See thetrouble anddisgrace main page, as well as theFAQ and thePoliticalGraveyard privacy policy, for important explanations anddisclaimers. in chronological order | |  Alexander Moultrie (1750-1807) — Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,July 2,1750.SouthCarolina state attorney general, 1776-92;impeachedforembezzling state money into the Yazoo Land Company, andresigned.Died in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C., August,1807(age57years, 0 days).Interment atSt.Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C. | | Sharp Delany (c.1739-1799) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born inIreland,about 1739.Druggist;colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;U.S.Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania, 1789-98;resignedas Collector when it was discovered that he hadembezzled atleast $86,000.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;AmericanPhilosophical Society.DiedMay 13,1799 (ageabout 60years).Interment atSt.Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Samuel Swartwout (1783-1856) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,November17, 1783.He was participant inAaronBurr's "Western Conspiracy"; delivered a message from Burr toGen. James Wilkinson in New Orleans; subsequentlyarrestedin November 1806 formisprisionof treason, but released a few months later; early promoter ofrailroads;openly supported the Texas Republic in its war for independence fromMexico; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1829-38; in1838, it was alleged that he hadembezzled more than $1.2million from the New York customs house, andfledto England; later investigation implicated a subordinate of his ashaving obtained most of that money;forfeitedhis property and returned to the U.S. in 1841.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November21, 1856 (age73 years, 4days).Interment atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Jesse Hoyt (1792-1867) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Canaan,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,June 28,1792.Lawyer;law partner ofMartinVan Buren andBenjaminF. Butler; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1823;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1838-41;removedfrom office in 1841, over allegations ofembezzlement.DiedMarch17, 1867 (age74 years, 262days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Goold Hoyt and Sarah (Reed) Hoyt; sixth great-grandnephew ofThomasWelles; third cousin once removed ofDanielChapin; third cousin twice removed ofPierpontEdwards,HaroldSheffield Van Buren,MabelThorp Boardman,SheffieldPhelps andAsburyElliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed ofJosiahCowles,SimeonBaldwin andPhelpsPhelps; fourth cousin ofGrahamHurd Chapin andMartinE. Weed; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnDavenport,AaronBurr,JamesDavenport,TheodoreDwight,HenryWaggaman Edwards,HanfordNichols Lockwood,GeorgeSmith Catlin andBarzillaiBulkeley Kellogg. | | | | Political families:Phelpsfamily of Connecticut;Leafamily of Wilmington, Delaware;Boardman-Bostwick-Phelps-Sheffieldfamily of Connecticut and Ohio;VanBuren-Phelpsfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
 | Isaac Vanderbeck Fowler (1818-1869) — also known asIsaac V. Fowler — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornAugust20, 1818.Democrat. Postmaster atNewYork City, N.Y., 1853-60; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1860;chargedin 1860 withembezzlement as Postmaster;fledto Mexico and Cuba.Member,TammanyHall.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,September29, 1869 (age51 years, 40days).Interment atOldTown Cemetery, Newburgh, N.Y. | | Caleb Lyon (1822-1875) — of Lyonsdale,LewisCounty, N.Y.Born in Lyonsdale,LewisCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1822.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Lewis County, 1851; resigned 1851; member ofNewYork state senate 21st District, 1851;U.S.Representative from New York 23rd District, 1853-55;Governorof Idaho Territory, 1864-66.In 1866, anauditrevealed that he hadembezzled $46,418 in federal fundsintended for the Nez Perce Indians, but he was never convicted.Died in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,September8, 1875 (age52 years, 275days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | William Magear Tweed (1823-1878) — also known asWilliam M. Tweed;William Marcy Tweed;"Boss Tweed" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 3,1823.Democrat.Chairmaker;firefighter;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1853-55; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 4th District, 1868-73.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,OddFellows;Freemasons.Convictedofembezzlement andsentencedto twelve years inprison;escaped;capturedin Spain and brought back to New York.Diedinprison, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April12, 1878 (age55 years, 9days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | William Seeger — of St. Peter,NicolletCounty, Minn.Republican.Minnesotastate treasurer, 1872-73.After disclosure that he had accepted his predecessor's note for$112,000 ofmissing state funds, and hadconcealedthis fact from investigators, heresigned;in spite of that, he was subsequentlyimpeachedandremoved fromoffice. The lost money was recovered from Seeger's bondsmen, andno criminal prosecution was made.Burial location unknown. | | Corliss P. Stone (1838-1906) — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born inFranklinCounty, Vt.,March20, 1838.Mayorof Seattle, Wash., 1872-73.Caused ascandalin 1873, when he suddenlyvacatedhis mayoralty; hefledto San Francisco withamarried woman and $15,000 he hadembezzled from his firm.Later returned to Seattle.Died in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,September14, 1906 (age68 years, 178days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Seattle, Wash. | | Dublin J. Walker (born c.1837) — ofChesterCounty, S.C.Born in South Carolina, about 1837. Republican.ChesterCounty School Commissioner, 1870-74; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Chester County, 1874-77;indictedin 1875 for issuingfraudulent teacher pay certificates;convictedin September 1875;sentencedto 12 months in prison; Gov.DanielH. Chamberlain commuted his sentence, then granted him afullpardon;arrestedin April 1877 on the same charge, andresignedfrom the Senate.Africanancestry.Burial location unknown. | | George C. Bennett — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Republican.Newspapereditor; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 8th District, 1872, 1874;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1874; BrooklynCommissioner of City Works;indicted,along withJohnW. Flaherty, in December 1878, for conspiracy todefraudthe city of $50,000;tried in1879 andconvicted;fined$250; the conviction was reversed on appeal; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1884.Burial location unknown. | | Charles H. Houghton — of Metuchen,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in New York. