See thetrouble anddisgrace main page, as well as theFAQ and thePoliticalGraveyard privacy policy, for important explanations anddisclaimers. in chronological order | |  Gideon Searles (c.1807-1882) — ofCattaraugusCounty, N.Y.Born about 1807. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1846;canalsuperintendent.Arrestedin 1863, andchargedwith attemping tobribe AssemblymanEliasM. Bostwick by offering him $500 to vote for the BroadwayRailroad bill.While walking on the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia railroadtrack, wasstruck andkilled by a train, near Franklinville,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.,July 6,1882 (ageabout 75years).Burial location unknown. | | Roderick Randum Butler (1827-1902) — also known asRoderick R. Butler — of Mountain City,JohnsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Wytheville,WytheCounty, Va.,April 9,1827.Republican.Tailor;postmaster;lawyer;member ofTennesseestate senate, 1859, 1893-1901;arrestedby Confederate authorities in 1862, andchargedwithtreason;eventuallyfledto Kentucky; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1865; circuit judgein Tennessee, 1865;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1867-75, 1887-89;unanimouslycensuredby the U.S. House in March 1870, foraccepting payment for hisrecommendation of a cadet to the military academy at West Point; avote toexpelhim failed; in August, 1870, he wasarrestedforforgeryin connection with pensionfraud;in December, 1870, he wasindictedby a federal grand jury; in January, 1871, atrialwas begun, but following witness testimony, the case was dismissed;delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee,1872;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1879-85.Slaveowner. Died in Mountain City,JohnsonCounty, Tenn.,August18, 1902 (age75 years, 131days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Mountain City, Tenn. | | James Brooks (1810-1873) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,November10, 1810.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1835; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 16th District, 1848;U.S.Representative from New York, 1849-53, 1863-66, 1867-73 (6thDistrict 1849-53, 8th District 1863-66, 1867-73, 6th District 1873);died in office 1873;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867.Censuredby the House in 1873 for his role in the Credit Mobilierbriberyscandal.Died inWashington,D.C.,April30, 1873 (age62 years, 171days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Oakes Ames (1804-1873) — of North Easton, Easton,BristolCounty, Mass.Born in Easton,BristolCounty, Mass.,January10, 1804.Republican.U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1863-73.He and his brotherOliverAmes, president of the Union Pacific Railroad, prime movers inconstruction of thefirsttranscontinentalrailroadline, completed in 1869; he was ascensuredby the House of Representatives in 1873 for his role in the CreditMobilierbriberyscandal.Died in Easton,BristolCounty, Mass.,May 8,1873 (age69 years, 118days).Interment atVillageCemetery, North Easton, Easton, Mass.; memorial monument atOliver and Oakes Ames Monument, Sherman, Wyo. | | William Worth Belknap (1829-1890) — also known asWilliam W. Belknap — of Iowa. Born in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,September22, 1829.Lawyer;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1857-58; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War;U.S.Secretary of War, 1869-76.Impeachedin 1876 by the House of Representatives fortaking bribes;resignedon March 2, 1876. Despite arguments that the Senate lackedjurisdiction after his resignation, an impeachmenttrialwas held; on August 1, the Senate voted 35 to 25 for his conviction,short of the necessary two-thirds.Died, of an apparentheartattack, inWashington,D.C.,October13, 1890 (age61 years, 21days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | J. Douglass Robertson — ofBeaufortCounty, S.C.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,1872-76;expelledfrom the House on February 25, 1876, forattempting to bribeNew York publishers concerning the supply of school textbooks.Burial location unknown. | | Henry J. Maxwell — of Bennettsville,MarlboroCounty, S.C.Republican. Member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Marlboro County, 1868-77; postmasteratBennettsville,S.C., 1869-70; delegate to Republican National Convention fromSouth Carolina,1872;convictedofbribery in 1877, andresignedfrom the State Senate.Burial location unknown. | | Charles S. Minort — ofRichlandCounty, S.C.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Richland County,1872-74, 1876-77; resigned 1877;indictedforbribery in 1877.Burial location unknown. | | Hastings Gantt — ofBeaufortCounty, S.C.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,1870-74, 1876-84; in 1878, his election wasprotestedby W. J. Verdier, who alleged that Gantt wasnoteligible to be a member of the House, because he hadconfessedtotaking a bribe in a previous legislative session;committees of the House considered the matter and were unable toreach a decision.Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Jefferson Brady (1839-1904) — also known asThomas J. Brady;T. J. Brady — Born in Muncie,DelawareCounty, Ind.,February12, 1839.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;newspaperpublisher; U.S. Consul inSt. Thomas, 1870-75; second assistant U.S. Postmaster General;indictedin 1881 as a participant in the Star Routebribery scheme;foundguilty, but a judge set aside the conviction;retriedand acquitted.DiedApril22, 1904 (age65 years, 70days).Burial location unknown. | | Eugene F. Vacheron — of Ozone Park, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1894-95, 1901 (Queens County 3rd District1894-95, Queens County 2nd District 1901); resigned 1895;chargedwithbribery in 1895;triedand acquitted, butresignedfrom the Assembly;convictedofgrandlarceny, February 28, 1912.Burial location unknown. | | William Stephen Devery (1854-1919) — also known asWilliam S. Devery;BillDevery —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January9, 1854.Policeofficer;convictedin 1897 ofbribery andextortion,but the conviction was overturned on appeal;policechief; Independent People's candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1903; co-owner of the New YorkHighlanders professionalbaseballteam, 1903-15; it later became the New York Yankees.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died, from a stroke ofapoplexy,in Far Rockaway, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,June 20,1919 (age65 years, 162days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | Robert Philo Anibal (1845-1908) — also known asRobert P. Anibal — of Northville,FultonCounty, N.Y.; Johnstown,FultonCounty, N.Y.Born in Benson,HamiltonCounty, N.Y.,February22, 1845.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;HamiltonCounty Judge and Surrogate, 1872-77; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1896;candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 4th District, 1901.In May 1901, the Herkimer County District Attorneyaccusedhim ofoffering a bribe to awitnessin a criminal trial; Anibal denied this.Died in Northville,FultonCounty, N.Y.,December14, 1908 (age63 years, 296days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Philo Anibal and Mary (Orcutt) Anibal; married,April24, 1872, to Frances E. Van Arnam. |
| | Albert Alonzo Ames (1842-1911) — also known asAlbert A. Ames;"Doc" —of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.; California.Born in Garden Prairie,BooneCounty, Ill.,January18, 1842.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;physician;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 5, 1867;mayorof Minneapolis, Minn., 1876-77, 1882-84, 1886-89, 1901-02;resigned 1902; candidate forGovernor ofMinnesota, 1886 (Democratic), 1896 (Independent); delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Minnesota,1888;indictedin 1902 onbriberycharges,over a scheme to induce county commissioners to appoint hissecretary, Thomas R. Brown, Jr., as Sheriff.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias.Died, in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,November16, 1911 (age69 years, 302days). His body was reportedlydonated toscience.Cremated;ashes interred atLakewoodCemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.  | 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 federalpatronage) to support a treaty; he called Tillman a liar, and the twocame toblows 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. | | D. Judson Hammond (b. 1841) — of Pontiac,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in1841.Republican.Banker;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Oakland County 1st District,1897-1900.Convictedin 1903 ofsoliciting a bribe of $500 to defeat a bill opposedby wholesale grocers;sentencedto two years inprisonor a $2,000fine.Burial location unknown. | | John Hipple Mitchell (1835-1905) — also known asJohn H. Mitchell;John MitchellHipple —of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born inWashingtonCounty, Pa.,June 22,1835.Republican.Lawyer;member ofOregonstate senate, 1862-66;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1873-79, 1885-97, 1901-05; died in office1905;indictedin December 1904 in connection with the OregonLandFrauds; abribery charge was added later;convictedin July 1905; died while his case was on appeal.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,December8, 1905 (age70 years, 169days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | William P. Sullivan (1870-1925) — of Billings,ChristianCounty, Mo.Born in Wisconsin,June 3,1870.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Christian County, 1899-1900;member ofMissouristate senate 19th District, 1901-04; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Missouri,1908,1916.Convictedin 1905 ofaccepting a bribe while serving as State Senator,andfined$100.Died suddenly, fromheartfailure, in Billings,ChristianCounty, Mo.,April17, 1925 (age54 years, 318days).Interment atRose Hill Cemetery, Billings, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof John Sullivan and Angenette 'Nettie' (Glidden) Sullivan; marriedto Alice Virginia Reid. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Tirey L. Ford (1857-1928) — also known asT. L. Ford — of California. Born inMonroeCounty, Mo.,1857.Californiastate attorney general, 1899-1902.Chargedwithoffering a bribe;triedand acquitted in 1907.Died, of aheartattack, inSanFrancisco, Calif.,June 26,1928 (ageabout 70years).Interment atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | John Looney (1865-1942) — also known asPatrick John Looney — of Rock Island,RockIsland County, Ill.Born in Ottawa,La SalleCounty, Ill.,October5, 1865.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher;indictedwith others in 1897 over a scheme todefraudthe city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain constructionproject;convicted,but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate forIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1900; created and led acrimesyndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests ingambling,prostitution,extortion,and eventuallybootleggingandautomobiletheft;indictedin 1907 on 37 counts ofbribery,extortion,andlibel,but acquitted;shotand wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February22, 1909, he wasshotand wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; onMarch 22, 1912, afterpublishingpersonal attacks on Rock Island MayorHenryM. Schriver, he wasarrested,brought to the police station, andseverelybeaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two menand injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island racketsin 1921; in 1922, he wasindictedfor themurderof saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence againstLooney to federal agents;arrestedin Belen, N.M., in 1924, and laterconvictedof conspiracy andmurder;sentencedto 5 years inprisonfor conspiracy and 14 years formurder;served 8 1/2 years.Irishancestry.Died, oftuberculosis,in asanitariumat El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.,1942(ageabout76 years).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Bermel (1860-1921) — of Middle Village, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April 8,1860.Stonecutter;Newtown town supervisor in the 1890s;chargedwithfinancialirregularities;triedand acquitted;boroughpresident of Queens, New York, 1906-08; resigned 1908;resignedas borough president after a grand jury presentedchargesagainst him, related to fraud andbribery in connection withthe city's purchase of Kissena Park in Queens.Member,Elks;RoyalArcanum;Foresters.Died in Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia (now Karlovy Vary,Czechia),July28, 1921 (age61 years, 111days).Interment atSt.John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles Bermel and Elizabeth (Cohn) Bermel; married,October21, 1884, to Anna Mary Timmes. |
 | Jotham Powers Allds (1865-1923) — also known asJotham P. Allds — of Norwich,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.Born in Claremont,SullivanCounty, N.H.,February1, 1865.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Chenango County, 1896-1902; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1903-10 (26th District 1903-06, 27th District1907-08, 37th District 1909-10); resigned 1910; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1908.Accusedby Sen.BennConger, in 1910, of acceptingbribes from bridge companiesnine years earlier; following aninvestigation,the State Senatefound himguilty by a vote of 40 to 9, and heresignedto avoidexpulsion.Died, ofliverdisease, at Norwich MemorialHospital,Norwich,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.,September11, 1923 (age58 years, 222days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Jotham Gillis Allds and Lucy Charlotte (Powers)Allds. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1907 |
| | Benn Conger (1856-1922) — of Groton,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.Born in Groton,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1856.President, CoronaTypewriterCo.; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Tompkins County, 1900-01; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 41st District, 1909-10; resigned 1910.In 1910, heaccusedSen.JothamP. Allds, the majority leader, of accepting a bribe from bridgecompanies; Allds was investigated and ultimately resigned. Conger,who had also taken part in thebribery scheme, was criticizedfor not coming forward sooner; facing a likely attempt toexpelhim, heresigneda few days later.Died in Groton,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,February28, 1922 (age65 years, 122days).Interment atGrotonRural Cemetery, Groton, N.Y. | | William H. Bradley (1859-1925) — of Greenville,MontcalmCounty, Mich.Born in Spencer Township,KentCounty, Mich.,February26, 1859.Republican.Wholesalegrocer; mayor of Greenville, Mich., 1908-09; member ofMichiganstate senate 18th District, 1909-12.In 1911, he was accused ofbribery by Sherman M. Townsend, aformer Sergeant-at-Arms of the state senate; aninvestigationwas conducted; aresolutionto expel him from the Senate failed on a vote of 14 to 15.Died in1925(ageabout66 years).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Greenville, Mich. | | William Forte Willett Jr. (1869-1938) — also known asWilliam Willett, Jr. — of Far Rockaway, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Woodmere,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November27, 1869.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1907-11; defeated,1904; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1911;indictedin 1912 onchargesthat hebought the nomination for Supreme Court justice;triedandconvictedin 1914,sentencedto one year inprisonandfined$1,000; released on parole in 1916.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks.Died, from aheartattack, in his room at theHotelMcAlpin, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1938 (age68 years, 77days).Interment atTheEvergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.  | William Lorimer (1861-1934) — also known as"The Blond Boss" — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Manchester,England,April27, 1861.Republican.Real estatebusiness;contractor;brickmanufacturer;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1895-1901, 1903-09 (2nd District1895-1901, 6th District 1903-09); delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1896,1904,1908;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1909-12.Scottishancestry.He wasaccusedofbribery in winning election to the Senate; in 1912, theSenateinvalidatedhis election.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,September13, 1934 (age73 years, 139days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Evanston, Ill. | | Stephen J. Stilwell (1866-1942) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.; Mamaroneck,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,May 10,1866.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 21st District, 1909-13; removed 1913;chargedin 1913 withextortingabribe of $3,500 from George H. Kendall, president of the NewYork Bank Note company, over a bill that Kendall supported;tried inthe State Senate and found not guilty on April 15 by a vote of 28 to21;indictedon May 12 by a grand jury forsoliciting a bribe;triedsoon after, andconvictedon May 24; this removed him from office;sentencedto four to eight years inprison;after his release, he moved to Mamaroneck and entered therealestate business;indictedin 1934 on charges that hedefraudedhis former stenographer of $9,000 when she came to him seeking aNaval Academy appointment for her son, but the case did not go totrial;arrestedin March 1941 andindictedin April on charges that he attempted tobribe a Mamaroneckvillage trustee $1,000 to obtain a police job for an associate;pleadedguilty, but never sentenced; while incarcerated, hislegs wereamputated.Died, while aprisonerawaiting sentence, in GrasslandsHospital,Valhalla,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,April20, 1942 (age75 years, 345days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary Delia (Archer) Stilwell and William Jewitt Stilwell; married,February14, 1887, to Celia A. Blanck. |
