See thetrouble anddisgrace main page, as well as theFAQ and thePoliticalGraveyard privacy policy, for important explanations anddisclaimers. in chronological order | |  John T. Gregorio (1928-2013) — also known as"The Lion of Linden" — of Linden,UnionCounty, N.J.Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,February6, 1928.Democrat.Florist;mayorof Linden, N.J., 1968-83, 1991-2006; defeated, 2006;shotat in his car, in March 1968; two days later, his house wasfirebombed;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly 21st District, 1974-77;indictedin April 1975 onperjuryand fraudcharges,over his purchase of a vacant lot from Elizabethtown Gas Company,while conspiring tofalsifydocuments toconceal his involvement as buyer; laterchargedwithextortinga $25,000kickbackfrom a building contractor on a high school project; following juryselection, the charges were dismissed in February 1976; member ofNewJersey state senate, 1978-83 (21st District 1978-81, 20thDistrict 1982-83);indictedin September 1981 onchargesofincometax evasion,concealing his interest in two "go-go bars",and forfailing toenforce state alcohol laws;convictedin December 1982 of conspiracy to commitofficialmisconduct, but found not guilty on other charges.Died, fromleukemia,in TrinitasHospital,Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,October23, 2013 (age85 years, 259days).Burial location unknown. | | Melba Till Allen (1933-1989) — also known asMelba Till — of Hope Hull,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.; Grady,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.; Marbury,AutaugaCounty, Ala.Born in Friendship Community,ButlerCounty, Ala.,March 3,1933.Democrat.Alabamastate auditor, 1967-75; candidate forU.S.Senator from Alabama, 1972;Alabamastate treasurer, 1975-78;Convictedin 1978 of using her position as state treasurer to obtainbankloans to build a theme park, and forfailing to discloseher personal finances; she denied any wrongdoing;sentencedto six years injail,but spent most of her sentence working as a bookkeeper in aretirement home.Female.Baptist.Member,Orderof the Eastern Star.Died, ofcancer,in BaptistMedicalCenter, Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,October20, 1989 (age56 years, 231days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives:Daughter of Samuel Ben Till and Gertrude (Johnson) Till; married,December24, 1950, to Marvin E. Allen. |
| | George Vernon Hansen (1930-2014) — also known asGeorge V. Hansen — of Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho.Born in Tetonia,TetonCounty, Idaho,September14, 1930.Republican.Insuranceagent;mayorof Alameda, Idaho, 1961-62; Republican candidate forU.S.Senator from Idaho, 1962 (primary), 1968, 1972 (primary);U.S.Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1965-69, 1975-85.Mormon. Member,AmericanLegion;FarmBureau;Kiwanis.Convictedin 1984 of failing to include four transactions onfederaldisclosure forms;sentencedto 15 months inprisonandfined$40,000;reprimandedby the U.S. House; his conviction was reversed in 1995.Died in Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho,August14, 2014 (age83 years, 334days).Burial location unknown. | | George Ryoichi Ariyoshi (b. 1926) — also known asGeorge R. Ariyoshi — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,March12, 1926.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofHawaiiterritorial House of Representatives, 1954-58; member ofHawaiiterritorial senate, 1958-59; member ofHawaiistate senate, 1959-70;delegateto Hawaii state constitutional convention, 1968;LieutenantGovernor of Hawaii, 1970-73;Governor ofHawaii, 1974-86; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromHawaii,1980,1996,2000.Protestant.Japaneseancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;Lions.Detainedby U.S. Customs in 1987 forfailing to declare jewelry broughtfrom Japan, andfined$11,389.Still living as of 2014. | | Frank Munch (born c.1925) — of Palatine,CookCounty, Ill.Born about 1925.Realestate broker;villagepresident of Palatine, Illinois, 1985-87;chargedwithfailing to disclose a loan and a partnership on financialdisclosure forms;tried inJanuary 1987 and found not guilty.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Evan Mecham (1924-2008) — of Ajo,PimaCounty, Ariz.; Glendale,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Duchesne,DuchesneCounty, Utah,May 12,1924.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;automobiledealer;newspaperpublisher; candidate forArizonastate house of representatives, 1952; member ofArizonastate senate, 1960-62; candidate forU.S.Senator from Arizona, 1962 (Republican), 1992 (Independent);Governor ofArizona, 1987-88; defeated, 1964, 1974, 1978, 1982.Mormon. Member,JohnBirch Society.Indictedin 1988 on six felony counts ofperjuryand filing afalsecampaign report, specifically offailing to report a$350,000 loan to his campaign by Barry Wolfson, a real estatedeveloper; later acquitted of these charges.Impeachedby the Arizona House of Representatives on February 5, 1988, onchargesofobstructingjustice and illegallylendingstate money to his business;convictedand removed from office by the Arizona Senate on April 4, 1988. Arecallelection was scheduled against him, but it was cancelled by theArizona Supreme Court.Died, from complications ofAlzheimer'sdisease, in Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,February22, 2008 (age83 years, 286days).Burial location unknown. | | Carl Christopher Perkins (b. 1954) — also known asCarl C. Perkins;ChrisPerkins —of Leburn,KnottCounty, Ky.Born inWashington,D.C.,August6, 1954.