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;lost aleg in a Civil War battle;U.S.Collector of Customs at Perth Amboy, N.J., New Jersey, 1875-82.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Arrestedin May 1882, andchargedwithembezzlement,fraud,andforgery;tried,convicted,andfined.Burial location unknown. | | Marshall Tate Polk (1831-1884) — also known asM. T. Polk — of Bolivar,HardemanCounty, Tenn.Born in Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,May 15,1831.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1876;Tennesseestate treasurer, 1877-83.Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, during the Civil War, andlost aleg. In 1883, a $400,000 shortfall was wasdiscoveredin the state treasury. Polkfledto Texas, wasarrestedthere, and brought back to Nashville fortrial.Chargedwithembezzlement, he pleaded not guilty -- his lawyer arguedhe was only guilty of "default of pay" -- but wasconvicted,sentencedto twenty years inprison,andfined.Imprisonment was delayed pending his appeal, and he died in themeantime.Died in Bolivar,HardemanCounty, Tenn.,February20, 1884 (age52 years, 281days).Interment atPolkCemetery, Bolivar, Tenn. | | Thomas Johnson Tiffany (1834-1906) — also known asThomas J. Tiffany;"HenryFullerton" —of Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.; Rutland,RutlandCounty, Vt.Born in Pittsford,RutlandCounty, Vt.,March 6,1834.Republican. Postmaster atBennington,Vt., 1872-84; in March, 1884, he wasconfrontedby a postal inspector about ashortage in the post officeaccounts, hefled,alsotaking $2,000 in Bennington school funds; in October,1885, he wasarrestednear Greeley, Colorado, where he was living under the alias "HenryFullerton", and brought back to Vermont, where hepleadguilty to federalcharges,and wassentencedto five years'imprisonment.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Rutland,RutlandCounty, Vt.,June 26,1906 (age72 years, 112days).Interment atBennington Village Cemetery, Bennington, Vt. | | James William Tate (b. 1831) — also known asJames W. Tate;"HonestDick" —of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born inFranklinCounty, Ky.,January2, 1831.Democrat.Kentuckystate treasurer, 1867-88;abscondedfrom the state treasurer's office in March, 1888; Gov.SimonBuckner said Tate hadembezzled almost $250,000 from thestate;impeachedin absentia by the Kentucky House;convictedandremoved fromoffice by the Senate.Heneverreturned, and his fate isunknown. | | John M. Lingle (1843-1889) — of Webb City,JasperCounty, Mo.Born in Pennsylvania,April 2,1843.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; postmaster atWebbCity, Mo., 1885-89.After being threatened withcriminalprosecution for allegedlymisappropriating funds aspostmaster, he stepped out the back door of thepostoffice, andkilledhimself bygunshot,in Webb City,JasperCounty, Mo.,January4, 1889 (age45 years, 277days).Interment atWebbCity Cemetery, Webb City, Mo. | | Edward Austin Burke (1839-1928) — also known asEdward A. Burke;Edward A.Burk —of Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September13, 1839.Democrat.Telegraphoperator;railroadsuperintendent; major in the Confederate Army during the CivilWar;importerand exporter;railwayfreight agent;newspapereditor;Louisianastate treasurer, 1878-88; engaged in a pistolduelwith Henry J. Hearsey on January 25, 1880; neither man was injured;in 1882, he was wounded in a duel with C. Harrison Parker; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1884;in 1889, his successor as state treasurer,WilliamHenry Pipes, discovered discrepancies in state funds, and accusedBurke ofembezzlement; he was subsequentlyindictedby a grand jury; Burke, then in London, chose not to return toLouisiana, and insteadfledto Honduras, and remained in Central America for the rest of his life.Irishancestry.Died, in theHotelRitz, Tegucigalpa,Honduras,September24, 1928 (age89 years, 11days).Intermentsomewhere in Yuscarán, Honduras. | | Stevenson Archer (1827-1898) — of Bel Air,HarfordCounty, Md.Born near Churchville,HarfordCounty, Md.,February28, 1827.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1854;U.S.Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1867-75; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Maryland,1868,1876;Marylandstate treasurer, 1886-90;MarylandDemocratic state chair, 1887-89.In April, 1890, following aninvestigationwhich revealed ashortage of $132,000, he wasarrested,removedfrom office as State Treasurer, andchargedwithembezzlement. Hepleadedguilty and wrote to the court: "No part of the State's money orsecurities was ever used by me in gambling, stock speculation, or forpolitical purposes; nor have I at this time one dollar of it left."Sentencedto five years inprison.Due to his failing health, waspardonedby Gov.FrankBrown in May 1894.Slaveowner. Died, in Baltimore CityHospital,Baltimore,Md.,August2, 1898 (age71 years, 155days).Interment atPresbyterianCemetery, Churchville, Md. | | Edward T. Noland (d. 1926) — ofJacksonCounty, Mo.Democrat.Missouristate treasurer, 1889-90; resigned 1890.In March 1890, following reports of hisdrunkennessandgambling,his accounts wereinvestigated;ashortage of about $32,000 was discovered;suspendedfrom office as state treasurer, andresigneda few days later;arrestedsoon after, and charged withembezzlement; tried in 1891, andultimatelyconvictedand sentenced to two years inprison.DiedJune 26,1926.Burial location unknown. | | Lucien Wells Sperry (1820-1890) — also known asLucien W. Sperry — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Woodbridge,New HavenCounty, Conn.,March 8,1820.Coaldealer;insuranceagent;mayorof New Haven, Conn., 1866-69; member ofConnecticutstate senate 4th District, 1869-70.Unable to account for money entrusted to him, and likely to bearrestedas anembezzler, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,June 26,1890 (age70 years, 110days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Charles A. Binder (1857-1891) — also known asJohn Roth — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November2, 1857.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 10th District, 1884, 1886;accusedin 1891 ofembezzling $20,000 from the estate of BarbaraHausman;fledand became afugitive,traveling under the alias "John Roth".Germanancestry.Wounded byself-inflictedgunshot,in his room at the Sheridan HouseHotel,and died there early the next morning, in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,May 17,1891 (age33 years, 196days).Burial location unknown.  | William Nathaniel Roach (1840-1902) — also known asWilliam N. Roach — of Larimore,GrandForks County, N.Dak.Born inWashington,D.C.,September25, 1840.Democrat. Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1885; candidate forGovernor ofNorth Dakota, 1889, 1891; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Dakota,1892(member,RulesCommittee);U.S.Senator from North Dakota, 1893-99;accusedin 1893 of havingembezzled $60,000 from CitizensBankof Washington, D.C.; an effort toexpelhim from the Senate was unsuccessful.Died in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,September7, 1902 (age61 years, 347days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | | Frank Mapes (1861-1896) — of Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.Born in Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.,1861.Democrat. Postmaster atKansasCity, Kan., 1893-96.While postal inspectorsdiscoveredthat he hadembezzled about $9,200 from post office accounts,he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.,March15, 1896 (ageabout 34years).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Kansas City, Kan.| | Relatives: Sonof Alfred R. Mapes and Elizabeth P. (Chittenden) Mapes; married toAnnie Lispenard Sharp. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | 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;chargedwithfinancial irregularities;triedand acquitted;boroughpresident of Queens, New York, 1906-08; resigned 1908;resignedas borough president after a grand jury presentedchargesagainst him, related to fraud andbriberyin connection with the 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. |
 | Joseph Andrew Iasigi (1848-1917) — also known asJoseph A. Iasigi — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Massachusetts,January15, 1848.ConsularAgent for France inBoston,Mass., 1873-77;Consul-Generalfor Turkey inBoston,Mass., 1889-97; he failed to account for a trust fund, refused toanswer questions, andfledto New York City;arrestedthere in February 1897 andextraditedto Boston;chargedwithembezzlement of about $220,000; pleaded not guilty; triedandconvictedin November 1897; sentenced to 14-18 years in prison;pardonedin 1909.ArmenianandFrenchancestry.Died in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,January24, 1917 (age69 years, 9days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. |  | Charles Henry Meyer (1826-1898) — also known asCharles H. Meyer;Carl H. Meyer;KarlHeinrich Meyer —of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Schleiz,Germany,March15, 1826.Drygoodsimporter;banker;Consulfor Germany inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1872-98;silk ribbonmanufacturer.Germanancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August14, 1898 (age72 years, 152days). During a lawsuit following his death, his successor asGerman Consulallegedthat Mr. Meyer haddefaulted with at least $11,000 of theconsulate's funds; this was denied by the executors of his estate,and the outcome of the dispute is unknown.Interment atWoodlandsCemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Christoph Heinrich Meyer and Marie (Felder) Meyer; married,April16, 1857, to Sophie Karoline Wilhelmine Brossman. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Philadelphia Times,August 18, 1898 |
| | | Louis E. Otto (d. 1931) — of Key West,MonroeCounty, Fla.Born in Key West,MonroeCounty, Fla.Republican.Pharmacist;postmaster atKeyWest, Fla., 1898-99;arrestedin June 1899,suspendedfrom office as postmaster, andchargedwithforgery,perjury,andembezzlement;mayorof Key West, Fla., 1919-21; defeated, 1917.Member,OddFellows;Redmen.Died in St. Petersburg,PinellasCounty, Fla.,November1, 1931.Burial location unknown. | | Fred A. Maynard (b. 1852) — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.Born in1852.Michiganstate attorney general, 1895-98.Indictedin 1901 on 48chargesofembezzlement; a jury was selected fortrial,but the indictment was quashed before it could get underway.Burial location unknown. | | Louis Stern (c.1856-1901) — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born inGermany,about 1856.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;newspaperreporter; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) inBamberg, 1893-1901.Jewish.Arrestedandfined inKissingen, Germany, 1895, forinsultingthe Baron von Thuengen; alsochargedwithmisrepresentinghis 15-year-old son as being twelve in order to get cheaper passageto Europe for him on a steamship; the U.S. Consul General in Berlinasserted that Mr. Stern was "very harshly and unjustly treated".Depressed over financial problems and perceived anti-Semitism, hebeganneglectinghis work; he wasrecalledas commercial agent in 1901, but remained at Bamberg; hisfailureto return money he had collected on behalf of U.S. citizens ledto ajudgementagainst him for 2,000 marks, which he was unable to pay; he diedbyself-inflictedgunshot,in the public gardens at Bamberg,Germany,June10, 1901 (ageabout 45years).Burial location unknown.  | Martin Reinberg (b. 1852) — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Tuckum, Russia (now Tukums,Latvia),June20, 1852.Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Vice Consul inGuayaquil, 1883-84; U.S. Vice Consul General inGuayaquil, 1884-1902; founded anexportandbankingcompany in Guayaquil, Martin Reinberg & Company; in 1901, the companybecame bankrupt, with debts over one million dollars; following aninvestigation, hisarrest wasordered by Ecuadorian authorities, who suspected him ofembezzlement orbankfraud;removedfrom his consular post.Jewish.Burial location unknown. | | | John J. Girimondi — of Hazleton,LuzerneCounty, Pa.; Shakopee,ScottCounty, Minn.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Catholicpriest; naturalized U.S. citizen; concealed his clericalbackground from Congressmen who recommended him for a consularappointment; U.S. Consul inSantos, 1900-01;removedas consul forneglectof duty and possibleembezzlement; went to Italy andmisrepresentedhimself as U.S. Consul to Persia;arrestedby Italian authorities onchargesofbetrayinga young woman, andimprisonedthere.Catholic.Italianancestry.Burial location unknown. | | James Lawrence Blair (1854-1904) — also known asJames L. Blair — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,April 2,1854.Lawyer;president, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, 1884; generalcounsel, St. Louis World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition),1901-03;indictedin December, 1903, forforgeryof two deeds of trust toobtain a loan from an estate hemanaged.Member,American BarAssociation;LoyalLegion;Sons ofthe Revolution.Died, either fromsuicide(which he had attempted at least twice before) or from "congestion ofthe brain", in Eustis,LakeCounty, Fla.,January16, 1904 (age49 years, 289days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | James Valentine Wagner (1848-1903) — also known asJames V. Wagner — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,November8, 1848.Cashier, National MarineBank;HonoraryConsul for Nicaragua inBaltimore,Md., 1891-96;HonoraryConsul for Venezuela inBaltimore,Md., 1901-03.Died, frompneumonia,inBaltimore,Md.,January31, 1903 (age54 years, 84days). Following his death, it wasdiscoveredthat he hadembezzled about $30,000 from the bank.Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | Frank Porter Glazier (1862-1922) — also known asFrank P. Glazier — of Chelsea,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.,March 8,1862.Republican.Pharmacist;President of Glazier Stove Company (manufacturerof stoves for cooking and heating); president of Chelsea SavingsBank;member ofMichiganstate senate 10th District, 1903-04;Michiganstate treasurer, 1905-08; resigned 1908.Forced toresign as state treasurer in 1908;convictedofembezzlement; served two years inprison;pardonedin 1920.Died near Chelsea,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,January1, 1922 (age59 years, 299days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Chelsea, Mich.  | James Edward Ferguson (1871-1944) — also known asJames E. Ferguson;"PaFerguson" —of Temple,BellCounty, Tex.Born near Salado,BellCounty, Tex.,August31, 1871.Governorof Texas, 1915-17; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Texas,1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); American candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1920.Indictedonembezzlement and otherchargesin 1917; soon after, wasimpeachedby the Texas House, andremoved fromoffice by the Texas Senate.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,September21, 1944 (age73 years, 21days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Blaine Jackson Brickwood (1888-1949) — also known asBlaine J. Brickwood — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,February5, 1888.Lawyer;HonoraryConsul for Venezuela inChicago,Ill., 1915-20; on November 18, 1917, while driving, he struck andkilledWalter Israel;censuredby the coroner's jury which investigated the death;indictedon a charge ofmanslaughter;following a trial in June 1920, he was found not guilty by a jury;meanwhile, he wasarrestedon a charge ofembezzlement.Died inCookCounty, Ill.,March13, 1949 (age61 years, 36days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill. | | Lena Marietta Thankful Clarke (1886-1967) — also known asLena M. T. Clarke — of West Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.Born in Sheldon,FranklinCounty, Vt.,March 1,1886.Democrat. Postmaster atWestPalm Beach, Fla., 1915-16, 1920-21 (acting, 1915-16, 1920); undersuspicionfor ashortage of $32,000 at the post office, shefledto Orlando, where she found Fred Miltimore, hermarriedex-lover, and apparently tried to get him to sign a statementconfessing to the theft; when he refused, sheshotand killed him; she wasindictedandtriedformurder,and found not guilty by reason of insanity.Female.Died in West Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,August5, 1967 (age81 years, 157days).Interment atWoodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach, Fla. | | Hillyer Rudisill (1875-1923) — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Forsyth,MonroeCounty, Ga.,April26, 1875.Republican. Postmaster atMacon,Ga., 1922-23 (acting, 1922).Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in thepostoffice at Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,February16, 1923 (age47 years, 296days). Ashortage of about $86,000 wasdiscoveredafter his death.Interment atForsythCemetery, Forsyth, Ga. | | William H. Reynolds (1868-1931) — of Long Beach,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February29, 1868.Republican.Builder;realestate developer; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1894-95;indictedby a grand jury in August 1917 forperjury,over his 1912 expert testimony on the value of land sought by thecity for a park; the grand jury alleged that hefalselydenied anypersonalinterest in the realty company which owned the property; alsoindictedin October 1917, with three others, for conspiracydefraudthe city of $500,000 by inflating the appraisal; the indictments weredismissed in May 1920 over the prosecutor's delay of the trial;villagepresident of Long Beach, New York, 1921-22;mayorof Long Beach, N.Y., 1922-24; removed 1924; defeated, 1925;indictedon May 1, 1924, along with the Long Beach city treasurer, formisappropriating city funds in connection with a bond issue;triedin June 1924,convicted,sentencedto six months in thecountyjail, and automaticallyremoved fromoffice as mayor; released pending appeal; the Appellate Divisionreversed the conviction in June 1925 and ordered a new trial; theindictment was dismissed in June 1927.EnglishandScotch-Irishancestry. Member,Elks;Freemasons.Died, fromheartdisease, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October13, 1931 (age63 years, 227days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof William Reynolds and Margaret (McChesney) Reynolds; married toElise Guerrier. |
| | James Lee Adams (1873-1946) — also known asJames L. Adams — of Coraopolis,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.; Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.; Mt. Lebanon,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born inAlleghenyCounty, Pa.,May 27,1873.Republican.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Allegheny County 12thDistrict, 1907-09; resigned 1909; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 45th District, 1909-12; as receiver to wrap up theaffairs of a defunct Pittsburgh bank, he allegedly failed to pay$22,000 owed to the city; in November 1926, he wasarrestedin St. Petersburg, Florida, andchargedwithembezzlement; released on $10,000 bond;re-arrestedin December, after detectives received information that he was abouttojumpbail; waived extradition and voluntarily returned to Pittsburgh;the case against him was dropped in April 1927.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died, from aheartattack, in Mt. Lebanon,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,April20, 1946 (age72 years, 328days).Interment atAllegheny County Memorial Park, Allison Park, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof William Adams and Mary Emma (Butler) Adams; married to Elise M.Campbell. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Florence Elizabeth Smith Knapp (1875-1949) — also known asFlorence E. S. Knapp;Florence ElizabethSmith —of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,March25, 1875.Republican.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools; dean, College of Home Economics, Syracuse University;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1920,1924(alternate);secretaryof state of New York, 1925-27; in 1927, aninvestigationdiscovered hermaladministrationof the 1925 state census; she had paid salaries torelativesand others who did no census work,forgedindorsements on checks,received money she was not entitledto, and burned state records toconcealevidence of these things;resignedher position at Syracuse University;indictedon various charges in 1928,triedtwice and eventuallyconvictedofgrand larceny;sentencedto 30 days in jail.Female.Episcopalian.Member,Grange.Died, following aheartattack, in Marcy State Hospital (insaneasylum), Marcy,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,October26, 1949 (age74 years, 215days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.| | Relatives:Daughter of James E. Smith and Mary (Hancock) Smith; married toPhilip Schuyler Knapp. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Edward Gallatin Roberts (1878-1931) — also known asGallatin Roberts — of Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.Born in Flat Creek,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,October26, 1878.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;BuncombeCounty Attorney, 1907-08; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Buncombe County,1911-16;mayorof Asheville, N.C., 1919-23, 1927-30; as mayor, he found thatmillions of dollars of city money were held in the failing AshevilleCentral Bank and Trust Company; rather than bringing the bank downand losing the money, he helped sustain it for a while by maintainingcity deposits there.Presbyterian.Member,OddFellows.Following the collapse of Central Bank and Trust, and the city's lossof $4 million in deposits, he wasforced toresign as mayor, and laterindictedover his allegedmisuse of city funds to support the bank;shot andkilledhimself in anofficelavatory, Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,February25, 1931 (age52 years, 122days).Interment atGreen Hills Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob R. Roberts and Mary Elizabeth (Buckner) Roberts; married,January19, 1907, to Mary Altha Sams. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Knoxville News-Sentinel,May 13, 1931 |
| | | Willis M. Brewer (1892-1972) — of Pontiac,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in1892.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1924; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1928(alternate),1952;candidate forsecretaryof state of Michigan, 1928; chairman, Oakland County Board ofAuditors; in 1931, he waschargedwithembezzling $2,500 from the county;convicted,andsentencedto five to fifteen years inprison;his sentence was commuted by Gov.WilliamA. Comstock in 1933; member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1947.Member,AmericanLegion.Died in1972(ageabout80 years).Burial location unknown. | | Dale Ray Andre (1889-1950) — of Iowa. Born in1889.Member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1917.Wasindictedin 1931 formisusing investment funds; found not guilty, buthis career was wrecked.Died in1950(ageabout61 years).Interment atAspenGrove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa.  | Samuel Insull (1859-1938) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Kenilworth,CookCounty, Ill.; near Libertyville,LakeCounty, Ill.Born in London,England,November11, 1859.Republican. Associate of Thomas Edison and executive ofelectricutilities; one of the founders of the company that became GeneralElectric; also had major holdings inrailroads;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1904;when his utility holding company collapsed, wiping out thestockholders, hefledthe country;indictedin 1932 onfraudandembezzlementcharges;ultimatelyextraditedfrom Turkey in 1934;tried inChicago and found not guilty.Congregationalist.Member,UnionLeague.Died from aheartattack, in the Place de la Concordestationon the Paris Métro subway system, Paris,France,July16, 1938 (age78 years, 247days).Interment atPutneyVale Cemetery, London, England.  | Edward J. Dowling (b. 1875) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December8, 1875.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1916;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 19th District, 1917-20; defeated, 1920;pleadedguilty in 1934 forembezzling $20,000 in Liberty bondsfrom an estate he represented as attorney; maderestitution,resignedhis law license, and received a suspended sentence.Burial location unknown. | | Robert M. Sweitzer (1868-1938) — also known as"Johnny Roach" — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 10,1868.Democrat.Teamerchant;dry goodssalesman;CookCounty Clerk, 1911-34; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Illinois,1912,1916,1920,1924,1928,1932;candidate formayorof Chicago, Ill., 1915, 1919;CookCounty Treasurer, 1934-35; in 1935, over $400,000 wasfoundmissing from the real estate tax redemption fund, which he wasthought to haveembezzled; he wasremoved fromoffice as county treasurer,indicted,tried,and found not guilty by a jury.Catholic.Germanancestry. Member,Elks;Moose;RoyalLeague;Knightsof Columbus.Died, in St. Anne'sHospital,Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April 6,1938 (age69 years, 331days).Interment atAllSaints Catholic Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill. | | Donn M. Roberts (1867-1936) — of Indiana. Born in Annapolis,CrawfordCounty, Ill.,September28, 1867.Mayorof Terre Haute, Ind., 1913-15.Convictedofbriberyin 1915 and spent three and a half years inprison;convictedofembezzlement in 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. | | Joseph Santosuosso (1877-1968) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Taurasi,Italy,July18, 1877.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;physician;lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMassachusetts,1928;in 1933, he was attorney for General Equipment Corporation, in alawsuit against the city of Boston for damages caused by subwayconstuction; he and others worked out a scheme in which MayorJamesM. Curley would obtain $85,000 from the city to settle the claim,of which $50,000 wasimproperly retained by Santosuosso andCurley; in 1937, the city successfullysuedboth men for the return of the $50,000.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass., March,1968(age90years, 0 days).Burial location unknown. | | Edwin J. Szarzynski (born c.1907) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in East St. Louis,St. ClairCounty, Ill., about 1907.Republican.Creditmanager;chargedin 1937 withembezzlement of $2,553 from his employer;pleadedguilty to a reduced charge, andsentencedto six months in the workhouse; served three and a half months;arrestedin 1942 in a raid on agamblingoperation;fined$15;dockworker; candidate forMissouristate senate 5th District, 1960.Burial location unknown. | | Harry E. Mackenzie — of Bethel,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromConnecticut,1928,1932,1936.Chargedin May, 1938, along with MayorT.Frank Hayes and 25 others, with conspiracy tocheat anddefraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;admitted that he received large fees forlobbying,and paid half back as akickbackto the other conspirators;pleadedguilty in November 1938, and testified against the otherdefendants;sentencedto nine months injail.Burial location unknown. | | John H. Crary — of Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.Democrat. Member ofConnecticutDemocratic State Central Committee, 1922-30; alternate delegateto Democratic National Convention from Connecticut,1928,1932;Waterbury city assessor.Chargedin May, 1938, along with MayorT.Frank Hayes and 25 others, with conspiracy tocheat anddefraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;tried in1938-39 andconvicted;sentencedto two months injail andfined$500.Burial location unknown. | | Daniel J. Leary — of Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.Democrat.Brewer;carbonatedbeverage business; Waterbury city controller, 1930-37; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Connecticut,1932.Chargedin May, 1938, along with MayorT.Frank Hayes and 25 others, with conspiracy tocheat anddefraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;tried in1938-39 andconvicted;sentencedto 10-to-15 years inprison;his plea for a reduced sentence was rejected by the State Board ofPardons in 1949.Burial location unknown. | | Charles E. Williamson (born c.1880) — of Darien,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Darien,FairfieldCounty, Conn., about 1880.Republican.