| | Donn M. Roberts (1867-1936) — of Indiana. Born in Annapolis,CrawfordCounty, Ill.,September28, 1867.Mayorof Terre Haute, Ind., 1913-15.Convictedofbribery in 1915 and spent three and a half years inprison;convictedofembezzlementin 1936 andsentencedtoprison.Released from prison following aheartattack, and died a few days later, in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,August3, 1936 (age68 years, 310days).Interment atSt.Joseph's Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind. | | Samuel Crockett Sims — of Hazen,PrairieCounty, Ark.Member ofArkansasstate senate 12th District, 1915-17; expelled 1917.In January, 1917, when Anti-Trading Stamp and Coupon bills werepending before his committee, he accepted abribe to kill thebills, from a detective posing as a lobbyist for Easterntrading-stamp interests;arrested,chargedwithbribery, and laterconvicted;expelledfrom the Senate on a vote of 25 to 8.Burial location unknown. | | Ivison C. Burgess — of Russellville,PopeCounty, Ark.Member ofArkansasstate senate 4th District, 1915-17; expelled 1917.In January, 1917, after he introduced legislation to regulate tradingstamps and coupons, he accepted abribe to kill the bills,from a detective posing as a lobbyist for Eastern trading-stampinterests;arrested,chargedwithbribery, and laterconvicted;expelledfrom the Senate on a vote of 25 to 8.Burial location unknown. | | Frederic Thomas Woodman (1872-1949) — also known asFrederic T. Woodman — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,June 25,1872.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1901-03;mayorof Los Angeles, Calif., 1916-19; defeated, 1919;indictedonbribery charges, March 1919;triedand found not guilty;banker.DiedMarch25, 1949 (age76 years, 273days).Interment atAngelus-RosedaleCemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.  | Harold Knutson (1880-1953) — of St. Cloud,StearnsCounty, Minn.Born in Skein,Norway,October20, 1880.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher;U.S.Representative from Minnesota, 1917-49 (6th District 1917-33,at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-49); delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Minnesota,1940(HonoraryVice-President).Lutheran.Norwegianancestry. Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks.On March 9, 1924, he and Leroy M. Hull, a 29-year-old clerk for theLabor Department, sitting in his parked car alongside a rural roadnear Arlington National Cemetery, werearrestedby officers of the Arlington County vice squad; he vainly offered a$100bribe, but wascharged,apparently withsodomy(press reports avoided mentioning the specific crime, only that itwas a "grave moral offense"), andjailedovernight;triedbefore a jury, and found not guilty.Died, following a series ofheartattacks, in Wesley MemorialHospital,Wadena,WadenaCounty, Minn.,August21, 1953 (age72 years, 305days).Interment atNorthStar Cemetery, St. Cloud, Minn. | | Edward Laurence Doheny (1856-1935) — also known asEdward L. Doheny — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Fond du Lac,Fond du LacCounty, Wis.,August10, 1856.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1920;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1920.Indictedin 1924 on federalbribery and conspiracycharges;he had given $100,000 to Secretary of the InteriorAlbertB. Fall, and soon after received a valuable contract to developthe Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve in California. Though Fall wasconvicted of taking a bribe, Doheny was found not guilty.DiedSeptember8, 1935 (age79 years, 29days).Entombed in mausoleum atCalvaryCemetery, East Los Angeles, Calif. | | William Joseph Fallon (1886-1927) — also known asWilliam J. Fallon;"The GreatMouthpiece";"Broadway'sCicero" —of Mamaroneck,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1886.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1918;chargedin 1924 withbribing ajuror;triedand acquitted.Died, ofheartdisease, in theHotelOxford, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April29, 1927 (ageabout 40years).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | David C. Kerr — U.S. Vice Consul inBirmingham, as of 1917;arrestedin Washington, D.C. in May 1924, andchargedwithaccepting bribes while vice consul at Vancouver, toissuevisas to Chinese, so they couldenterthe U.S. illegally.Burial location unknown. | | Frederick Nicholas Zihlman (1879-1935) — also known asFrederick N. Zihlman — of Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.Born in Carnegie,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,October2, 1879.Republican.Glassblower;president,Maryland Federation of Labor, 1906-07; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1910-17;U.S.Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1917-31; defeated,1914, 1930;investigatedin 1924 by the U.S. House over anaccusationthat heaccepted a bribe of $5,000 from a "fixer"; the chargeswere not substantiated; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Maryland,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee); in December 1929, he,DanielR. Crissinger, and five others, officers of the F. H. SmithCompany, which had promoted and sold apparently worthless securities,wereindictedon federalchargesof using the mails to commitfraud;most of those indicted went to prison, but Zihlman and Crissingerwere never tried, and charges against them were dismissed in 1932.Methodist.Swissancestry. Member,Moose.Died in Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.,April22, 1935 (age55 years, 202days).Interment atSt.John the Evangelist Cemetery, Forest Glen, Md. | | Edwin Denby (1870-1929) — also known asNed Denby — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.,February18, 1870.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1903-04;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1905-11; defeated,1910; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1917;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1921-24; persuaded by Secretary of StateAlbertB. Fall to transfer control of the Navy's oil leases to theInterior Department; Fall then accepted largebribes to sellthe leases to his friends, in what became known as the Teapot Domescandal;in 1924, Denby wasforced toresign as Secretary of the Navy.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;PhiDelta Phi.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February8, 1929 (age58 years, 356days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Jonathan McMillan Davis (1871-1943) — also known asJonathan M. Davis — of Bronson,BourbonCounty, Kan.Born in Bronson,BourbonCounty, Kan.,April27, 1871.Democrat.Farmer;member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1905-13; member ofKansasstate senate, 1913-17;Governor ofKansas, 1923-25; defeated, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1936 (primary), 1938(Independent); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromKansas,1924(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization); candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1924;candidate forU.S.Senator from Kansas, 1930.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Eagles;Moose;Elks;Kiwanis.Arrestedthe day after his gubernatorial term expired;indictedtwice forbribery;triedand acquitted both times.DiedJune 27,1943 (age72 years, 61days).Interment atBronsonCemetery, Bronson, Kan. | | Claude E. Negley — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born inMarionCounty, Ind.Republican.Mayorof Indianapolis, Ind., 1927.Pleadedguilty in 1927 tobriberychargesandfined.Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | John L. Duvall (1874-1962) — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born inTazewellCounty, Ill.,November29, 1874.Republican.Mayorof Indianapolis, Ind., 1926-27; resigned 1927.Convictedin 1927 of violating the state corrupt practices act bytakingbribes fromKu KluxKlan leader D. C. Stephenson;sentencedto 30 days in jail,fined$1,000, andforced toresign as mayor.DiedFebruary25, 1962 (age87 years, 88days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Edward L. Jackson (1873-1954) — also known asEd Jackson — of New Castle,HenryCounty, Ind.; Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.; Orleans,OrangeCounty, Ind.Born inHowardCounty, Ind.,December27, 1873.Republican.Lawyer;HenryCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1903-05; circuit judge in Indiana,1909-14;secretaryof state of Indiana, 1917, 1921-25; defeated, 1914; served in theU.S. Army during World War I;Governor ofIndiana, 1925-29; delegate to Republican National Convention fromIndiana,1928.Christian.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;AmericanLegion.Chargedwithbribery;triedand found not guilty.DiedNovember18, 1954 (age80 years, 326days).Interment atGreenHill Cemetery, Orleans, Ind. | | Albert Bacon Fall (1861-1944) — also known asAlbert B. Fall — of Three Rivers,OteroCounty, N.M.Born in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,November26, 1861.Republican.Lawyer;farmer;member ofNew Mexicoterritorial House of Representatives, 1891-92;justice ofNew Mexico territorial supreme court, 1893;NewMexico territory attorney general, 1897; served in the U.S. Armyduring the Spanish-American War;U.S.Senator from New Mexico, 1912-21; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Mexico,1916;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1921-23.Convictedofbribery in 1929 for his role in the Teapot Dome oil leasescandal;served one year inprison.Died in El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.,November30, 1944 (age83 years, 4days).Interment atEvergreenAlameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex. | | Paris Montrose (c.1895-1961) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born about 1895. Republican.Lawyer;candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 22nd District, 1927, 1928.In 1929, he was one of several Brooklyn lawyers who weredisciplinedforambulancechasing activities andpaying insurance company adjustersfor favorable settlement of claims; his license to practice law wassuspendedfor two years.Died, ofcancer,in the MemorialCenterfor Cancer and Allied Diseases of the Sloan-Kettering CancerInstitute, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February14, 1961 (ageabout 66years).Burial location unknown. | | Archibald James Carey (1868-1931) — also known asArchibald J. Carey — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born inslavery,in Georgia,August25, 1868.Republican.School teacherand principal;president,Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Fla., 1895;minister;bishop;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention 3rd District,1920-22; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromIllinois,1924;member, Chicago Civil Service Commission, 1927-29;indictedin 1929 onchargesofaccepting bribes from job applicants; the case never cameto trial.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry.Died, fromheartdisease, in Billings MemorialHospital,Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March23, 1931 (age62 years, 210days).Interment atLincolnCemetery, Blue Island, Ill.  | John Bradford Pengelly (1880-1973) — also known asJ. Bradford Pengelly — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.; Leamington,Ontario.Born in Brantford,Ontario,May12, 1880.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen;Episcopalpriest; candidate forMichiganstate senate 13th District, 1922; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1926; Flint citycommissioner; in June, 1932, he waschargedwithaccepting bribes from real estate developers; he deniedthe allegations and pleaded not guilty; venue was changed from Flintto Grand Rapids;tried inOctober 1932, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict;retriedin January 1934 and found not guilty; meanwhile, in November 1932, hewasrecalledfrom office as City Commissioner.Episcopalian.Died in Coquitlam,BritishColumbia,October16, 1973 (age93 years, 157days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Elizabeth Ann (Bradford) Pengelly and John Henry Pengelly;married,September17, 1913, to Edith Maude Campbell; married to Agnes (Richardson)Mathews. | | | | Image source: Port Huron (Mich.) TimesHerald, Octover 25, 1932 |
| | Tracy W. Southworth — ofMonroeCounty, Mich.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Monroe County; elected 1930,1932;arrestedin June 1934, along with alobbyist,Al Tobin, based on an allegation ofbribery in connection withhelping a trucking company obtain a license; four marked bills werefound in his possession when he was arrested; he claimed the lobbyisthad merely made him a loan of $100.Burial location unknown. | | Michael Joseph Hogan (1871-1940) — also known asMichael J. Hogan — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Rockville Centre,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April22, 1871.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1921-23; defeated,1922 (7th District), 1932 (at-large);truckingbusiness;indictedin 1934 foraccepting money from applicants for New York Cityplumbing licenses;convictedon federal charges in 1935 ofaccepting bribes from illegalimmigrants and helping them filefalseaffidavits, andsentencedto a year and a day in federal prison;testifiedin 1936 that he had assisted in ajurytampering conspiracy.Died in Rockville Centre,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,May 7,1940 (age69 years, 15days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.  | Warren Thomas Thayer (1869-1956) — also known asWarren T. Thayer — of Chateaugay,FranklinCounty, N.Y.Born in Burke,FranklinCounty, N.Y.,July 12,1869.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Franklin County, 1916-20; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 34th District, 1921-34; resigned 1934; in March1934, ascandalerupted over letters he had written in 1927-28 to a power companywhich waspaying his expenses, including his acceptance ofmoney to paycampaignexpenses for village trustees in Chateaugay; following aninvestigation,a special session of the State Senate was called to consider hisexpulsion;heresigned,but the Senate later voted unanimously tofind himguilty of misconduct.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died, in Alice HydeHospital,Malone,FranklinCounty, N.Y.,March 9,1956 (age86 years, 241days).Interment atEastSide Cemetery, Chateaugay, N.Y. | | 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 federalchargesoftaking bribes while serving as a special master overseeinga patent case; 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 federalbankinglaws by accepting fees for granting loans;triedandconvictedon three counts;sentencedto serve one year injail;alsodisbarred.Pleadedguilty in 1939 tochargesthat hebribed federal judgeMartinT. Manton, and testified at the judge's bribery trial.Died in1967(ageabout86 years).Burial location unknown. | | Walter B. Sands (1870-1938) — of Chinook,BlaineCounty, Mont.Born in Maiden Rock,PierceCounty, Wis.,January28, 1870.Lawyer;chiefjustice of Montana state supreme court, 1935-38; died in office1938; during his campaign for Chief Justice, he pledged to acceptonly $6,000 of the $7,500 salary; in 1935, W. D. Tiptonsued to ousthim based on the contention that this promise constituted abribe, and violated the state'scorruptpractices act; ultimately it was ruled that he had acted in goodfaith.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Hit bya bus, was badly injured, suffered aheartattack, and died three days after the accident, in St. Peter'sHospital,Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,June 13,1938 (age68 years, 136days).Entombed atHillcrestLawn Memorial, Great Falls, Mont. | | Elmer B. O'Hara — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1932;WayneCounty Clerk, 1933-36;MichiganDemocratic state chair, 1935-36;triedandconvicted,along with State Sen.A.J. Wilkowski and others, onvotefraudchargesin 1936;sentencedto four to five years inprison;alsoconvictedonchargesofbribing the Macomb County Drain Commissioner.Burial location unknown.  | Edward S. Moran Jr. (b. 1901) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November19, 1901.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1927-38.Arrestedin June 1938 andchargedwith accepting $36,000 inbribes from two taxicab companies;released on bail; againarrestedin April 1939 andchargedwithstateincome tax evasion; again released;tried onthebriberychargesin June 1939 andconvicted;sentencedto two and a half to five years inprison;released pending appeal, which was unsuccessful;disbarred;startedprisonterm in January 1941; released on parole in September 1942.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:New York Red Book 1936 |
