See thetrouble anddisgrace main page, as well as theFAQ and thePoliticalGraveyard privacy policy, for important explanations anddisclaimers. in chronological order | |  Carl Adolphus Gottlieb Adae (1839-1915) — also known asCarl A. G. Adae — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Möckmühl,Germany,June9, 1839.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;Vice-Consulfor Germany inCincinnati,Ohio, 1871-77; president of the C. F. Adae & Co.bank;after the bank became insolvent in December 1878, he wasarrestedandchargedwithbank fraud, that is, accepting deposits knowing that thebank was about to fail; the case was referred to the grand jury, butno indictments resulted;insuranceagent.Germanancestry.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1915 (age75 years, 231days).Interment atTheEvergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Charles Henry Voorhis (1833-1896) — also known asCharles H. Voorhis — of New Jersey. Born in Spring Valley (now Paramus),BergenCounty, N.J.,March13, 1833.Republican.Lawyer;banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1864;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1879-81.Indictedin 1881 forbank fraud over his actions as president of twobanks, which later became insolvent;triedand found not guilty.Fearing oncoming total blindness, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in hisofficeat the Davidson Building, Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,April15, 1896 (age63 years, 33days).Original interment atBayview- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.; reinterment atHackensackCemetery, Hackensack, N.J.  | William Nathaniel Roach (1840-1902) — also known asWilliam N. Roach — of Larimore,GrandForks County, N.Dak.Born inWashington,D.C.,September25, 1840.Democrat. Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1885; candidate forGovernor ofNorth Dakota, 1889, 1891; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Dakota,1892(member,RulesCommittee);U.S.Senator from North Dakota, 1893-99;accusedin 1893 of havingembezzled$60,000 from CitizensBank of Washington, D.C.; an effort toexpelhim from the Senate was unsuccessful.Died in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,September7, 1902 (age61 years, 347days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. |  | Martin Reinberg (b. 1852) — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Tuckum, Russia (now Tukums,Latvia),June20, 1852.Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Vice Consul inGuayaquil, 1883-84; U.S. Vice Consul General inGuayaquil, 1884-1902; founded anexportandbankingcompany in Guayaquil, Martin Reinberg & Company; in 1901, the companybecame bankrupt, with debts over one million dollars; following aninvestigation, hisarrest wasordered by Ecuadorian authorities, who suspected him ofembezzlementorbank fraud;removedfrom his consular post.Jewish.Burial location unknown. | | | 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 theassaultof police officers in a bar-room; en route to the U.S., he stopped inNice, France, andobtained a bank loan by pretending to beU.S. ConsulHaroldS. Van Buren.Burial location unknown. | | Charles Hall Adams (1853-1938) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,March 6,1853.Lawyer;Consulfor Liberia inBoston,Mass., 1885-94;Consul-Generalfor Liberia inBoston,Mass., 1894-1907;Consulfor Nicaragua inBoston,Mass., 1899-1907;Vice-Consulfor Uruguay inBoston,Mass., 1905-07; in May 1909, he and another lawyer werechargedwith conspiring toobtain unclaimed deposits at SuffolkSavings Bank by inventing fictitious heirs; pleaded not guilty.Died in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,July 5,1938 (age85 years, 121days).Interment atNewtonCemetery, Newton, Mass. | | James Kemp Doughton Sr. (1884-1973) — of Sparta,AlleghanyCounty, N.C.Born inAlleghanyCounty, N.C.,May 18,1884.Banker;farmer;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1948-57;Speaker ofthe North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1951-57.Methodist.Indictedforbank fraud in 1928;triedand acquitted.Died, ofpneumonia,in ahospitalat Sparta,AlleghanyCounty, N.C.,March17, 1973 (age88 years, 303days).Interment atShilohMethodist Church Cemetery, Sparta, N.C. | | Luke Lea (1879-1945) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,April12, 1879.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher; founder of the Nashville Tennesseean;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1911-17; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Tennessee,1912(speaker);colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; in January 1919, afterthe war was over, he led a group of U.S. Army officers in anunauthorizedattempt to seize former German leader Kaiser Wilhelm; theyillegallyentered the Netherlands (which wasneutralterritory) usingforgedpassports; he and the others werereprimandedby the Army; following the collapse of the Asheville Central Bank andTrust, he and others wereindictedin 1931 forbank fraud;convictedon three counts; sentenced toprison,served two years before being paroled; ultimatelypardonedin 1937.