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Darien, 1909-12, 1915-16,1921-22; member ofConnecticutstate senate 26th District, 1917-20; member ofConnecticutRepublican State Central Committee, 1922; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Connecticut,1924,1932(alternate).Chargedin May, 1938, along with MayorT.Frank Hayes and 25 others, with conspiracy tocheat anddefraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;tried in1938-39 andconvicted;sentencedto one year injail andfined$500.Burial location unknown. | | T. Frank Hayes (c.1884-1965) — of Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born about 1884. Democrat. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Waterbury, 1927-30;mayorof Waterbury, Conn., 1930-39; resigned 1939; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Connecticut,1932,1936;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1935-39.Chargedin May, 1938, along with 26 others, with conspiracy tocheat anddefraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;tried in1938-39 andconvicted;sentencedto 10-to-15 years inprison;released in 1949.Suffered aheartattack at home, and died soon after, in St. Mary'sHospital,Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.,March26, 1965 (ageabout 81years).Burial location unknown. | | Lawrence J. Murray Jr. (1910-2000) — of Haverstraw,RocklandCounty, N.Y.; Pearl River,RocklandCounty, N.Y.; Nyack,RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,June 20,1910.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rockland County, 1938-40; removed 1940;charged,in January 1940, withembezzling $49,102 from Miss MayDunnigan, his mentally incompetent law client (also sister-in-law toU.S. Postmaster GeneralJamesA. Farley); the money was lost ingamblingon horse races;tried,convictedon all counts, and hence automaticallydisbarredandremoved fromoffice;sentencedto five to ten years inprison;his sentence was commuted in 1942;arrestedin 1952, along with other bookmakers, for illegallytakingbets.Irishancestry.DiedMarch15, 2000 (age89 years, 269days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Lawrence J. Murray and Emma (Brennan) Murray. |
| | Kenneth Romney (1885-1952) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Missoula,MissoulaCounty, Mont.,October20, 1885.Democrat.Newspapercorrespondent; Sergeant-at-Arms of the U.S. House ofRepresentatives, 1931-47;convictedin 1947 ofconcealing a shortage of about $121,000 in Housebank accounts, and sentenced to one to three years inprison;released in 1949.Died in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,April 6,1952 (age66 years, 169days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Hamilton, Mont. | | John Parnell Thomas (1895-1970) — also known asJ. Parnell Thomas — of Allendale,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,January16, 1895.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor ofAllendale, N.J., 1926-30; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1935-36;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1937-50; defeated,1954.Pleadedno contest topayroll padding;resignedfrom Congress andsentencedtoprison,1950.Died in St. Petersburg,PinellasCounty, Fla.,November19, 1970 (age75 years, 307days).Cremated;ashes interred atElmGrove Cemetery, Mystic, Stonington, Conn. | | Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) — also known asHarold G. Hoffman — of South Amboy,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in South Amboy,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,February7, 1896.Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;real estatebusiness;banker;newspapercolumnist andradiocommentator; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1923-24;mayorof South Amboy, N.J., 1925-27;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1927-31; New JerseyCommissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1940, 1946; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New Jersey,1936(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business); colonel in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II.Methodist.Member,JuniorOrder;PatrioticOrder Sons of America;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Elks;Eagles;RoyalArcanum.Suspendedin 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation systemfor aninvestigationof financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his writtenconfessionofembezzlement schemes was disclosed.Died, of aheartattack, in his room at the BlakeHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 4,1954 (age58 years, 117days).Interment atChristChurch Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J. | | Orville E. Hodge — of Illinois.Illinoisstate auditor of public accounts, 1953-56.Convictedofembezzling state funds;sentencedtoprison.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Marvin Lewis Kline (1903-1974) — also known asMarvin L. Kline — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.; Excelsior,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Brunswick,AntelopeCounty, Neb.,August9, 1903.Republican.Architecturalengineer;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,1940;mayorof Minneapolis, Minn., 1941-45;convictedin 1964 of grand larceny for illegallyboosting his salary asdirector of a rehabilitation institute, and fordivertingfundraising proceeds;sentencedto 10 years inprison;released after three years.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;Moose;OptimistClub.Died in Ventura,VenturaCounty, Calif.,April 9,1974 (age70 years, 243days).Interment atCuming City Cemetery, Blair, Neb. | | John Charles Houlihan — also known asJohn Houlihan — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Mayorof Oakland, Calif., 1961-66; resigned 1966;indictedin April 1966, andchargedwithembezzling nearly $100,000 from an estate of which he wasconservator;resignedas mayor as thescandaldeveloped.Still living as of 1966.  | Thomas Joseph Dodd (1907-1971) — also known asThomas J. Dodd — of Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.; West Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.; North Stonington,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,May 15,1907.Democrat.FBIspecial agent;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut,1948,1952,1956,1960,1968;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1953-57;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1959-71; defeated, 1956, 1970 (DoddIndependent).Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;Elks;Knightsof Columbus.Censuredby the Senate on June 23, 1967 for financial improprieties, havingdiverted some $116,000 in campaign and testimonial funds tohis own use.Died of aheartattack, in Old Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.,May 24,1971 (age64 years, 9days).Interment atSt.Michael's New Cemetery, Pawcatuck, Stonington, Conn. | | | Joseph E. Parisi (1913-1990) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 10,1913.Republican.Real estatebroker; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1942; member ofNewYork state senate 14th District, 1945-48; defeated, 1948, 1950;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1948,1952,1956,1960,1964,1968;Chief Clerk, Criminal Term, Brooklyn Supreme Court;indictedin 1973, along with retired JusticeDavidL. Malbin, on federalchargesof aiding and abbetting anembezzlement scheme, involvingofficials of the International Production, Service and SalesEmployees Union; in 1975, both men were acquitted.Catholic.Italianancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus.Died, fromkidneydisease, in UnitedHospital,Port Chester,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,May 29,1990 (age77 years, 19days).Interment atGreenwoodUnion Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.  | David L. Malbin — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1970;indictedin 1973, along with the Chief Clerk of of the Brooklyn criminalcourt,JosephE. Parisi, on federalchargesof aiding and abbetting anembezzlement scheme, involvingofficials of the International Production, Service and SalesEmployees Union; in 1975, he was aquitted on motion soon after thetrial began.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:New York Daily News, January 23, 1956 |
| | | Raymond W. Wagner — also known asPete W. Wagner — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1972-76; resigned 1976;indictedin February 1976 onchargesthat heembezzling more than $12,000 from the Wexford Countyabstractor's office;pleaded nocontest, paidrestitution,and wassentencedto 30 days injail,five yearsprobation,andfined$500.Still living as of 1976. | | Albert Sidney Porter Jr. (1904-1979) — also known asAlbert S. Porter — of Lyndhurst,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio; Pepper Pike,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born inPortsmouth,Va.,November29, 1904.Democrat.Civilengineer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;CuyahogaCounty Engineer, 1947-76; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Ohio,1952,1964,1972;candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1958; candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1960,1964;chairof Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, 1963-69; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Ohio, 1964-72; in 1976, reportersdiscoveredthat he forced his staff tokickback two percent of their pay; aninvestigationresulted; hepleadedguilty to 19 counts oftheft in office, and wassentencedto two years of probation, andfined$10,000.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Grotto;Eagles;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;ReserveOfficers Association;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Tau BetaPi;SigmaXi;SigmaPhi Epsilon.Died, fromheartdisease anddiabetes,in HillcrestHospital,Mayfield Heights,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,January7, 1979 (age74 years, 39days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Albert Sidney Porter and Lena May (Edmonds) Porter; married,April20, 1929, to Grace Marie Robinson; married1949 toGenevieve Shaveyco. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | 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. | | Joseph R. Pisani — of New Rochelle,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1966-72 (100th District 1966, 91st District1967-72); member ofNew Yorkstate senate 36th District, 1973-84.Indictedon federalchargesoftaxevasion andembezzlingcampaignfunds;convictedin 1984 on 18 of the 39 counts; the conviction was later reversed onappeal.Still living as of 1984. | | 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 abriberyinvestigation of Wedtech Corporation;convictedofaccepting$50,000 tostopthe Congressional investigation of Wedtech;sentencedto two and a half years inprison;convictedin 1988 offorgingdocuments toobtain $77,000 in life insurance proceedsintended for the child of a murder victim, andsentencedto six years inprison.Methodist.Member,NAACP.Still living as of 1988. | | 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 offailingto report a $350,000 loan to his campaign by Barry Wolfson, areal estate developer; later acquitted of these charges.Impeachedby the Arizona House of Representatives on February 5, 1988, onchargesofobstructingjustice and illegallylending state 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. | | Gentry Crowell (1932-1989) — of Tennessee. Born in Chestnut Mound,SmithCounty, Tenn.,December10, 1932.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1969-77;secretaryof state of Tennessee, 1977-89; died in office 1989.His office was a target of the federal "Operation Rocky Top"investigationintofraudulentcharity bingo games; his administrative assistant admitted tolongtimeembezzlement.Suffered aself-inflictedgunshotwound on December 12, 1989, and died eight days later inVanderbiltHospital,Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,December20, 1989 (age57 years, 10days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tenn. | | Harold Guy Hunt (1933-2009) — also known asGuy Hunt — of Holly Pond,CullmanCounty, Ala.Born in Holly Pond,CullmanCounty, Ala.,June 17,1933.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;Baptistminister; candidate forAlabamastate senate, 1962; probate judge in Alabama, 1964-76;Governor ofAlabama, 1987-93; defeated in primary, 1978.Baptist.Convictedin 1993 ofmisusingcampaignand inaugural funds to pay personal debts, andremoved fromoffice as Governor.DiedJanuary30, 2009 (age75 years, 227days).Burial location unknown. | | William L. Webster (b. 1953) — ofJasperCounty, Mo.BornSeptember17, 1953.