| | Nathan Spiro (born c.1867) — of Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born inPoland,about 1867.Republican.Merchant;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Danbury; defeated, 1930;elected 1932; member ofConnecticutstate senate, 1935.Pleadedguilty in June 1938 toaccepting a bribe while StateSenator, andfined$1,500.Burial location unknown. | | Joseph H. Lawlor (born c.1878) — of Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn., about 1878.Democrat. Member ofConnecticutstate senate 16th District, 1925-31; member ofConnecticutDemocratic State Central Committee, 1928-30.Chargedin 1938 withaccepting a bribe in 1935.Burial location unknown.  | Julius S. Berg (1895-1938) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 15,1895.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured in combat andlost aleg; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1923-30; member ofNewYork state senate 22nd District, 1931-38; died in office 1938.Jewish. Member,AmericanLegion;JewishWar Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Freemasons;Elks;Knightsof Pythias.Indictedonchargesofreceiving money for his aid inprocuringliquor licenses and arranging for concessions at the New YorkWorld's Fair; that same day, hekilledhimself bygunshot,in hislawoffice, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 20,1938 (age43 years, 5days).Interment atMt.Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y. | | | Martin Thomas Manton (1880-1946) — also known asMartin T. Manton — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Islip,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,August2, 1880.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1916-18;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1918-39; resigned1939.Catholic.Irishancestry.U.S. District AttorneyThomasE. Deweychargedin 1939 that Judge Manton had received more than $400,000 fromlitigants; Dewey sent six specific instances the U.S. House JudiciaryCommittee for consideration ofimpeachment.Following the judge'sresignation,he wasindictedonbriberycharges;triedandconvicted;sentencedto two years inprisonandfined$10,000; released in 1941.Died in Fayetteville,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,November17, 1946 (age66 years, 107days).Interment atImmaculate Conception Cemetery, Fayetteville, N.Y. | | Edwin Stark Thomas (1872-1952) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Woodstock,McHenryCounty, Ill.,November11, 1872.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Orange, 1899-1900; defeated,1900;secretary ofConnecticut Democratic Party, 1902-12; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Connecticut,1908(alternate),1912;executive secretary to Gov.SimeonBaldwin, 1911-13;U.S.District Judge for Connecticut, 1913-39; resigned 1939.During aninvestigationof his financial affairs and actions in certain cases by a federalgrand jury, prompted by connections to thebribery case ofanother federal judge,MartinT. Manton, heresigned,citing illness.Died in Columbia,TollandCounty, Conn.,January21, 1952 (age79 years, 71days).Interment atGroveCemetery, Eastford, Conn. | | John J. Condon (1898-1971) — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,November19, 1898.Republican. Auditor for the New York CentralRailroad;mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1940-41; defeated, 1935; in December 1940, hewasnamedas a conspirator in the indictment of Patrick Fitzgerald, who wascharged with seeking a $3,000bribe from pinball operators.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus.DiedJanuary27, 1971 (age72 years, 69days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y. | | Leon Chase Phillips (1890-1958) — also known asLeon C. Phillips;RedPhillips —of Okemah,OkfuskeeCounty, Okla.Born inWorthCounty, Mo.,December9, 1890.Democrat. Member ofOklahomastate house of representatives; elected 1932, 1934, 1936;Speaker ofthe Oklahoma State House of Representatives, 1935;Governor ofOklahoma, 1939-43; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Oklahoma,1940.Chargedwithaccepting a bribe while governor;triedtwice and ultimately acquitted.Died, of aheartattack, while waiting for a client at thepostoffice in Okmulgee,OkmulgeeCounty, Okla.,March27, 1958 (age67 years, 108days).Interment atHillcrestCemetery, Weleetka, Okla. | | George T. Ashe (1905-1975) — of Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,February6, 1905.Democrat. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Fifteenth Middlesex District,1935-40;mayor ofLowell, Mass., 1940-42; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1940.Catholic.Indictedonbribery charges in March, 1942, in connection with sales ofequipment and supplies to the city through a dummy company;triedandconvictedin October, andsentencedto one year in jail; in December, hepleadedguilty to a separate charge of accepting a $1,000bribefrom a construction contractor, dropped his appeal of the otherconviction, and immediately went to jail.Died in Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass., May,1975(age70years, 0 days).Interment atSt.Patrick's Cemetery, Lowell, Mass. | | Stanley J. Dombrowski (1901-1977) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 7,1901.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1935-44; defeated in primary, 1950; in 1943, he repudiated grand jurytestimony about beingbribed,pleadedguilty toperjury,and wassentencedtoprison;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison.Died in1977(ageabout76 years).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Coles Diggs Sr. (1894-1967) — also known asCharles C. Diggs, Sr. — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Tallula,IssaquenaCounty, Miss.,January2, 1894.Mortician;member ofMichiganstate senate 3rd District, 1937-44; defeated in Democraticprimary, 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1940;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedin a differentbribery case in 1945;triedandconvicted;chargedagain on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withaccepting bribes to vote against a banking bill, but theentire case collapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1948 (Republicanprimary), 1952 (Democratic primary).Africanancestry. Member,Elks.Died in1967(ageabout73 years).Interment atDetroitMemorial Park East, Warren, Mich. | | Adam William Sumeracki (b. 1911) — also known asAdam Sumeracki — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Braddock,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,February6, 1911.Democrat.Realestate andinsurancebusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1939-44, 1955-64 (Wayne County1st District 1939-44, Wayne County 9th District 1955-64); removed1944; defeated, 1964 (7th District), 1974 (71st District); candidateforU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1942; candidate in primary formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1943;Chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;alsochargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Catholic.Burial location unknown. | | Earl C. Gallagher (b. 1899) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inOntonagonCounty, Mich.,October15, 1899.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked forcarmakersFord Motor Company and Chrysler Corporation; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1937-44; removed 1944; defeated, 1954 (Wayne County 10th District);chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Member,Elks;AmericanLegion.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1936 to MaryThibault. |
| | Joseph J. Kowalski (b. 1914) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March19, 1914.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1939-44; nominated, but withdrew 1944; removed 1944;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;alsochargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Polishancestry. Member,PolishNational Alliance;Maccabees.Burial location unknown. | | Martin Anthony Kronk (1900-1976) — also known asMartin A. Kronk — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,July 1,1900.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1937-44; removed 1944; defeated, 1950 (Wayne County 1st District),1958 (Wayne County 12th District);chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;candidate forMichiganstate senate 5th District, 1954.Died in1976(ageabout75 years).Burial location unknown. | | Ernest George Nagel (1893-1955) — also known asErnest G. Nagel;"ErnieHooker" —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Zurich,Switzerland,March3, 1893.Democrat.Boxer;served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I;automotiveengineer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1933-40; defeated in primary, 1952; member ofMichiganstate senate 1st District, 1941-42; defeated in primary, 1942,1944;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;alsochargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Member,Freemasons;AmericanLegion.DiedJuly 26,1955 (age62 years, 145days).Interment atClintonGrove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich. | | Leo Joseph Wilkowski (1902-1955) — also known asLeo J. Wilkowski — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April 5,1902.Democrat.Hardwarebusiness; member ofMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 1939-44; nominated, but withdrew 1944;Chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedon December 16, 1944 (along with other legislators) withacceptingbribes from naturopathic physicians;triedandconvicted;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the last set ofcharges were dismissed when he agreed to testify.Polishancestry. Member,PolishNational Alliance.Died ofhearttrouble,March23, 1955 (age52 years, 352days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Joseph C. Roosevelt (1900-1987) — also known asJoe Roosevelt — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October8, 1900.Democrat.Realestate andinsurancebusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1933-36; member ofMichiganstate senate 21st District, 1937-38; defeated in primary, 1938,1940, 1942;implicatedin the Michigan legislativebriberyscandalin 1944 as a go-betweenproviding bribes to legislators;grantedimmunityfrom prosecution, and testified against others.Died in1987(ageabout86 years).Burial location unknown. | | Francis J. Nowak (1915-1976) — also known asFrank Nowak — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November14, 1915.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1939-44; nominated, but withdrew 1944; removed 1944;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedon December 6, 1944 (along with four other legislators) withaccepting bribes from naturopathic physicians;tried in1945, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict;retriedandconvicted;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the last set ofcharges were dismissed when he agreed to testify.Died in1976(ageabout60 years).Burial location unknown. | | Edward John Walsh (1904-1975) — also known asEdward J. Walsh — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October22, 1904.Democrat.Automobileworker; constable; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1933-44; removed 1944;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedon December 6, 1944 (along with four other legislators) withaccepting bribes from naturopathic physicians;tried in1945, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict;retriedandconvicted;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Died in1975(ageabout70 years).Burial location unknown. | | William M. Bradley (b. 1892) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 22,1892.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate senate 5th District, 1937-40; defeated in primary, 1934,1940, 1942, 1952;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William A. Bradley and Mary (Riley) Bradley; married1912 toEdwardine Lenahan. |
| | Henry F. Shea (1885-1967) — of Laurium,HoughtonCounty, Mich.Born in Osceola Mine,HoughtonCounty, Mich.,April15, 1885.Democrat.Miner;railroadtrainman;plumber;steamfitter;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Houghton County 1st District,1918; member ofMichiganstate senate 32nd District, 1937-40; defeated, 1940;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) with acceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;grantedimmunityfrom prosecution in return for his testimony in another briberycase, 1945.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Eagles.Died in1967(ageabout82 years).Burial location unknown. | | Frank Murphy (1897-1944) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Rensselaer,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,May 15,1897.Democrat.Accountant;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1941-42; defeated, 1942; candidate in primary formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1943;chargedwithbribery in 1944;pleadedguilty.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;GammaEta Gamma.Died, from aheartailment,December25, 1944 (age47 years, 224days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Constance Kirchner. |
| | Chester Milton Howell (1883-1965) — also known asChester M. Howell;"ChiselingChet" —of Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.Born in Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.,September10, 1883.Republican.Newspaperreporter;newspapereditor; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,1923-26; member ofMichiganstate senate 22nd District, 1927-32, 1939-45; defeated, 1932,1936; resigned 1945;chargedon December 6, 1944 with accepting bribes from naturopathicphysicians, andpleadedguilty; testified against other legislators inbriberycases.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Rotary;Kiwanis;Elks;Moose.Died in Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,May 8,1965 (age81 years, 240days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich. | | Michael J. Clancy (b. 1913) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in County Clare,Ireland,September9, 1913.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1937-40; defeated in primary, 1942;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes, but not tried andconvicted with the others.Catholic.Irishancestry.Burial location unknown. | | D. Stephen Benzie (b. 1893) — of Norway,DickinsonCounty, Mich.Born in Norway,DickinsonCounty, Mich.,March10, 1893.Democrat.Roadcontractor;lumberbusiness; member ofMichiganstate senate 31st District, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1940;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison.Member,Elks.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1913 toLillian Wilson. |
| | William Gibbs Buckley (b. 1907) — also known asWilliam G. Buckley — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August19, 1907.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1933-34, 1937-44; defeated in primary, 1944; removed 1944;Chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedon December 6, 1944 (along with four other legislators) withaccepting bribes from naturopathic physicians;tried in1945, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict;retriedandconvicted;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the last set ofcharges were dismissed when he agreed to testify.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1933 toKathryn O'Dowd. |
| | Charles Fitch Hemans (1896-1971) — also known asCharles F. Hemans;"Baron of theBathroom";"Knight of theDoublecross" —of Eaton Rapids,EatonCounty, Mich.; Howell,LivingstonCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,April12, 1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1924;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1926, 1928; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1934-41; defeated, 1931, 1941;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1934; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1935; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1936.Implicatedin the Michigan legislativebriberyscandalin 1944; grantedimmunityfrom prosecution and testified that he hadbribed manylegislators in his hotel bathroom; later, another bribery caseagainst legislators fell apart when he refused to testify andfled toWashington;arrestedby FBI agents andarraignedon a federalfugitivewitness charge;triedandconvicted,andsentencedto four years inprison;pleadedguilty tobribery in 1950 andsentencedto five yearsprobationand a $1,000fine.DiedJanuary29, 1971 (age74 years, 292days).Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Mason, Mich. | | William C. Birk (1885-1950) — of Baraga,BaragaCounty, Mich.Born in Calumet,HoughtonCounty, Mich.,November6, 1885.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ontonagon District, 1927-34;defeated, 1934, 1936; member ofMichiganstate senate 32nd District, 1941-42; defeated, 1938, 1942, 1944;chargedon December 16, 1944, along with other legislators, withacceptingbribes;tried in1945 andconvicted;sentencedto three to five years inprison.Germanancestry.Died in1950(ageabout64 years).Burial location unknown. | | Carl F. DeLano (1890-1952) — of Cooper Township,KalamazooCounty, Mich.Born in Cooper Township,KalamazooCounty, Mich.,September25, 1890.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 2ndDistrict, 1931-38; defeated in primary, 1928; member ofMichiganstate senate 6th District, 1939-45; resigned 1945;chargedon December 6, 1944, along with four other legislators, withaccepting bribes from naturopathic phyisicians;tried in1945 andconvicted;sentencedto three to five years inprison;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Died in1952(ageabout61 years).Interment atCooperTownship Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Mich.| | Relatives:Married1923 to IreneLane. |
