaulting two police officers who were serving asubpoena;pleadedguilty to two felony counts ofobstructionof justice andnocontest to oneassaultcharge;he also agreed to four months injail,payment of $1 million inrestitution,toresignas mayor, and to give up his law license and pension.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP.Still living as of 2020. | | Eric Tradd Schneiderman (b. 1954) — also known asEric T. Schneiderman — Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,December31, 1954.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 31st District; elected 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008;New Yorkstate attorney general, 2011-18; resigned 2018; DemocraticPresidential Elector for New York,2012(voted forBarackObama andJosephR. Biden, Jr.); Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2016(elected on behalf ofHillaryClinton andTimKaine; did not serve);publishedreports alleged that he hadphysically abused four women;at first, he claimed that this had beensexualrole playing, but within hours, heresignedhis position; following aninvestigation,no criminal charges were brought.Jewishancestry.Still living as of 2019.
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