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1981-84;Missouristate attorney general, 1985-93; candidate forGovernor ofMissouri, 1992.Member,American BarAssociation.Pleadedguilty in 1993 toembezzlement and conspiracy, andsentencedto two years inprison.Still living as of 1993. | | Joseph Paul Kolter (b. 1926) — also known asJoseph P. Kolter;Joe Kolter — of New Brighton,BeaverCounty, Pa.Born in McDonald,TrumbullCounty, Ohio,September3, 1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives 14th District, 1969-82;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1983-93; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1984.Member,Eagles;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Elks;Sons ofItaly.Indictedin 1994 by a Federal grand jury on five felonychargesofembezzlement at the U.S. House post office;pleadedguilty in May 1996.Still living as of 2014. | | William James McCuen (c.1943-2000) — also known asBill McCuen — of Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.; Heber Springs,CleburneCounty, Ark.Born in Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark., about 1943.Democrat.Schoolteacher;Arkansasland commissioner, 1981-85;secretaryof state of Arkansas, 1985-94; defeated in primary, 1994;candidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1992.After leaving office as Secretary of State, headmittedacceptingkickbacksfrom two supporters he gave jobs, andnotpaying taxes on the money. He alsoadmittedto conspiring with a political consultant to split $53,560embezzled from the state in a sham transaction. He wasindictedon corruptionchargesin 1995. On January 5, 1996, hepleadedguilty to felony counts oftaxevasion and accepting akickback;hepleaded nocontest to a misdemeanor count oftradingin public office.Sentencedto 17 years inprison,andfined.Released on parole (due to illness) in February 1999.Died ofcoloncancer and astroke,in Heber Springs,CleburneCounty, Ark.,September9, 2000 (ageabout 57years).Intermentsomewherein Van Buren, Ark. | | Barbara A. Bullock (born c.1939) — also known asBarbara Bullock — ofWashington,D.C.Born about 1939. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District ofColumbia,1996,2000.Female.Presidentof the Washington Teachers Union, 1994-2002;pleadedguilty in 2003 to federalchargesofembezzlement from a labor union, over her use of a unioncredit card to purchase costly costly luxury items including jewelry,furs andclothing; she and two co-conspirators also wrote union checks tothemselves and to intermediaries who shared the proceeds, amountingto millions of dollars. Her chauffeur pleaded guilty tomoneylaundering on her behalf. Sentenced to nine years inprison;the sentence was later reduced to six and a half years.Still living as of 2007.  | 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 beingchargedwithpecuniarybenefit for taking a insurance company-paid trip to the WinterOlympics in Salt Lake City; found not guilty on misdemeanor charges;in November 2003, he pleaded guilty to one felony count of presentingafraudulent voucher; other charges were dropped, and he wassentencedto 180 days injail.Mormon.Still living as of 2019. | | Frank W. Ballance Jr. (b. 1942) — of Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.Born in Windsor,BertieCounty, N.C.,February15, 1942.Democrat.Lawyer;librarian;collegeprofessor; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1982-85; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1989-2002; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Carolina,1996,2000;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 2003-04;resigned 2004;indictedin federal court in September 2004 on federalmoneylaunderingchargesfordiverting state funds through a charitable foundation;pleadedguilty to one count,sentencedto four years inprison,fined$10,000, ordered to payrestitution,anddisbarred.Africanancestry.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 forpersonal expenses, and lettinga girlfriend buy nine parcels of city-owned land for a small fractionof their value, withoutdisclosingtheir relationship;convictedin April 2008;sentencedto 27 months inprison,andfined$100,000.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Still living as of 2014. | | Anthony Dryden Marshall (1924-2014) — also known asAnthony D. Marshall;Tony Marshall;Anthony Dryden Kuser —of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 30,1924.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.Consul inIstanbul, as of 1958-59; U.S. Ambassador toMalagasy Republic, 1969-71;Trinidad and Tobago, 1972-73;Kenya, 1973-77;Seychelles, 1976-77; in 1971, he wasaccusedin press reports of involvement in a supposed plot tooverthrowthe President, Philibert Tsiranana; the Malagasy government declaredhimpersonanon grata, andexpelledhim fron the country;theatricalproducer; guardian of his ailing mother, Brooke Astor; alleged tohavediverted millions of dollars to his own theatricalproductions, andremovedworks of art from her apartment; his son Philipsued,allegingabuseand demanding hisremovalas guardian; an independent investigation found no evidence forabuse, but revealed financial misconduct;indictedin 2007, andtried on16chargesin 2009; the trial lasted six months; ultimatelyconvictedandsentencedto one to three years inprison;served eight weeks and was released on medical parole.Member,Rotary.Died, at New York PresbyterianHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November30, 2014 (age90 years, 184days).Burial location unknown. | | Scott Faughn (b. 1980) — of Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.Born in1980.Mayorof Poplar Bluff, Mo., 2002-04;chargedin 2005 withembezzling money while Chairman of the Highway 67Corporation, byforgingchecks to himself and his ex-wife;convictedin 2007 on the forgery charges, andfined$1,500.Still living as of 2007. | | 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,oversecretlyaccepting more than $20,000 worth of gifts from developers doingbusiness with the city, and for using gift cards intended for needyfamilies 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 |
| | 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, hereceivedbribes of more 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. | | Aaron Jon Schock (b. 1981) — also known asAaron Schock — of Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.Born in Morris,StevensCounty, Minn.,May 28,1981.Republican. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 2005-08;speaker, Republican National Convention, 2008 ;U.S.Representative from Illinois 18th District, 2009-15; resigned2015; in 2014, news media reported that he hadmisused governmentfunds to pay for lavish redecorating, international trips, andluxury items; he also claimed mileage reimbursements on his car formany more miles than he had actually driven; following theserevelations, heresignedfrom Congress;indictedin November 2016; pled not guilty; trial pending.Still living as of 2018. | | Kenneth E. Rankle (c.1961-2018) — of Dayton,CampbellCounty, Ky.Born about 1961.Carpenter;mayorof Dayton, Ky., 2003-14; defeated, 2014;sued in2015 by the Dayton city government, alleging that hemisappropriated funds.Died in2018(ageabout57 years).Burial location unknown. | | Gus Blackwell (b. 1955) — Born in Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,November4, 1955.Republican.Pastor;member ofOklahomastate house of representatives 61st District, 2003-14;lobbyist;chargedin 2016 withembezzlement ofcampaignfunds andperjury;he often paid for the same travel with both campaign funds and statereimbursements; ultimatelypleadedguilty to one count, paidrestitution,andsentencedto five yearsprobation.Baptist.Still living as of 2017.
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