| | Miles M. Callaghan (1868-1944) — of Reed City,OsceolaCounty, Mich.Born in Portland,IoniaCounty, Mich.,October7, 1868.Republican.Hardwaredealer;fruitfarmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Osceola District, 1929-36,1943-44; resigned 1944; member ofMichiganstate senate 28th District, 1937-40; defeated in primary, 1940;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes;pleadedguilty and testified against others.Suffered astroke,and died, in Reed City,OsceolaCounty, Mich.,August22, 1944 (age75 years, 320days).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Lawrence Kaminski (1902-1951) — also known asJoseph L. Kaminski — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November2, 1902.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1935-40; defeated in primary, 1940;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison.Died, from aheartattack, in the Cadillac Towerofficebuilding, Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich., November,1951(ageabout48 years).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | William Green (1880-1956) — of Hillman,MontmorencyCounty, Mich.Born inMontmorencyCounty, Mich.,March26, 1880.Republican.Lumberman;farmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Presque Isle District,1929-36, 1939-44; defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1940;indictedforbribery on December 2, 1944 (along withFrankD. McKay); the case collapsed when the star witness, Sen.WarrenG. Hooper was murdered;indictedagain on differentbriberychargeson December 16, 1944;tried in1945 andconvicted;sentencedto three to five years inprison.Died in1956(ageabout76 years).Burial location unknown. | | Jerry Thomson Logie (1887-1966) — also known asJerry T. Logie — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,1887.Republican.Pharmacist;member ofMichiganstate senate 24th District, 1939-44;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedin a differentbribery case in 1945;triedandconvicted.Died in1966(ageabout79 years).Burial location unknown. | | Walter N. Stockfish (1908-1973) — of Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio,July 16,1908.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,1935-44; removed 1944;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Died in1973(ageabout64 years).Burial location unknown. | | Isadore A. Weza (b. 1906) — of Ontonagon,OntonagonCounty, Mich.Born near Ontonagon,OntonagonCounty, Mich.,March22, 1906.Democrat.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ontonagon District, 1937-40;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withaccepting bribes, but not tried andconvicted with the others.Burial location unknown.  | Frank D. McKay (1883-1965) — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.Born in Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,November4, 1883.Republican.Financier;political boss who dominated Republican politics in Michigan foryears; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1920,1928,1932(alternate),1936,1940,1944;Michiganstate treasurer, 1925-30;investigatedby a grand jury in 1931 over hishandlingof state funds while Treasurer; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Michigan, 1940-44; subject of threefederal grand juryinvestigationsin 1940 over allegedfraud,extortionandkickbacks;indictedin 1944 forbribery of state legislators; hired aPurpleGang figure tomurderthe star witness, State Sen.WarrenG. Hooper, and the case collapsed;chargedin 1945, along withWilliamMcKeighan, with conspiracy toviolatestate liquor laws;tried in1946; the judge directed a verdict of not guilty.Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,January12, 1965 (age81 years, 69days).Entombed atGreenwoodCemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich. | | Warren Green Hooper (1904-1945) — also known asWarren G. Hooper — of Albion,CalhounCounty, Mich.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 2,1904.Republican.Newspaperreporter; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District,1939-44; member ofMichiganstate senate 9th District, 1945; died in office 1945.Episcopalian.Member,ThetaKappa Nu;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.During a grand juryinvestigation,admittedtotaking bribes and was givenimmunityfrom prosecution in return for his testimony against others;however, four days before the hearing, he wasshot andkilledin hiscar, alongside highway M-99, near Springport,JacksonCounty, Mich.,January11, 1945 (age40 years, 254days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Albion, Mich.  | Charles S. Blondy (1905-1982) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January29, 1905.Democrat. Constable;real estatebusiness; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1941-64 (5th District 1941-54, 4th District1955-64); defeated in primary, 1934, 1938;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1964.Jewish. Member,B'naiB'rith.Died in Southfield,OaklandCounty, Mich.,January28, 1982 (age76 years, 364days).Interment atHebrew Memorial Park, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Goldie (Grodsky) Blondy and Hyman Blondy; married to FrancesGoldberg. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Michigan Manual1957-58 |
| | James Benjamin Stanley (1903-1977) — also known asJames B. Stanley — of Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.Born in Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.,December29, 1903.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 1stDistrict, 1937-46; defeated in primary, 1934;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Congregationalist.Member,Elks;Moose;Eagles.Died in1977(ageabout73 years).Burial location unknown. | | Byron L. Ballard (b. 1890) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.,February21, 1890.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofCharlesH. Hayden, 1917-30, and ofEdmundC. Shields, 1931;chair ofIngham County Democratic Party, 1920-24; candidate forMichiganstate senate 14th District, 1926;treasurer ofMichigan Democratic Party, 1937;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Rotary;Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Elks;SigmaPhi Epsilon.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Walter Elgin Ballard and Jennie (Peden) Ballard; married,February16, 1916, to M. Lucille Juzek. |
| | Raymond J. Snow (1913-1999) — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,September29, 1913.Democrat.Beerdistributor;potato chipmanufacturer; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Genesee County 1st District,1941-46; defeated, 1938;Chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other current and former statelegislators) withbribery conspiracy;pleadedguilty and testified for prosecution, but the charges against theothers were eventually dismissed.Catholic.Member,HolyName Society;Moose;Eagles.Died, in McLaren RegionalMedicalCenter, Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,August25, 1999 (age85 years, 330days).Interment atNewCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Flint, Mich. | | George Oscar Harma (1905-1977) — also known asGeorge O. Harma — of Atlantic Mine,HoughtonCounty, Mich.Born in Baltic Mine,HoughtonCounty, Mich.,November5, 1905.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Houghton County 2nd District,1935-44; candidate forMichiganstate senate 32nd District, 1944;implicatedasco-conspiratorin a legislative branch bankingbribery case in 1946; givenimmunityfrom prosecution in return for his testimony.Finnishancestry. Member,PiDelta Epsilon.Died in1977(ageabout71 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Carl Oscar Harma and Mary Susanna (Fjader) Harma. |
| | Gilbert H. Isbister (1900-1958) — of Port Huron,St. ClairCounty, Mich.Born in Port Huron,St. ClairCounty, Mich.,July 9,1900.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;St.Clair County Register of Deeds, 1925-34; candidate forMichiganstate treasurer, 1934; member ofMichiganstate senate 11th District, 1939-42; defeated in primary, 1942;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1940;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Died in1958(ageabout57 years).Burial location unknown. | | Earl W. McEwen Sr. — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Genesee County 2nd District;elected 1940; candidate forMichiganstate senate 13th District, 1944;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Robert B. McLaughlin (1903-1965) — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in1903.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate senate 13th District, 1941-44; defeated in primary, 1938;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1944;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Died in1965(ageabout62 years).Burial location unknown. | | James A. Burns (1899-1963) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January8, 1899.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;hotelier;purchasingagent; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1923-24; defeated in Republican primary, 1926, 1928, 1930; member ofMichiganstate senate 4th District, 1937-38, 1941-42; defeated, 1924(Republican primary, 2nd District), 1938 (Democratic primary, 4thDistrict), 1942 (Democratic, 4th District), 1944 (Democratic primary,4th District);chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1948.Died in1963(ageabout64 years).Burial location unknown. | | William C. Stenson (b. 1900) — of Greenland,OntonagonCounty, Mich.Born in Wakefield,GogebicCounty, Mich.,July 1,1900.Republican.Automobiledealer;constructionsuperintendent;salvagematerials dealer; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ontonagon District; defeated,1938; elected 1940, 1942;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Burial location unknown. | | Andrew Jackson May (1875-1959) — also known asAndrew J. May — of Prestonsburg,FloydCounty, Ky.Born near Langley,FloydCounty, Ky.,June 24,1875.Democrat.Lawyer;FloydCounty Attorney, 1901-09;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1931-47 (10th District 1931-33,at-large 1933-35, 7th District 1935-47); defeated, 1928 (10thDistrict), 1946 (7th District).Baptist.Member,Freemasons.In 1943, he was briefed about the flaws in the Japaneseanti-submarine munitions; herevealedthis information to the press, and hence to the Japanese, whoquickly improved their depth charges. After the war, thisindiscretionwas estimated to have cost the U.S. ten submarines and 800 men.Convicted,on July 3, 1947, onchargesofaccepting bribes for hisinfluencein the award of munitions contracts during World War II; served ninemonths inprison;received a fullpardonfrom PresidentHarryS. Truman in 1952.Died in Prestonsburg,FloydCounty, Ky.,September6, 1959 (age84 years, 74days).Interment atMayoCemetery, Prestonsburg, Ky. | | Elliott Roosevelt (1910-1990) — of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.; Buford,Rio BlancoCounty, Colo.; Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.; Miami Beach, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.; Palm Springs,RiversideCounty, Calif.; Scottsdale,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September23, 1910.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1940;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;investigatedand called to testify by a U.S. Senate subcommittee in 1947 overlavish entertainment in Hollywood and Manhattan, manypaidescorts, andpaid hotel bills provided to Roosevelt andothers, in a successful effort to persuade them to recommend Hughesreconnaissance aircraft for purchase by the U.S.military;owned aradiostation in Texas; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromColorado,1960;mayorof Miami Beach, Fla., 1965-69; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Florida, 1968; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Florida,1968.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in Scottsdale,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,October27, 1990 (age80 years, 34days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: SonofFranklinDelano Roosevelt andEleanorRoosevelt; brother ofJamesRoosevelt andFranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr.; married,January16, 1932, to Elizabeth Browning Donner; married,July 22,1933, to Ruth Josephine Googins; married,December3, 1944, to Faye Margaret Emerson; married,March15, 1951, to Minnewa (Bell) Gray Burnside Ross; married,November3, 1960, to Patricia (Peabody) Whithead; grandnephew ofTheodoreRoosevelt andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; second great-grandnephew ofJamesI. Roosevelt; third great-grandson ofEdwardHutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew ofWilliamBellinger Bulloch; fourth great-grandson ofArchibaldBulloch; fourth great-grandnephew ofJabezHuntington; first cousin ofHelenRoosevelt Robinson; first cousin once removed ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,AliceRoosevelt Longworth,WarrenDelano Robbins,CorinneAlsop Cole,TheodoreRoosevelt Jr. andWilliamSheffield Cowles; first cousin thrice removed ofElizabethMonroe; first cousin five times removed ofJedediahHuntington andEbenezerHuntington; first cousin seven times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop; second cousin once removed ofSusanRoosevelt Weld; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelLaurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr.,PhilipDePeyster andJabezWilliams Huntington; third cousin ofFrancisHolden Aspinwall. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Anthony Dreier — of Nanticoke,LuzerneCounty, Pa.Mayorof Nanticoke, Pa., 1953;convictedin 1953 on charges ofsoliciting and accepting a bribe for apolice appointment.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Thomas W. Flatley (born c.1888) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born about 1888. Democrat.Mayor ofErie, Pa., 1952-54; resigned 1954;arrestedin October 1954 andchargedwith taking part in agamblingracket;admittedtoreceiving payments andpleadedguilty;sentencedto one to two years injail,andfined$1,000.Burial location unknown. | | John August Britting (1898-1968) — also known asJohn A. Britting — of East Farmingdale,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New Jersey,April 3,1898.Republican. Deputy treasurer of Suffolk County, 1942-54; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Suffolk County 3rd District, 1955-56; calledto testify in 1956 during aninvestigationof his handling of tax-foreclosed properties as deputy countytreasurer (known as the "land grab"scandal),he took the Fifth Amendment right againstself-incriminationto refuse to answer questions;indictedonbribery and conspiracychargesfor channeling properties to favored speculators and receiving partof the profits;tried in1958 andconvicted;sentencedto five to ten years inprisonandfined$27,000; released pending appeal; alsoconvictedin a related case in 1959; in 1960, his prison sentence was reducedto one to two years.Germanancestry.Died in October,1968(age70years, 0 days).Interment atSacredHeart Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y. | | William W. Voisine (1897-1959) — also known asWilfred William Voisine — of Ecorse,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Michigan,November20, 1897.Steelexecutive;villagepresident of Ecorse, Michigan, 1936-37; members of a steelworkerterrorist group, the Black Legion, repeatedlyattemptedto kill him in 1936; Jesse Pettijohn and Lawrence Madden werelater convicted of conspiracy to commit murder;mayor ofEcorse, Mich., 1948-49, 1954-57.FrenchCanadian ancestry.Convictedin April, 1950, offalselytestifying to a Congressional committee in 1948 that he hadreceived only the regular price for steel;sentencedto two years in federalprison.In October, 1956, awarrantwas issued for hisarrest,along with several members of the city council, for knowinglypermittingillegal gambling in Ecorse, in return forbribes andgratuities; Gov.G.Mennen Williams initiatedremovalproceedings against the officials.Died in1959(ageabout61 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Abel Voisine and Eugenia Jennie (Blais) Voisine; married,August1, 1918, to Helen Pearl O'Brien. |
| | Cadman H. Frederick (b. 1880) — of Babylon,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born, in the British West Indies,May 22,1880.Republican.Real estatedeveloper; one of the founders of the SuffolkTitleand Guarantee Company, 1925;banker;mayorof Babylon, N.Y., 1937-38.Resignedin 1956 as president and director of the Suffolk County FederalSavings and Loan Association, in the midst of aninvestigationof the sale of tax-foreclosed properties by Suffolk County. He andothersshared profits on the sale of these properties withDeputy County TreasurerJohnA. Britting.Burial location unknown. | | Terry Doyle Schrunk (b. 1913) — also known asTerry D. Schrunk — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Stayton,MarionCounty, Ore.,March10, 1913.Democrat.Firefighter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;MultnomahCounty Sheriff, 1949-56; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Oregon,1952;mayorof Portland, Ore., 1957-72;indictedin March, 1957 onbribery andperjurycharges;triedand found not guilty; anotherindictment,forconspiracyto obtain wiretaps and other related charges, was dismissed inSeptember, 1957.Presbyterian.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;PurpleHeart;Elks;Eagles;Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James Schrunk and Pearl Margaret (Doyle) Schrunk; married,May 17,1936, to Virginia Dorothy Price. |