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;AlphaTau Omega;PhiDelta Phi;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;Redmen.Died, in Vanderbilt UniversityHospital,Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November18, 1945 (age66 years, 220days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | Frank Frankel (1886-1975) — of Long Beach,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.; Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.; Beverly Hills,LosAngeles County, Calif.BornOctober2, 1886.Mayorof Long Beach, N.Y., 1924, 1930-33; defeated, 1925 (Democraticprimary), 1925 (Republican), 1929 (Democratic primary); founder ofLong Beach MemorialHospitalindictedin September 1927 onchargesof maintaining agamblingplace; the charges were later dropped; in December 1929, his right totake office as mayor was unsuccessfullychallengedby the Long Beach police chief, based onvotefraud (for which many had been arrested and prosecuted) and theexpectation that Frankel wouldtolerategambling in the city;indictedin January 1933 forfraud over his transfer of $90,000 in cityfunds to the Long Beach Trust Company, which subsequently closed; theindictment was dismissed in February;indictedagain in May 1933, along with two city council members, over thediversion of $750,000 of state and county tax revenue to cityprojects; pleaded not guilty; no trial was held; the indictment wasdismissed in 1937;oilproducer.Died, in ahospitalat Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,June 12,1975 (age88 years, 253days).Intermentsomewherein Houston, Tex. | | John L. Lotsch (1881-1967) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Scranton,LackawannaCounty, Pa.BornFebruary15, 1881.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1928.Arrestedandindictedin 1935 on federalchargesoftakingbribes while serving as a special master overseeing a patentcase; the case was dismissed in 1936, but he was immediatelyreindictedon anextortioncharge;that indictment was thrown out by the Court of Appeals.Chargedin 1938, with other officials of a defunct Brooklyn bank, withconspiracy to violate federalbanking laws by accepting feesfor granting loans;triedandconvictedon three counts;sentencedto serve one year injail;alsodisbarred.Pleadedguilty in 1939 tochargesthat hebribedfederal judgeMartinT. Manton, and testified at the judge's bribery trial.Died in1967(ageabout86 years).Burial location unknown. | | Melba Till Allen (1933-1989) — also known asMelba Till — of Hope Hull,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.; Grady,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.; Marbury,AutaugaCounty, Ala.Born in Friendship Community,ButlerCounty, Ala.,March 3,1933.Democrat.Alabamastate auditor, 1967-75; candidate forU.S.Senator from Alabama, 1972;Alabamastate treasurer, 1975-78;Convictedin 1978 of using her position as state treasurer to obtainbankloans to build a theme park, and forfailingto disclose her personal finances; she denied any wrongdoing;sentencedto six years injail,but spent most of her sentence working as a bookkeeper in aretirement home.Female.Baptist.Member,Orderof the Eastern Star.Died, ofcancer,in BaptistMedicalCenter, Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,October20, 1989 (age56 years, 231days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives:Daughter of Samuel Ben Till and Gertrude (Johnson) Till; married,December24, 1950, to Marvin E. Allen. |
| | R. Eugene Holley (c.1926-2000) — of Georgia. Born about 1926. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1965-77.In 1980, he wasconvictedofbank fraud andsentencedto ten years inprison(later reduced to three years); served 16 months.Suffered aheartattack, and died soon afterward, in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,July 19,2000 (ageabout 74years).Interment atWestoverMemorial Park, Augusta, Ga. | | Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) — also known asRobert B. Anderson — of Texas. Born in Burleson,JohnsonCounty, Tex.,June 4,1910.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1932; Received theMedalof Freedom in 1955;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Shriners;PhiDelta Phi;Order ofthe Coif.Pleadedguilty in 1987 tochargesofevadingtaxes by illegally operating anoffshore bank;sentencedtojail,housearrest, andprobation;disbarredin 1988.Died, of complications from surgery oncancerof the esophagus, inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August14, 1989 (age79 years, 71days).Interment atRosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex. | | Marvin Leon Warner (1919-2002) — also known asMarvin L. Warner — of Ohio. Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,1919.Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador toSwitzerland, 1977-79.One of 13 part-owners of the New York Yankeesbaseballteam in 1973-75, and was also part owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneersand Birmingham Stallionsfootballteams. Horses he owned or bred competed in the Kentucky Derby. Hisfirst wife later married Albert Sabin, inventor of the oral poliovaccine. Head of the Cincinnati-based Home State Savings Bank when itcollapsed in 1985, touching off a run on other Ohio banks.Convictedonfraud charges in 1987 and served 28 months inprison. Alsochargedin federal court, but acquitted.On a visit to witness a launch of the space shuttleAtlantis,suffered aheartattack and died, at Cape Canaveral,BrevardCounty, Fla.,April 8,2002 (ageabout 82years).Interment atLakesideCemetery, Miami, Fla. | | Jerry Cosentino (c.1932-1997) — of Palos Heights,CookCounty, Ill.Born about 1932. Democrat.Illinoisstate treasurer, 1979-83, 1987-91; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1980;candidate forsecretaryof state of Illinois, 1982, 1990.Pleadedguilty tobank fraud in April 1992;fined$5,000, andsentencedto nine monthshomeconfinement.Died of aheartattack, in Naples,CollierCounty, Fla.,April 3,1997 (ageabout 65years).Burial location unknown. | | Carl Christopher Perkins (b. 1954) — also known asCarl C. Perkins;ChrisPerkins —of Leburn,KnottCounty, Ky.Born inWashington,D.C.,August6, 1954.