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1981-84;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1985-93;pleadedguilty in 1994 tobankfraud in connection with the House bankingscandal;he wrote overdrafts totaling about $300,000 (covered by the Housebank) and made false statements toobtainloans from commercial banks; alsopleadedguilty to charges of filing false statements with theFederalElection Commission and falsefinancial disclosurereports;sentencedto 21 months inprison;in March 2000,pleadedguilty tocriminalcontempt of court for lying to a federal probation officer abouthis income;minister.Baptist;laterPresbyterian.Still living as of 2014. | | Walter Edward Fauntroy (b. 1933) — also known asWalter E. Fauntroy — ofWashington,D.C.Born inWashington,D.C.,February6, 1933.Democrat.Baptistminister;Delegateto U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1971-91;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1972;delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,1972,1980,1988(speaker);arrestedduring ananti-apartheidsit-in at the South AfricanEmbassyin Washington, 1984; candidate formayorof Washington, D.C., 1990.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Psi.Chargedin federal court on March 22, 1995 with making false statements onfinancial disclosure forms, including a claimed donation ofalmost $24,000 to the New Bethel Baptist Church where he served aspastor, to make it appear that he had complied with House ruleslimiting outside income, and that he hadfailed to disclose aJune 1988 loan of $24,200.Pleadedguilty to one felony count, andsentencedtoprobation.Still living as of 2014. | | W. D. Childers (born c.1934) — Born about 1934. Member ofFloridastate senate, 1980;EscambiaCounty Commissioner.Convictedin 2002 of violating the FloridaSunshine Law by discussingpublic business in private with other other county commissioners;served 38 days inprison;convictedin 2003 ofbribery;sentencedto 3.5 years inprison;free pending appeal.Still living as of 2006. | | Clarence M. Mitchell IV (b. 1962) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,May 16,1962.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates District 44, 1995-99; member ofMarylandstate senate 44th District, 1999-2003; defeated in primary, 2002;reprimandedby the Maryland General Assembly in 2002 forfailure to reporta $10,000 loan from a Baltimore businessman.Still living as of 2003. | | Robert Alphonso Taft III (b. 1942) — also known asBob Taft — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January8, 1942.Republican.Servedin the Peace Corps; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1977-81;HamiltonCounty Commissioner, 1981-90; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Ohio, 1986;secretaryof state of Ohio, 1991-99;Governor ofOhio, 1999-2007; delegate to Republican National Convention fromOhio,2004;in 2005, hepleaded nocontest to four misdemeanors involvingfailure to disclosegifts, and wasfined$4,000; subsequentlyreprimandedby the Ohio Supreme Court.Methodist.Still living as of 2014. | | Sharpe James (b. 1936) — of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,February20, 1936.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,1980,1988,1996,2000,2004;mayorof Newark, N.J., 1986-2006; Democratic Presidential Elector forNew Jersey,1992;member ofNewJersey state senate 29th District, 1999-2008;indictedin July 2007 on federalchargesof using city credit cards forpersonalexpenses, and letting a girlfriend buy nine parcels of city-ownedland for a small fraction of their value, withoutdisclosingtheir relationship;convictedin April 2008;sentencedto 27 months inprison,andfined$100,000.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Still living as of 2014. | | 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 federalchargesoffailing to reportgiftsfrom 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 Eric Ensign (b. 1958) — also known asJohn E. Ensign — of Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.Born in Roseville,PlacerCounty, Calif.,March25, 1958.Republican.Veterinarian;hoteland casino manager;U.S.Representative from Nevada 1st District, 1995-99;U.S.Senator from Nevada, 2001-; defeated, 1998; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Nevada,2008.Pentecostal.Italian,German, andFilipinoancestry.In June 2009, headmittedto anextramaritalaffair with Cindy Hampton, a member of his campaign staff and thewife of his Senate aide Doug Hampton. In an unsuccessful attempt tokeep the Hamptons quiet about the affair, he gave them $96,000 (anillegally undisclosed severance payment) through his parents.He also used his influence to set up Jeff Hampton as alobbyist,in violation of laws restricting lobbying by former congressionalaides. A grand juryinvestigationis in progress.Still living as of 2014. | | Michael Francis Easley (b. 1950) — also known asMike F. Easley — ofBrunswickCounty, N.C.Born near Rocky Mount,NashCounty, N.C.,March23, 1950.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1990;NorthCarolina state attorney general, 1993-2001;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 2001-09; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Carolina,2004,2008;pleadedguilty in 2010 tofailing to report a 2006 helicopter ridein hiscampaignfinance filings.Catholic.Member,PhiGamma Delta.Still living as of 2014. | | Robert Julian Bentley (b. 1943) — also known asRobert J. Bentley;"The LoveGov" —of Tuscaloosa,TuscaloosaCounty, Ala.Born in Columbiana,ShelbyCounty, Ala.,February3, 1943.Republican.Physician;dermatologist;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 2003-10; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Alabama,2008;Governorof Alabama, 2011-17; resigned 2017;accusedin 2016 of having anextramaritalaffair with Rebekah Caldwell Mason, a politcal advisor on hiscampaign staff; animpeachmentresolution was brought; as part of an agreement with prosecutors, hepleadedguilty to twocampaignfinance violations, includingfailing to disclose a$50,000 personal loan to his campaign account; his sentence wassuspended, but he was placed onprobation,ordered to docommunityservice, andfined$7,000.Still living as of 2017.
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