| | Llewelyn Sherman Adams (1899-1986) — also known asSherman Adams;"The Abominable NoMan";"The Great Stone Face" —of Lincoln,GraftonCounty, N.H.Born in East Dover, Dover,WindhamCounty, Vt.,January8, 1899.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;lumberman;member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1941-44;Speaker ofthe New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1943-44;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire,1944,1952;speaker,1952,1956;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1945-47;delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lincoln,1948;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1949-53; defeated, 1946; assistant to PresidentDwightD. Eisenhower, 1953-58;forced toresign in 1958 following disclosure that he hadacceptedgifts, including avicunacoat, from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment fromfederal agencies.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;Shriners;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Grange;Elks;Societyof Colonial Wars;Foresters.Died in Hanover,GraftonCounty, N.H.,October27, 1986 (age87 years, 292days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Lincoln, N.H. | | Philip Jacob Schupler (1909-1958) — also known asPhilip J. Schupler — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born inAustria,February28, 1909.Democrat.School teacherand principal; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1945-53; resigned1953; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1948;member, New York City Council, 1954-57;indictedin February 1958 for allegedly accepting a $6,500bribe to geta grocer's son into medical school.Jewish. Member,AmericanJewish Congress.Killedhimself, by anoverdoseofbarbiturates,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 2,1958 (age49 years, 63days).Burial location unknown. | | Hulan Edwin Jack (1906-1986) — also known asHulan E. Jack — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inSt.Lucia,December29, 1906.Democrat.Paper boxmanufacturer; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1941-53, 1968-72 (New York County 17th District1941-44, New York County 14th District 1945-53, 70th District1968-72); defeated in primary, 1972;boroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1954-61; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1956;indictedin 1960 onchargesof conspiracy toobstructjustice and violation of the City Charter, overacceptance of$4,400 from a real estate developer; the indictment wasdismissed, but then reinstated on appeal; atrial,in June and July 1960, resulted in a hung jury; at a secondtrialwasconvicted;hissentencewas suspended, but he was automaticallyremoved fromoffice as Borough President;indictedin 1970 on federalchargesof conspiracy andconflictof interest;tried,convicted,andsentencedto three months inprison,andfined$5,000.Catholic.Africanancestry. Member,PhiBeta Sigma;Elks.Died, in St. Luke'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December19, 1986 (age79 years, 355days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Almira Wilkinson. |
| | James J. Dworak (b. 1935) — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.BornJanuary4, 1935.Democrat.Undertaker;mayorof Omaha, Neb., 1961-65; defeated, 1965;indictedon December 16, 1964, onchargesof seeking thousands of dollars inbribes in connection with arezoning request;tried in1966 and acquitted.Still living as of 1997. | | Hyman E. Mintz (c.1909-1966) — also known asBucky Mintz — of South Fallsburg,SullivanCounty, N.Y.Born about 1909. Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Sullivan County, 1951-65.Jewish. Member,B'naiB'rith.Indictedin 1965 onbriberycharges;convictedin February 1966, andsentencedto a year inprison.Died, following aheartattack, while serving aprisonsentence, in BellevueHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March25, 1966 (ageabout 57years).Burial location unknown.  | Carmine G. DeSapio (1908-2004) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December10, 1908.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1944,1948,1952,1956;leader of Tammany Hall, 1949-61;leader of NewYork County Democratic Party, 1955;secretaryof state of New York, 1955-58; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New York, 1957;convictedin 1969 on Federalbribery conspiracycharges;served two years inprison.Italianancestry. Member,TammanyHall.Died, in St. Vincent'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 27,2004 (age95 years, 230days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | Daniel Baugh Brewster (1923-2007) — also known asDaniel B. Brewster — of Glyndon,BaltimoreCounty, Md.Born inBaltimoreCounty, Md.,November23, 1923.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; memberofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1951-58;U.S.Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1959-63;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1963-69; defeated, 1968; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1964;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,1964;speaker,1968.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation.Indictedin 1969 onchargesofaccepting an illegal gratuity; aftertrial,conviction,and reversal,pleaded nocontest, 1975.Died, oflivercancer, in Owings Mills,BaltimoreCounty, Md.,August19, 2007 (age83 years, 269days).Interment atSt.Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Md. | | Helen R. Cobb (c.1922-1999) — of San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan., about 1922.Candidate in primary formayorof San Diego, Calif., 1963.Female.Member,League of WomenVoters.Indictedin 1970 onbribery conspiracychargesin connection with the "Yellow CabScandal";acquitted.Died, from complications ofemphysemaanddiabetes,at ChaseMedicalCenter, El Cajon,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,March 8,1999 (ageabout 77years).Burial location unknown. | | Hugh Joseph Addonizio (1914-1981) — also known asHugh J. Addonizio — of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,January31, 1914.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;vice-president, A & CTailoringCo.;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1949-62;mayor ofNewark, N.J., 1962-70; defeated, 1970; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New Jersey,1964.Catholic.Italianancestry. Member,HolyName Society;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;UrbanLeague;NAACP;Elks;Lions;Kiwanis;Rotary.Indictedin federal court, December, 1969, along with Municipal JudgeAnthonyGiuliano, other city officials, and reputedorganizedcrime leader, Anthony 'Tony Boy' Boiardo, onextortionandincometax evasionchargesover a scheme to sharekickbacksfrom a sewer contracting company; pleaded not guilty;tried;during the trial a witness identified him as recipient of thousandsof dollars inbribes;convictedin July, 1970;sentencedto ten years inprisonandfined$25,000; released in 1979.Died in Red Bank,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,February2, 1981 (age67 years, 2days).Interment atGateof Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, N.J. | | Frank Earl Curran (born c.1913) — also known asFrank E. Curran — of San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born about 1913.Mayorof San Diego, Calif., 1963-71; defeated, 1971;indictedin 1970 onbribery and conspiracychargesin connection with the "Yellow CabScandal".Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Lawrence Alioto (1916-1998) — also known asJoseph L. Alioto — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,February12, 1916.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1968-76; candidate for Democraticnomination for Vice President,1968;candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1974.Catholic.Italianancestry.Indictedin 1971 on federalchargesofbribery, conspiracy, and mail fraud; acquitted in 1972.Died, ofprostatecancer andpneumonia,inSanFrancisco, Calif.,January29, 1998 (age81 years, 351days).Interment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.; cenotaph atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | Kenneth O. Tompkins (born c.1907) — of Johnstown,CambriaCounty, Pa.Born about 1907. Republican.Mayorof Johnstown, Pa., 1964-71; resigned 1971;indictedin January 1971 onbribery-conspiracychargesoveracceptance of money from Teleprompter Corporation for acable television franchise;pleadedguilty and testified against others.Burial location unknown. | | Otto Kerner Jr. (1908-1976) — of Glenview,CookCounty, Ill.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August15, 1908.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1947-54; countyjudge in Illinois, 1954-60; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,1960,1964;Governorof Illinois, 1961-68;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1968-74; resigned1974.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Freemasons;Shriners;Moose;OddFellows;RoyalArcanum;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;AlphaDelta Phi;PhiDelta Phi.While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain ofover $300,000 in a stock deal which prosecutors later characterizedasbribery.Convictedin 1973 on 17 counts ofbribery, conspiracy,perjury,and related charges;sentencedto three years in federalprisonandfined$50,000.Died ofcancer,May9, 1976 (age67 years, 268days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | Spiro Theodore Agnew (1918-1996) — also known asSpiro T. Agnew;Spiro TheodoreAnagnostopoulos;"Spiro T. Eggplant";"Nixon's Nixon";"The WhiteKnight" —of Towson,BaltimoreCounty, Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,November9, 1918.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served inthe U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;lawyer;BaltimoreCounty Executive, 1962-66; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Maryland,1964;Governorof Maryland, 1967-69;VicePresident of the United States, 1969-73.Episcopalian.Greekancestry. Member,Kiwanis;AmericanLegion;Order ofAhepa;PhiAlpha Delta;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Waschargedwith acceptingbribes and falsifying federalincometax returns;pleaded nocontest totaxevasion andresignedas Vice-President, October 10, 1973;disbarredby a Maryland court in 1974.Died, ofleukemia,in Atlantic GeneralHospital,Berlin,WorcesterCounty, Md.,September17, 1996 (age77 years, 313days).Interment atDulaneyValley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Md. | | Frank James Brasco (1932-1998) — also known asFrank J. Brasco — of New York. Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October15, 1932.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 11th District, 1967-75.Catholic.Indictedin 1973, along with his uncle Joseph Brasco, on federalbriberyconspiracycharges,overpayoffs received from a Bronx trucking company which wasseeking mail hauling contracts from the Post Office; the firsttrialled to a hung jury;retriedandconvicted;sentencedto five years inprison,with all but three months suspended,fined$10,000, anddisbarred.DiedOctober19, 1998 (age66 years, 4days).Burial location unknown. | | Harry Lloyd Sears Jr. (1920-2002) — also known asHarry L. Sears — of Mountain Lakes,MorrisCounty, N.J.; Mt. Arlington,MorrisCounty, N.J.Born in Butler,MorrisCounty, N.J.,January16, 1920.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Morris County, 1962-67;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1964(alternate),1968(alternate),1972;member ofNewJersey state senate District 10, 1968-71; resigned 1971;candidate forGovernor ofNew Jersey, 1969.In 1972, he delivered a briefcase with $200,000 in cash from hisclient Robert Vesco to PresidentRichardM. Nixon's re-election campaign;indictedin 1973 onbribery conspiracycharges;granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimonyagainst co-defendantsJohnN. Mitchell andMauriceH. Stans, who were both acquitted. His license to practice lawwassuspendedfor three years.Died in Denville,MorrisCounty, N.J.,May 17,2002 (age82 years, 121days).Burial location unknown. | | Phil Regan (1906-1996) — also known asPhilip Joseph Christopher Aloysius Regan;"The Singing Cop" —of Summerland,SantaBarbara County, Calif.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 28,1906.Democrat.Detective;singer;performed, Democratic National Convention,1944,1948;arrestedin January 1973, andchargedwith attempting tobribe Santa Barbara County Supervisor FrankJ. Frost $1,000 for his support of a controversial rezoning; pleadednot guilty; tried andconvicted;sentenced toprison;released after one year.Irishancestry.Died in Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.,February11, 1996 (age89 years, 259days).Entombed in mausoleum atCalvary Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif. | | James M. Turner (1928-1981) — of Woodbury,GloucesterCounty, N.J.BornNovember8, 1928.Republican. Member ofNewJersey state house of assembly District 3-B; elected 1969;member ofNewJersey state senate District 3-A, 1972-73; removed 1973;defeated, 1973 (3rd District);convictedin 1973 of accepting a $10,000bribe to "fix" a stolenproperty case, and conspiring toframeAssemblymanKennethA. Gewertz, by plantingnarcoticsin his home and his car.DiedJuly 20,1981 (age52 years, 254days).Burial location unknown. | | Edward J. Barrett (1900-1977) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Wilmette,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March10, 1900.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;Illinoisstate treasurer, 1931-33;Illinoisstate auditor of public accounts, 1933-41; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1940(alternate),1948,1952(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1956,1960,1964;served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;secretaryof state of Illinois, 1945-53;CookCounty Clerk, 1955-73; in 1973, he wasconvictedofbribery, mail fraud, andincometax evasion;sentencedto three years inprisonandfined$15,000.Member,AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died, in V.A.HospitalLakeside, Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April 4,1977 (age77 years, 25days).Interment atHolySepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill. | | Bertram L. Podell (1925-2005) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1955-67 (Kings County 21st District 1955-65, 53rdDistrict 1966, 44th District 1967);U.S.Representative from New York 13th District, 1968-75;chargedin 1974 with conspiracy, thesolicitation andacceptance ofbribes, criminalconflictof interest, andperjury;on the tenth day of histrial,hepleadedguilty to conspiracy andconflictof interest;sentencedto six months inprison;the prosecutor wasRudolphW. Giuliani.Jewish.Died, ofkidneyfailure, at Lenox HillHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August17, 2005 (ageabout 80years).Burial location unknown. | | John Bowden Connally Jr. (1917-1993) — also known asJohn B. Connally — of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born near Floresville,WilsonCounty, Tex.,February27, 1917.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Texas,1956,1960,1964;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1961;Governor ofTexas, 1963-69;shotand wounded in Dallas, Tex., November 22, 1963, in the same volley ofgunfire that killed PresidentJohnF. Kennedy;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1971-72;indictedin July 1974 foraccepting thousands of dollars from a dairyindustry lobbyist;tried inApril 1975 and acquitted; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1980.Methodist.Died ofpulmonaryfibrosis, in MethodistHospital,Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,June 15,1993 (age76 years, 108days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; statue atSamHouston Park, Houston, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof John Bowden Connally, Sr. and Lela (Wright) Connally; married,December21, 1940, toIdanellBrill. | | | | Cross-reference:NellieConnally | | | | John B. ConnallyHighSchool (opened 1996),Austin,Texas, isnamed forhim. — John B. ConnallyMiddleSchool,SanAntonio, Texas, isnamed forhim. — The ConnallyLoop,a portion of Interstate 410, inSanAntonio, Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | John Burley Swainson (1925-1994) — also known asJohn B. Swainson — of Plymouth,WayneCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Manchester,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Windsor,Ontario,July31, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate senate 18th District, 1955-58;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1959-60;Governor ofMichigan, 1961-62; defeated, 1962; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Michigan, 1963;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1965-70;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1971-75; resigned 1975.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;DeltaTheta Phi;Amvets;PurpleHeart;Lions;Elks.Lostboth legs in a land mine explosion on November 15, 1944, nearMetz, Alsace-Lorraine, during World War II.Chargedin 1975 withaccepting a bribe; found not guilty, butconvictedofperjuryover his testimony to the grand jury.Died, of aheartattack, in Manchester,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,May 13,1994 (age68 years, 286days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Manchester, Mich. | | | Henry Helstoski (1925-1999) — of East Rutherford,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in Wallington,BergenCounty, N.J.,March21, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor ofEast Rutherford, N.J., 1957-64;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1965-77; defeated,1976, 1978, 1980; candidate forGovernor ofNew Jersey, 1969;newspaperpublisher.Indictedin 1976 onchargesofreceiving a bribe from South Americans seeking citizenship;the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the charges.DiedDecember16, 1999 (age74 years, 270days).Burial location unknown. | | Richard Thomas Hanna (1914-2001) — also known asRichard T. Hanna;"The LittleLeprechaun" —of Fullerton,OrangeCounty, Calif.; Anaheim,OrangeCounty, Calif.Born in Kemmerer,LincolnCounty, Wyo.,June 9,1914.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1956-62; while in the Assembly, he helped bringabout theestablishmentof the University of California at Irvine and California StateUniversity at Fullerton; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom California,1960,1964;U.S.Representative from California 34th District, 1963-74; resigned1974.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Lions;Elks.In the 1970s, hereceived payments of about $200,000 fromKorean businessman Tongsun Park in what became known as the"Koreagate"influencebuyingscandal;pleadedguilty;sentencedto 6-30 months infederalprison; served one year.Died in Tryon,PolkCounty, N.C.,June 9,2001 (age87 years, 0days).Cremated;ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean. | | Irving H. Saypol (1905-1977) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September3, 1905.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1949-51;prosecuted Ethel and Julius Rosenberg on espionage charges;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1952-68.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation;FederalBar Association;Knightsof Pythias.Indictedin May 1976, along with SurrogateS.Samuel DiFalco, onbribery andperjurycharges,in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain appraisal and auctioncommissions for Saypol'sson;the charges were later dismissed.Died, ofcancer,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 30,1977 (age71 years, 300days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Louis Saypol and Minnie (Michakin) Saypol; married,September29, 1925, to Adele D. Kaplan. |