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1981-84;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1985-93;pleadedguilty in 1994 tobank fraud in connection with the Housebankingscandal;he wrote overdrafts totaling about $300,000 (covered by the Housebank) and made false statements toobtain loans fromcommercial banks; alsopleadedguilty to charges of filing false statements with theFederalElection Commission and falsefinancialdisclosure reports;sentencedto 21 months inprison;in March 2000,pleadedguilty tocriminalcontempt of court for lying to a federal probation officer abouthis income;minister.Baptist;laterPresbyterian.Still living as of 2014. | | Mary Rose Oakar (b. 1940) — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio;Washington,D.C.Born in Ohio,March 5,1940.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1977-93; defeated, 1992;member,Rules Committee, Democratic NationalConvention, 2008.Female.She and two nephews wereindictedin 1995 over a scheme to evadecampaignfinance limits and put money into her campaign under the names offake donors; she was alsochargedwith obtaining money through bad checks on theHouse bank;pleaded not guilty to seven felonies, and challenged the validity ofthe charges; in 1998,pleadedguilty to two misdemeanorcampaignfinance violations.Still living as of 2014. | | Jack Harvard (b. 1946) — of Plano,CollinCounty, Tex.BornOctober23, 1946.Republican.Banker;mayor ofPlano, Tex., 1982-90; candidate forTexasstate senate 2nd District, 1992.Indictedin August 1995, along withDavidB. McCall, Jr. and others, on federalbank fraud chargesrelating to $25 million in loans;pleadedguilty in September 1996 to one count ofprovidingfalse information on one loan; sentenced to three years inprison.Still living as of 1996. | | John Fife Symington III (b. 1945) — also known asFife Symington III — of Arizona. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1945.Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War;Governor ofArizona, 1991-97; resigned 1997.Episcopalian.Convictedon seven counts ofbank fraud in federal court, September 3,1997;forced toresign as governor;sentencedtoprisonandfined inFebruary 1998; his conviction was overturned on appeal in June 1999;pardonedby President Bill Clinton in 2001.Still living as of 2017. | | Melvin Jay Reynolds (b. 1952) — also known asMel Reynolds — of Illinois. Born in Mound Bayou,BolivarCounty, Miss.,January8, 1952.Democrat.Universityprofessor;U.S.Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1993-95; defeated inprimary, 1988, 1990; resigned 1995.Baptist.Africanancestry.Convictedin 1995 onsexualmisconduct andobstructionof justice charges andsentencedto five years inprison.Convictedin federal court in 1997 of 15 counts ofbank fraud, wirefraud, and lying to theFederalElection Commission;sentencedto 78 more months inprison.Still living as of 2014. | | Richard Joyner Holland Sr. (1925-2000) — also known asRichard J. Holland, Sr. — of Windsor,Isle ofWight County, Va.Born inSuffolk,Va.,August12, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;banker;member ofVirginiastate senate 15th District, 1980-2000; died in office 2000.Congregationalist.Acquitted ofdrunkdrivingin 1986, butconvictedofrecklessdriving andrefusal totake a breath test;indictedin federal court for 31 felony counts ofbank fraud; chargeswere dismissed in April 1998, and the prosecution ruled to bevexatious; he and his son received a $570,000 reimbursement for legalfees.Died in Windsor,Isle ofWight County, Va.,April16, 2000 (age74 years, 248days).Interment atWindsorCemetery, Windsor, Va. | | Charles Tyrone Courtney (b. 1952) — also known asTy Courtney — of Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.Born in Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.,January4, 1952.Lawyer;municipal judge in South Carolina, 1981-82; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1991-2000.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Jaycees;Lions.Triedandconvictedin June 2000 on federalchargesofbank fraud, mail fraud, and makingfalsestatements in a loan application.Still living as of 2000. | | Fenton L. Bland Jr. (b. 1962) — ofPetersburg,Va.Born inPetersburg,Va.,March 7,1962.Democrat.Mortician;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates 63rd District, 2002-05; resigned 2005;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,2004;pleadedguilty, January 26, 2005 to one count of conspiracy to commitbank fraud;sentencedin April to 57 months inprisonand ordered to pay $1.2 million inrestitution;surrenderedhis funeral director's license rather than contest charges of ethicalviolations.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Psi.Still living as of 2006.
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