| | Albert Howard Blumenthal (1928-1984) — also known asAlbert H. Blumenthal — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Larchmont,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Flatbush, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October13, 1928.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1963-76 (New York County 5th District 1963-65,73rd District 1966, 67th District 1967-72, 69th District 1973-76);candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1973 (Democratic primary), 1973(Liberal); in December, 1975, he wasindictedonperjurycharges over his testimony about a 1971 meeting where he was allegedto intercede on behalf of a nursing home operator; later,bribery charges were added; in April, 1976, all the chargeswere ruled to be without factual basis, and dismissed.Jewish. Member,American CivilLiberties Union;AmericanJewish Congress;American BarAssociation;Americansfor Democratic Action.Died, presumably fromcancer,in the Memorial Sloan-KetteringCancerCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 8,1984 (age55 years, 269days).Burial location unknown. | | Marvin Mandel (1920-2015) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,April19, 1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofMarylandDemocratic State Central Committee, 1951; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1952-69;Speaker ofthe Maryland State House of Delegates, 1963-69; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Maryland,1964,1976;MarylandDemocratic state chair, 1968-69;Governor ofMaryland, 1969-77, 1979.Jewish. Member,OmicronDelta Kappa;AmericanLegion;JewishWar Veterans;American BarAssociation.Chargedwith mail fraud, over hisacceptance of gifts from owners ofthe Marlboro Race Track, in return for his support for legislationbenefiting the track;triedandconvictedin 1977;sentencedtoprison;his conviction was later overturned.Died inSt. Mary'sCounty, Md.,August30, 2015 (age95 years, 133days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Herbert Wilson (1917-1984) — also known asCharles H. Wilson — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Magna,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,February15, 1917.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1955-63; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,1960,1964;U.S.Representative from California 31st District, 1963-81.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Kiwanis.Reprimandedby the House of Representatives in 1978 for accepting a$1,000wedding gift from a key figure in the Koreagatescandal;censuredby the House of Representatives in 1980 forfinancialmisconduct; no criminal charges were filed.Died, of aheartattack, at Southern MarylandHospital,Clinton,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,July 21,1984 (age67 years, 157days).Interment atInglewoodPark Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif. | | George Rogers (b. 1933) — of New Bedford,BristolCounty, Mass.Born in New Bedford,BristolCounty, Mass.,August22, 1933.Democrat. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1965-70, 1999-;mayorof New Bedford, Mass., 1970-71; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1972;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1975-78.Convictedofbribery in 1978 andsentencedto two years inprison.Still living as of 1999. | | Otto Ernest Passman (1900-1988) — also known asOtto E. Passman — of Monroe,OuachitaParish, La.Born near Franklinton,WashingtonParish, La.,June 27,1900.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;furniturebusiness;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1947-77; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Louisiana,1948,1956,1960.Baptist.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Chargedin 1978 withaccepting $200,000 from Korean businessmanTongsun Park, in what became known as the "Koreagate"influencebuyingscandal;alsochargedwithtaxevasion;triedand found not guilty.Died in Monroe,OuachitaParish, La.,August13, 1988 (age88 years, 47days).Interment atMulhearnMemorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, La. | | Samuel D. Wright (1925-1998) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Hilton Head Island,BeaufortCounty, S.C.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February13, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1966-73 (39th District 1966, 37th District1967-72, 54th District 1973); delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1968;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1976.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP.Convictedin 1978 ofsoliciting a bribe andsentenced tojail.Died, ofParkinson'sdisease, in Hilton Head,BeaufortCounty, S.C.,January20, 1998 (age72 years, 341days).Interment atBeaufortNational Cemetery, Beaufort, S.C. | | Daniel John Flood (1903-1994) — also known asDaniel J. Flood — of Wilkes-Barre,LuzerneCounty, Pa.Born in Hazleton,LuzerneCounty, Pa.,November26, 1903.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1945-47, 1949-53,1955-80; defeated, 1946, 1952.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;DeltaSigma Rho;Lions;Elks;Moose;Eagles;Knightsof Columbus.Chargedin 1979 withtaking bribes; atrialresulted in a hung jury;resignedfrom the House in 1980;pleadedguilty in February 1980 to a lesser charge of conspiracy toviolate federalcampaignfinance laws, andsentencedto one yearprobation.Died in Wilkes-Barre,LuzerneCounty, Pa.,May 28,1994 (age90 years, 183days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pa. | | Anthony Scotto (b. 1934) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in1934.Democrat.Longshoreman;vice-president,International Longshoremen's Association; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1972;member of the Gambinocrimefamily;chargedin 1979 on 44 counts ofaccepting payoffs,evadingincome taxes and racketeering;triedandconvictedon 33 of the counts;sentencedto five years inprison;released in 1984.Italianancestry.Still living as of 2007.| | Relatives:Married to Marion Anastasio. |
| | Frank Thompson Jr. (1918-1989) — of Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,July 26,1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1950-54;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1955-80; defeated,1980; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,1964.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Implicatedin the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arabbusinessmen offeredbribes to political figures;indictedon June 18 andconvictedon December 3, 1980, onbribery and conspiracy charges;sentencedto three years inprison.Died in1989(ageabout70 years).Burial location unknown. | | John Michael Murphy (1926-2015) — also known asJohn M. Murphy — of Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,August3, 1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in theU.S. Army during the Korean conflict;U.S.Representative from New York, 1963-81 (16th District 1963-73,17th District 1973-81); defeated, 1960 (15th District), 1980 (17thDistrict); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1964,1968(Parliamentarian);implicatedin the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arabbusinessmen offeredbribes to political figures;indictedJune 18 andconvictedDecember 3, 1980, of conspiracy,conflictof interest, and accepting anillegal gratuity;sentencedto three years inprisonand fined $20,000; paroled in 1985.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Knightsof Columbus.Died in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,May 25,2015 (age88 years, 295days).Interment atSt.Peter's Cemetery, West New Brighton, Staten Island, N.Y. | | Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. (1919-2001) — also known asHarrison A. Williams;PeteWilliams —of Westfield,UnionCounty, N.J.; Bedminster,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in Plainfield,UnionCounty, N.J.,December10, 1919.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer; candidate forNewJersey state house of assembly, 1951;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1953-57;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1959-82; resigned 1982; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New Jersey,1964,1968,1980.Member,Elks;Americansfor Democratic Action.Implicatedin the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arabbusinessmen offeredbribes to political figures; allegedlyaccepted an 18% interest in a titanium mine;indictedon October 30, 1980;convictedon May 1, 1981, of nine counts ofbribery, conspiracy,receiving anunlawful gratuity,conflictof interest, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering;resignedhis seat March 11, 1982, when it appeared that the Senate would votetoexpelhim;sentencedto three years inprisonandfined$50,000; released in 1986.Died, ofcancerandheartailments, in St. Clare'sHospital,Denville,MorrisCounty, N.J.,November17, 2001 (age81 years, 342days).Burial location unknown. | | John Patrick Murtha Jr. (1932-2010) — also known asJohn P. Murtha;Jack Murtha;"TheKing of Pork" —of Johnstown,CambriaCounty, Pa.Born in New Martinsville,WetzelCounty, W.Va.,June 17,1932.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1969-74;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1974-; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1984,1996,2000,2004,2008.Catholic.Implicatedin the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arabbusinessmen offeredbribes to political figures; nevercharged, but cited by the grand jury in 1980 as anunindictedco-conspirator.During gall bladder surgery, suffered anintestinalcut, which led toinfection;he subsequently died at VirginiaMedicalCenter, Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,February8, 2010 (age77 years, 236days).Interment atGrandviewCemetery, Southmont, Pa. | | Richard Kelly (1924-2005) — of Florida. Born in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,July 31,1924.Republican.Lawyer;circuit judge in Florida, 1960-74;U.S.Representative from Florida 5th District, 1975-81.Implicatedin the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arabbusinessmen offeredbribes to political figures;indictedJune 13, 1980, andconvictedJanuary 26, 1981, on charges ofbribery conspiracy, andinterstate travel to further illegal activities; the conviction wasoverturned on appeal, then reinstated; served 13 months inprison.Died in Stevensville,RavalliCounty, Mont.,August22, 2005 (age81 years, 22days).Burial location unknown. | | John Wilson Jenrette Jr. (b. 1936) — also known asJohn W. Jenrette, Jr. — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina,May 19,1936.Democrat. Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1970;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1975-80.Implicatedin the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arabbusinessmen offeredbribes to political figures;indictedandconvictedonbribery conspiracychargesin 1980 andsentencedtoprison.Still living as of 1998. | | Angelo Joseph Errichetti (1928-2013) — also known asAngelo J. Errichetti — of Camden,CamdenCounty, N.J.Born in Camden,CamdenCounty, N.J.,September29, 1928.Democrat.Mayor ofCamden, N.J., 1974-77; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New Jersey,1976;member ofNewJersey state senate 5th District, 1976-81.Italianancestry.Implicatedin the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arabbusinessmen offeredbribes to political figures;indictedin 1980, laterconvictedandsentencedtoprison.Died in Ventnor City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,May 16,2013 (age84 years, 229days).Burial location unknown. | | Michael Joseph Myers (b. 1943) — also known asMichael Myers;Ozzie Myers — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Pennsylvania,May 4,1943.Democrat.Longshoreman;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1971-76;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1976-80; defeated,1980.Implicatedin the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arabbusinessmen offeredbribes to political figures;indictedon May 27, andconvictedon August 31, 1980 ofbribery and conspiracy;sentencedto three years inprisonandfined$20,000;expelledfrom the House of Representatives on October 2, 1980.Still living as of 1998. | | Raymond Francis Lederer (1938-2008) — also known asRaymond F. Lederer — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 19,1938.Democrat. Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1974;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1977-81.Implicatedin the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arabbusinessmen offeredbribes to political figures;indictedMay 28, 1981;convictedofbribery January 9, 1981;sentencedto three years inprisonandfined$20,000;resignedfrom Congress on April 29, 1981; began his prison sentence July 7,1983.DiedDecember1, 2008 (age70 years, 196days).Burial location unknown. | | Joel Patterson — of Benton Harbor,BerrienCounty, Mich.Mayorof Benton Harbor, Mich., 1981; defeated, 1981.Indictedin 1981, along with the City Attorney, on federalembezzlementandbriberychargesin connection with a housing program.Still living as of 1981. | | Walter S. Orlinsky (1938-2002) — also known asWally Orlinsky;"WallyAppleseed" —ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,May 19,1938.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates from Baltimore city 2nd District,1967-72; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland,1972;candidate forGovernor ofMaryland, 1978;pleadedguilty to Federalchargesof accepting abribe from an FBI informant posing as a sludgehauler; served 4.5 months inprison;pardonedby PresidentBillClinton in 2000.Member,NationalTrust for Historic Preservation;American CivilLiberties Union;PhiAlpha Delta.DiedFebruary9, 2002 (age63 years, 266days).Burial location unknown. | | Frederick William Richmond (b. 1923) — also known asFrederick W. Richmond;FredRichmond —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Massachusetts,November15, 1923.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1964;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1975-82.Jewish.Arrestedin Washington, D.C., in 1978 forsolicitingsex from a minor and from an undercover police officer;pleadedguilty to a misdemeanor. In 1982,chargedwithtaxevasion,marijuanapossession, andimproper payments to a federal employee,hepleadedguilty and wassentencedto a year and a day inprison;served nine months.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | James C. Green (c.1922-2000) — also known asJimmy Green — of Clarkton,BladenCounty, N.C.Born about 1922. Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1961-77;Speaker ofthe North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1975-77;LieutenantGovernor of North Carolina, 1977-85; candidate forGovernor ofNorth Carolina, 1984.Presbyterian.Chargedin 1983 withaccepting a bribe from an undercover FBI agent,but acquitted;convictedoftaxevasion in 1997,fined,andsentencedtohomeconfinement.Died at Bladen CountyHospital,Elizabethtown,BladenCounty, N.C.,February4, 2000 (ageabout 78years).Interment atClarktonCemetery, Clarkton, N.C. | | James Anthony Traficant Jr. (b. 1941) — also known asJames A. Traficant, Jr. — of Warren,TrumbullCounty, Ohio.Born in Youngstown,MahoningCounty, Ohio,May 8,1941.Sheriff;U.S.Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1985-2002; removed 2002;defeated, 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1996,2000.As sheriff in the 1980s, waschargedwithaccepting bribes,triedand acquitted. In May, 2001, he wasindictedon ten counts ofbribery and racketeering;triedandconvicted;sentencedtoprison;expelledfrom the U.S. House of Representatives, July 24, 2002.Still living as of 2014. | | John J. Peluso (b. 1923) — also known as"Johnny TV" — of Newport,CampbellCounty, Ky.BornJune 1,1923.Mayorof Newport, Ky., 1964-68, 1976-80; defeated, 1971, 1983.Indictedin 1973 onchargesofpossessionof stolen bonds; later dismissed.Convictedin 1983 ofpromotinggambling.Indictedin 1984 on federalchargesofbribery and conspiracy;pleadedguilty toperjuryin 1985;sentencedto ten years inprison;released in 1989.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Michael J. Matthews (b. 1934) — of Linwood,AtlanticCounty, N.J.; Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.Born in Upland,DelawareCounty, Pa.,January7, 1934.Democrat. Candidate forNewJersey state senate 2nd District, 1973; candidate forU.S.Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1974; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly 2nd District, 1978-83;mayorof Atlantic City, N.J., 1982-84; recalled 1984; defeated, 1984.Indictedon March 27, 1984, on federalbribery andextortioncharges,over his dealings withorganizedcrime figures; a trial was started, but then hepleadedguilty to one count ofextortion,and the other charges were dropped;sentencedto fifteen years in federalprison;released in 1990.Still living as of 1990. | | Lawrence Francis Bretta (1928-2006) — also known asLawrence F. Bretta — of Somerville,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Medford,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.BornJanuary12, 1928.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; memberofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1950;mayorof Somerville, Mass., 1961-67; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1964;regional director of the General Services Administration, 1979-84;resignedwhile underinvestigation;in August 1984, he waschargedwithextortingabribe;pleadedguilty andsentencedto four years in prison; in July 1985, he refused to testify to agrand jury, and was cited forcontempt,and time added to his sentence.Catholic.Italianancestry.DiedSeptember2, 2006 (age78 years, 233days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Medford, Mass. | | William C. Brennan Jr. (1918-2000) — of Far Rockaway, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Elmhurst, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,October11, 1918.Democrat.Policeofficer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1955-64; memberofNewYork state senate 12th District, 1967-68; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1968;Justiceof New York Supreme Court, 1970-85; resigned 1985.Member,AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Elks.In July 1985, he wasindictedin Federal court foraccepting bribes in return for reducingor dismissing charges in criminal cases involvingorganizedcrime figures; also charged withextortion;pleaded not guilty andtried;did not testify in his own defense;convictedin December 1985,sentencedto five years inprison,andfined$209,000. He was released from prison in May 1988.DiedMay 8,2000 (age81 years, 210days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1941 to GloriaM. Lauer. |
| | Robert Budd Dwyer (1939-1987) — also known asR. Budd Dwyer — of Pennsylvania. Born in St. Charles,St. CharlesCounty, Mo.,November21, 1939.Republican.Schoolteacher; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1965-70; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 50th District, 1971-81; resigned 1981;Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1981-87; died in office 1987;convictedin December 1986 ofbribery and conspiracy in federal court.Baptist.Member,NationalEducation Association;Eagles;ThetaChi;Jaycees.About to besentenced,and widely expected to resign from office, he called apressconference; there, in front of spectators and television cameras,he insisted he was not guilty, and thenshot andkilledhimself, in Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,January22, 1987 (age47 years, 62days).Interment atBloomingValley Cemetery, Blooming Valley, Pa. | | Samuel Jerome Bronson (1930-1986) — also known asS. Jerome Bronson — of Franklin,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March21, 1930.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forMichiganstate senate 12th District, 1960;OaklandCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1965-68; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1966;Judge,Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1969-86; died in office1986.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation.Arrestedandchargedwithsoliciting andaccepting a bribe of $20,000 forhis vote on a pending case; hekilledhimself bygunshotthe same day, in Franklin,OaklandCounty, Mich.,November14, 1986 (age56 years, 238days).Interment atBeth El Memorial Park, Livonia, Mich. | | James N. Canham — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Lawyer;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1961-77; appointed 1961.Acted as a go-between between Michigan Court of Appeals JudgeS.Jerome Bronson and an attorney from whom abribe wassolicited.Arrestedin November 1986; in return for immunity from prosecution, he helpedto implicate Judge Bronson, who killed himself the same day he wasarrested. Because heaided and abetted bribery, Canham'slicense to practice law was subsequentlyrevoked.Still living as of 1986.  | Oliver Laurence North (b. 1943) — also known asOliver L. North;Ollie North — of Virginia. Born in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,October7, 1943.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;central figure in the Iran-Contrascandalof 1986; he was in charge of a secret (and illegal) governmentoperation tosellweapons to Iran and provide the profits to thethen-unrecognizedNicaraguan "contras", who were fighting a civil war against the"Sandinista" government there;convictedin 1989 on federal charges ofobstructingCongress, destroying documents, and accepting anillegalgratuity; an appeals court later overturned the guilty verdict;candidate forU.S.Senator from Virginia, 1994; host of aradio talkshow in 1995-2003, and is atelevisioncommentator.Member,National RifleAssociation.Still living as of 2014. | | Robert B. Asher (b. 1937) — also known asBob Asher — of Souderton,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.BornSeptember7, 1937.Republican. Co-chairman, Asher'sChocolates;chairof Montgomery County Republican Party, 1978-86; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1980,1984,2000,2008,2016;PennsylvaniaRepublican state chair, 1983-86; along with state treasurerR.Budd Dwyer, wasconvictedin federal court in 1986, onbribery andperjurycharges;served one year inprison;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 1998-2020; Republicancandidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,2012(on behalf ofMittRomney andPaulRyan); Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,2016(voted forDonaldTrump andMikePence); Republican candidate for Presidential Elector forPennsylvania,2020(on behalf ofDonaldTrump andMikePence).Still living as of 2020. | | Ricardo Jerome Bordallo (1927-1990) — also known asRicardo J. Bordallo;RickyBordallo —of Agana (now Hagatna),Guam.Born in Agana (now Hagatna),Guam,December11, 1927.Democrat.Restaurantowner;automobiledealer; member ofGuamlegislature, 1956-70;GuamDemocratic Party chair, 1960-63, 1971-73; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Guam,1964;Governorof Guam, 1975-78, 1983-86; defeated, 1970;Convictedin 1987 on corruptioncharges,includingbribery,obstructionof justice, andwitnesstampering;sentencedto nine years inprisonandfined;some of the charges were overturned on appeal in 1988;resentencedto four years inprisonin December, 1989.Catholic.Chamorroancestry.Just before he was to report to prison, he chained himself to astatue of Chief Quipuha, in a busy traffic circle at rush hour;wrapped in a Guam flag and wearing a sign saying "I regret I have butone life to give for my island," heshot andkilledhimself, in Agana (now Hagatna),Guam,February1, 1990 (age62 years, 52days).Interment atPigo Catholic Cemetery, Hagatna, Guam. | | Mario Biaggi (1917-2015) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October26, 1917.Policeofficer;U.S.Representative from New York, 1969-88 (24th District 1969-73,10th District 1973-83, 19th District 1983-88); defeated, 1988(Democratic primary, 19th District), 1988 (Republican, 19thDistrict), 1992 (Democratic primary, 17th District); delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1972,1980,1984;candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1973 (Democratic primary), 1973(Conservative); candidate for Democratic nomination for VicePresident,1980;indictedin 1987 on federalchargesthat he had acceptedbribes from former Brooklyn politicalbossMeadeEsposito in in return forinfluenceon federal contracts for a Brooklyn ship-repair company;convictedon September 22, 1987 ofobstructingjustice and acceptingillegal gratuities;sentencedtoprisonandfined;triedin 1988 on federal racketeering charges in connection with theWedtech Corporation;convictedon August 4, 1988 on 15 felony counts;resignedfrom Congress following the Wedtech conviction; served more than twoyears inprison.Catholic.Italianancestry.Died in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,June 24,2015 (age97 years, 241days).Interment atGateof Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y. | | Clarence M. Mitchell III (b. 1939) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,December14, 1939.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1963-66; member ofMarylandstate senate District 10, 1967-86;Indictedin 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury inconnection with the abribery investigation of WedtechCorporation;convictedofaccepting $50,000 tostopthe Congressional investigation of Wedtech;sentencedto two and a half years inprison;convictedin 1988 ofobstructingan investigation of Baltimoredrugdealer Melvin D. 'Little Melvin' Williams, andsentencedto two years inprison;chargedin 1988 with failure to fileincometax returns;triedand acquitted.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;UrbanLeague;KappaAlpha Psi;Freemasons;Jaycees.Still living as of 1988. | | Michael Bowen Mitchell (b. 1945) — also known asMichael B. Mitchell — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,November7, 1945.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate senate 39th District, 1987;indictedin 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury inconnection with the abribery investigation of WedtechCorporation;convictedofaccepting $50,000 tostopthe Congressional investigation of Wedtech;sentencedto two and a half years inprison;convictedin 1988 offorgingdocuments toobtain$77,000 in life insurance proceeds intended for the child of a murdervictim, andsentencedto six years inprison.Methodist.Member,NAACP.Still living as of 1988. | | Meade Henry Esposito (1909-1993) — also known asMeade H. Esposito;Amadeo HenryEsposito —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December28, 1909.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1964,1968;vice-president, Lafayette NationalBank,1965;insurancebroker;leader ofKings County Democratic Party, 1969-83.Catholic.Italianancestry. Member,NAACP.Indictedin 1987 on federalchargesthat he had givenbribes to U.S. Rep.MarioBiaggi in in return forinfluenceon federal contracts for a Brooklynship-repaircompany;convictedon September 22, 1987 of giving anillegal gratuity;fined$500,000;indictedin 1988 onbribery andtaxcharges,but the case was dismissed due to his age and poor health.Died, fromrenalfailure caused by aheartattack, while suffering fromlungcancer andbladdercancer, in North Shore UniversityHospital,Manhasset,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,September3, 1993 (age83 years, 249days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Felicia Esposito; married to Anne De Cunzo. |
| | Bess Myerson (1924-2014) — Born in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,July 16,1924.Democrat. Miss America, 1945;firstand only Jewish woman to win the pageant;musician;televisionpersonality; New York City commissioner of consumer affairs,1969-73, and commissioner of cultural affairs, 1983-87; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1980; accused in 1987 ofbribingJusticeHortenseGabel by giving herdaughtera city job; meanwhile, the judge reduced child support payments forCarl Andrew Capasso, Myerson'smarriedlover; thescandalwas called the "Bess Mess"; she was forced to resign as city consumeraffairs commissioner;indictedon federalbribery charges in 1988, along with Capasso andGabel;triedand found not guilty.Female.Jewish.Died in Santa Monica,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December14, 2014 (age90 years, 151days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Santa Monica, Calif. | | Hortense W. Gabel (1912-1990) — also known asHortense Wittstein — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,December16, 1912.Democrat.Lawyer; NewYork City Rent and Rehabilitation Commissioner, 1962-65;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1975-87; appointed 1975;resigned 1987; accused in 1987 of accepting abribe from NewYork Consumer Affairs CommissionerBessMyerson in the form of a city job for herdaughter;allegedly in return, the judge reduced child support payments forMyerson's lover, Carl A. Capasso; thescandalwas called "the Bess Mess"; sheresignedas Justice;indictedon federalbribery charges in 1988, along with Myerson andCapasso;triedand found not guilty.Female.Jewish.Died, from aheartattack, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1990 (age77 years, 356days).Interment atCalvertonNational Cemetery, Calverton, Long Island, N.Y. | | Robert Garcia (1933-2017) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,January9, 1933.Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;computerengineer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1966-67 (83rd District 1966, 77th District 1967);resigned 1967; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 30th District, 1967-78;U.S.Representative from New York, 1978-90 (21st District 1978-83,18th District 1983-90); resigned 1990; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1980,1984,1988;indictedin 1988, along with his wife, on federalbribery andextortioncharges;convictedin October 1989 andsentencedto three years inprison(served 104 days); the conviction was reversed on appeal;retriedand againconvictedin 1991; the second conviction was also overturned, and prosecutorsdropped the case.PuertoRican ancestry.Died in San Juan,San JuanMunicipio, Puerto Rico,January25, 2017 (age84 years, 16days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Edwin Meese III (b. 1931) — also known asEd Meese;"Reagan'sGeographer" —Born in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,December2, 1931.Lawyer;legal affairs secretary to Gov.RonaldReagan, 1967-68; executive assistant and chief of staff, 1969-74;lawprofessor;U.S.Attorney General, 1985-88.Lutheran.Member,FederalistSociety.The independent counsel whoinvestigatedthe Wedtechscandalreported that Meese, who had worked as alobbyistfor Wedtech, wascomplicitin the company'sbribery andfraud;following this disclosure, heresignedfrom the Cabinet.Still living as of 2020. | | Alcee Lamar Hastings (1936-2021) — also known asAlcee L. Hastings — of Miramar,BrowardCounty, Fla.Born in Altamonte Springs,SeminoleCounty, Fla.,September5, 1936.Democrat.U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1979-89; candidate forsecretaryof state of Florida, 1990;U.S.Representative from Florida 23rd District, 1993-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Florida,1996,2000,2004,2008.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Psi.Impeachedandremoved fromoffice as federal judge in 1989 overbriberycharges.Died, frompancreaticcancer, in Fort Lauderdale,BrowardCounty, Fla.,April 6,2021 (age84 years, 213days).Cremated. | | James Leroy Usry (1922-2002) — also known asJames L. Usry — of Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.Born in Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,February2, 1922.Republican.Professionalbasketball player, 1946-51;mayorof Atlantic City, N.J., 1984-90; defeated, 1982; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New Jersey,1988;arrested,on July 28, 1989, along with thirteen others, andchargedwithbribery; he laterpleadedguilty to improper reporting ofcampaigncontributions.Africanancestry.Died in Absecon,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,February25, 2002 (age80 years, 23days).Interment atAtlanticCounty Veterans Cemetery, Estell Manor, N.J. | | James Claude Wright Jr. (1922-2015) — also known asJim Wright, Jr. — of Weatherford,ParkerCounty, Tex.; Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born in Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.,December22, 1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; memberofTexasstate house of representatives, 1947-49;mayorof Weatherford, Tex., 1950-54;U.S.Representative from Texas 12th District, 1955-89; resigned 1989;Speakerof the U.S. House, 1987-89; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1960,1964,1968,1980,1996,2000,2004,2008;Permanent Chair,1988;speaker,1988;candidate forU.S.Senator from Texas, 1961.Presbyterian.He was subject of aninvestigationby the House Ethics Committee in 1989; it appeared from the reportthat he had evaded limits ongifts and speaking fees;resignedunder fire in June, 1989.Died in Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.,May 6,2015 (age92 years, 135days).Interment atCity Greenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, Tex.  | Nicholas James Mavroules (1929-2003) — also known asNicholas Mavroules — of Peabody,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Peabody,EssexCounty, Mass.,November1, 1929.Democrat.Mayorof Peabody, Mass., 1967-78; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1976;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1979-93;defeated, 1992.GreekOrthodox.Greekancestry. Member,Kiwanis;Rotary.Pleadedguilty in 1993 tochargesoftaxfraud andaccepting gratuities while in office;sentencedtoprison.Died in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,December25, 2003 (age74 years, 54days).Interment atCedar Grove Cemetery, Peabody, Mass. | | Albert Garza Bustamante (b. 1935) — also known asAlbert G. Bustamante — of Laredo,WebbCounty, Tex.Born in Asherton,DimmitCounty, Tex.,April 8,1935.Democrat.Schoolteacher;BexarCounty Commissioner, 1973-78;BexarCounty Judge, 1979-84;U.S.Representative from Texas 23rd District, 1985-93; defeated, 1992.Catholic.Hispanicancestry.Convictedin 1993 on racketeering andbriberycharges,andsentencedtoprison.Still living as of 2014. | | Donald Edgar Lukens (1931-2010) — also known asDonald E. Lukens;Buz Lukens — of Middletown,ButlerCounty, Ohio.Born in Harveysburg,WarrenCounty, Ohio,February11, 1931.Republican.U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1967-71, 1987-90 (24th District1967-71, 8th District 1987-90); member ofOhiostate senate, 1975.Member,Sertoma;FarmBureau;DeltaChi;Order ofAhepa;Freemasons;Shriners;Kiwanis;Toastmasters.Convictedin 1989 on a misdemeanorchargeof contributing to the delinquency of a minor, by havingsexwith a 16 year old girl;sentencedto 30 days injail.Indictedin February 1995 on five counts ofbribery and conspiracy; ajury in October 1995 found him not guilty on three counts but wasunable to reach a verdict on the other two; a mistrial was declared.Reindictedin March 1996;triedandconvicted.DiedMay 22,2010 (age79 years, 100days).Burial location unknown. | | Albert Michael Espy (b. 1953) — also known asMike Espy — of Yazoo City,YazooCounty, Miss.Born in Yazoo City,YazooCounty, Miss.,November30, 1953.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1987-93; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Mississippi,1988(speaker);U.S.Secretary of Agriculture, 1993.Africanancestry.IndictedAugust 27, 1997, on 30 criminal counts based onacceptance ofgifts from organizations and individuals doing business with theAgriculture Department; acquitted December 2, 1998.Still living as of 2014. | | Paul J. Silvester (born c.1963) — of West Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born about 1963. Republican.Connecticutstate treasurer, 1997-99; appointed 1997.In September 1999,pleadedguilty to federalchargesof racketeering,moneylaundering andbribery. Hisbail wasrevoked in January 2002 forimpropercontacts with a defendant in another corruption trial.Still living as of 2002. | | Percy Z. Giles (born c.1952) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born about 1952. Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1996.Africanancestry.Convictedin 1999 on federalbribery andextortioncharges.Still living as of 1999. | | Milton Milan (b. 1962) — also known asMilt Milan — of Camden,CamdenCounty, N.J.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1962.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew Jersey,1996;mayorof Camden, N.J., 1997-2000.Hispanicancestry.Arrestedin March 2000 and charged withtaking payoffs and bribes.Still living as of 2000. | | Brian Setencich (born c.1962) — of Fresno,FresnoCounty, Calif.Born about 1962. Republican. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1995-96; defeated, 1996;Speaker ofthe California State Assembly, 1995-96.Professionalbasketballplayer in Europe.Chargedwithbribery and mail fraud;triedand acquitted in February, 2000.Chargedwithtaxevasion;tried infederal court andconvictedin June, 2000.Still living as of 2000. | | Martin G. Barnes (born c.1949) — also known asMarty Barnes — of Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.Born about 1949. Republican.Mayorof Paterson, N.J., 1997-2002; defeated, 2002.Africanancestry.Indictedin federal court in 2002 on 40 counts ofbribery and otheroffenses, over his solicitation and acceptance of more than $200,000ingratuities from city contractors, including homeimprovements,designersuits, andpaidfemale companions;pleadedguilty to two counts, includingtaxevasion, andsentencedin 2003 to 37 months inprison.Still living as of 2003. | | Sara B. Bost (born c.1948) — of Irvington,EssexCounty, N.J.Born about 1948.Mayorof Irvington, N.J., 1994-2002.Female.Africanancestry.Indictedin April 2002 on federalbribery andwitnesstamperingcharges;pleadedguilty in April 2003 to one count ofwitnesstampering;sentencedto one year inprison.Still living as of 2004. | | Vincent Albert Cianci (1941-2016) — also known asBuddy Cianci — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,April30, 1941.Lawyer;mayorof Providence, R.I., 1975-84, 1991-2002; defeated (Independent),2014;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1976 ;Republican candidate forGovernor ofRhode Island, 1980;talkshow host.Catholic.Italianancestry.Pleadedno contest in 1984 tochargesthat hebeathisestrangedwife's lover with a fireplace log.Chargedwith twelve federal counts ofbribery, conspiracy andracketeering;convictedin June, 2002 on two counts.Died in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,January28, 2016 (age74 years, 273days).Interment atSt.Ann's Cemetery, Cranston, R.I. | | Kenneth E. Saunders Sr. — also known asButch Saunders — of Asbury Park,MonmouthCounty, N.J.Mayorof Asbury Park, N.J., 1997-2001.Convictedon federalbribery conspiracy charges, December 2003;pleadedguilty to filingfalsefederal tax returns, February 3, 2004. February 3, 2004.Still living as of 2004. | | W. D. Childers (born c.1934) — Born about 1934. Member ofFloridastate senate, 1980;EscambiaCounty Commissioner.Convictedin 2002 of violating the FloridaSunshineLaw by discussing public business in private with other othercounty commissioners; served 38 days inprison;convictedin 2003 ofbribery;sentencedto 3.5 years inprison;free pending appeal.Still living as of 2006.  | H. Brent Coles (born c.1951) — of Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born about 1951.Mayorof Boise, Idaho, 1993-2003; resigned 2003; defeated, 2019;resigned asmayor in February 2003, after beingchargedwithpecuniary benefit for taking a insurance company-paidtrip to the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City; found not guilty onmisdemeanor charges; in November 2003, he pleaded guilty to onefelony count of presenting afraudulentvoucher; other charges were dropped, and he wassentencedto 180 days injail.Mormon.Still living as of 2019. | | William Jennings Jefferson (b. 1947) — also known asWilliam J. Jefferson — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Lake Providence,EastCarroll Parish, La.,March14, 1947.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofLouisianastate senate, 1979-90; candidate formayorof New Orleans, La., 1982, 1986;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1991-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Louisiana,1996,2000,2004,2008;candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1999; named asunindictedco-conspirator by prosecutors in connection with Brent Pfeffer'sguilty plea tobribery charges.Baptist.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | Joseph C. Scarpelli (born c.1939) — of Brick Township,OceanCounty, N.J.Born about 1939.Mayorof Brick Township, N.J., 2006; resigned 2006;pleadedguilty in 2007 to federalbriberycharges;sentencedto 18 months inprisonandfined$5,000.Still living as of 2007. | | Gerald P. Garson (born c.1932) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born about 1932. Democrat.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1998-2003.Convictedin April 2007 onbribery and misconductcharges,andsentencedto three to ten years inprison.Still living as of 2007. | | Peter Kott (b. 1949) — also known asPete Kott — of Eagle River,Anchorage,Alaska.Born in Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,August29, 1949.Republican. Part-owner and operator of Kott'sHardwoodFlooring; member ofAlaskastate house of representatives, 1993-2007 (24th District1993-2003, 17th District 2003-07);Speaker ofthe Alaska State House of Representatives, 2003-04;arrestedin May 2007, along withBruceWeyhrauch andVicKohring, andchargedwithbribery andextortionover soliciting and receiving money and favors from VECO Corporation(including the promise of a job as alobbyist),in return for votes on an oil tax;triedandconvictedin September 2007;sentencedto six years inprisonandfined$10,000.Still living as of 2009. | | Bruce Weyhrauch — ofJuneau,Alaska.Republican.Lawyer;member ofAlaskastate house of representatives 4th District, 2003-07;arrestedin May 2007, along withPeteKott andVicKohring, andchargedwithbribery andextortionover soliciting and receiving money and favors from VECO Corporationin return for votes on an oil tax; trial pending.Still living as of 2009. | | Vic Kohring (b. 1958) — of Wasilla,Matanuska-SusitnaBorough, Alaska.Born in Waukegan,LakeCounty, Ill.,August2, 1958.Republican. Member ofAlaskastate house of representatives, 1995-2007 (26th District1995-2003, 14th District 2003-07); resigned 2007;arrestedin May 2007, along withBruceWeyhrauch andPeteKott, andchargedwithbribery andextortionover soliciting and receiving money and favors from VECO Corporationin return for votes on an oil tax;triedandconvictedin November 2007;sentencedto three and a half years inprison;released in 2009.Still living as of 2009. | | Thomas T. Anderson (b. 1957) — also known asTom Anderson — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born inAnchorage,Alaska,August4, 1957.Republican.Lawyer;member ofAlaskastate house of representatives 19th District, 2003-07;arrestedandindictedin December 2006 on federal federalbribery,extortion,andmoneylaunderingcharges;triedandconvictedin July 2007;sentencedto 60 months inprison.Lutheran.Still living as of 2009. | | Theodore Fulton Stevens (1923-2010) — also known asTed Stevens — of Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska; Girdwood,Anchorage,Alaska.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,November18, 1923.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1954-56;delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska,1964,1972(delegation chair); member ofAlaskastate house of representatives, 1965-68;U.S.Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009; defeated, 1962; appointed 1968.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Rotary;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Indictedin July 2008 on federalchargesoffailingto reportgifts from VECO Corporation and its CEO;triedandconvictedin October 2008; his conviction was later vacated due toprosecutorial misconduct.Killed in aplanecrash, inBristol BayBorough, Alaska,August9, 2010 (age86 years, 264days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | John Cowdery (b. 1930) — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in Adrian,BatesCounty, Mo.,February11, 1930.Republican.Contractor;member ofAlaskastate house of representatives, 1983-84, 1997-2000; member ofAlaskastate senate, 2000-09 (District I 2000-03, District O 2003-09);indictedin July 2008 andchargedwithaccepting bribes from VECO Corporation;convictedin March 2009;sentencedto six monthshousearrest andfined$25,000.Still living as of 2009. | | Rod R. Blagojevich (b. 1956) — also known asRod Blagojevich;"Blago" —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,December10, 1956.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1993-96;U.S.Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1997-2003; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,2000,2004,2008;Governorof Illinois, 2003-09;solicited bribes from potentialcandidates for appointment toBarackObama's vacant U.S. Senate seat;arrestedby federal agents in December 2008, and set fortrial onfederal corruption charges; in January 2009, based onchargesthat heabusedhis authority and attempted tosellauthorizations, vetoes, and appointments, he wasimpeachedby the Illinois House,convictedby a unanimous vote of the Illinois Senate, andprohibitedfrom holding public office in the state;tried infederal court in 2010-11, and after a mistrial, was ultimatelyfoundguilty on eighteen counts, includingbribery andextortion;sentencedto 14 years in federal prison; an appeal later overturned five of theeighteen convictions, but did not change his prison sentence.Serbianancestry.Still living as of 2019. | | Beverly Masek (b. 1963) — of Willow,Matanuska-SusitnaBorough, Alaska.Born in Anvik,Yukon-Koyukukcensus area, Alaska,September30, 1963.Republican. Four time Iditarod Race finisher, 1990-93; member ofAlaskastate house of representatives, 1995-2005 (28th District1995-2003, 15th District 2003-05);pleadedguilty in March 2009 tosoliciting and accepting at least$4,000 inbribes from VECO Corporation;sentencedto six months injail andthree yearsprobation.Female.Methodist.AlaskaNative ancestry. Member,National RifleAssociation.Still living as of 2009. | | Sheila Ann Dixon (b. 1953) — also known asSheila Dixon;SheilaDixon-Smith —ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,December27, 1953.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,1988,2004,2008(member,CredentialsCommittee);mayorof Baltimore, Md., 2007-10; resigned 2010.Female.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry.Indictedin January 2009, onperjurytheft,andmisconductcharges,oversecretly accepting more than $20,000 worth of gifts fromdevelopers doing business with the city, and for using gift cardsintended for needy families to buyfursand other expensive items for herself; the charges were dismissed inMay, but she wasreindictedin July;tried infall 2009;convictedon one count ofembezzlement,and acquitted on other charges;pleadedguilty toperjury,andresignedas mayor, as part of apleaagreement.Still living as of 2010.| | Relatives:Daughter of Philip Dixon, Sr. and Winona Dixon. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Eduardo Alberto Perez (b. 1957) — also known asEddie Perez — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Corozal,CorozalMunicipio, Puerto Rico,1957.Democrat.Mayorof Hartford, Conn., 2001-10; resigned 2010; defeated, 2019, 2019;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut,2004;investigatedin 2007 over possibleconflictof interest in hiring a city contractor for renovations at hishome;arrestedin January 2009 andchargedwithbribery andextortion;convictedin 2010; his convictions were vacated on appeal in 2013-16;pleadedguilty in 2017 and received a suspendedprisonsentence; his state pension wasrevokedin 2019.Catholic.PuertoRican ancestry.Still living as of 2019. | | Vincent Loyola Leibell III (b. 1946) — also known asVincent L. Leibell III — of Carmel,PutnamCounty, N.Y.; Patterson,PutnamCounty, N.Y.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,August6, 1946.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1983-94 (90th District 1983-92, 91st District1993-94); member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1995-2009 (37th District 1995-2002, 40th District2003-09); in December 2010, hepleadguilty tobribery,taxevasion, andobstructionof justicecharges,over his distribution of $6.5 million in taxpayer funds to nonprofitgroups he controlled; the FBI also secretly recorded him demandingkickbacksfrom an attorney;sentencedto 21 months in federalprison.Member,AmericanLegion.Still living as of 2010. | | Aaron F. Broussard (b. 1949) — of Kenner,JeffersonParish, La.Born in Marksville,AvoyellesParish, La.,January6, 1949.Democrat.Mayor ofKenner, La., 1982-96; president of Jefferson Parish, La.,2003-10;pleadedguilty in September 2012 to federalchargesthat, as president of Jefferson Parish, hereceived bribes ofmore than $60,000, and that heembezzledhundreds of thousands of dollars by creating a no-work job in theparish government for hisex-wife;sentencedto 46 months inprison,and ordered to payrestitution.Still living as of 2012.  | Emmett S. Pugh III — of Beckley,RaleighCounty, W.Va.Mayorof Beckley, W.Va., 1988-2013.In April 2012, he wasaccused,in twocomplaintsfiled with the West Virginia Ethics Commission, of acceptingimproper gifts, including shares of development firms, inreturn forfreeuse of city resources; without admitting guilt, heagreed toretire as mayor, andrepaythe cost of the investigation.Still living as of 2014.| | Image source:The State Journal, April 4, 2012 |
| | | Tony F. Mack (b. 1966) — of Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ga.,January8, 1966.Democrat.MercerCounty Freeholder, 1997-2008; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New Jersey,2000;mayorof Trenton, N.J., 2010-14; removed 2014;arrestedin September 2012, andchargedwithaccepting a bribe,fraud,andextortion;triedandconvictedin 2014, andsentencedto five years inprison.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;UrbanLeague.Still living as of 2014. | | C. Ray Nagin — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Democrat.Mayorof New Orleans, La., 2002-10; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Louisiana,2008;indictedin January 2013 for acceptingbribes andkickbacksin connection with city contracts.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | Robert Francis McDonnell (b. 1954) — also known asBob McDonnell — of Glen Allen,HenricoCounty, Va.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 15,1954.Republican.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates 84th District, 1992-2005;Virginiastate attorney general, 2006-09; resigned 2009; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Virginia,2008(delegation chair);Governor ofVirginia, 2010-14; he and his wife wereindictedin January 2014 for receivingimproper gifts;convictedin September 2014;sentencedto two years in prison; in June 2016, the U.S. Supreme Courtunanimously overturned his conviction.IrishandAlsatianancestry.Still living as of 2018.
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