See thetrouble anddisgrace main page, as well as theFAQ and thePoliticalGraveyard privacy policy, for important explanations anddisclaimers. in chronological order | |  Charles Franklin Mitchell (1806-1865) — of Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born inBucksCounty, Pa.,February18, 1806.U.S.Representative from New York 33rd District, 1837-41.Convictedofforgery in 1841 andsentencedto Sing Singprisonin New York;pardoneddue to ill health; moved to Ohio.Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,September27, 1865 (age59 years, 221days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | 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, foracceptingpayment for his recommendation of a cadet to the military academyat West Point; a vote toexpelhim failed; in August, 1870, he wasarrestedforforgery in 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. | | Thomas J. Navin — of Adrian,LenaweeCounty, Mich.Mayorof Adrian, Mich., 1881-82.Abscondedafterforging city bonds;arrestedin El Paso, Texas.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. | | Edward Richard Folsom (1874-1923) — also known asEdward R. Folsom — of Irvington,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in North Urbana,SteubenCounty, N.Y.,September18, 1874.Charged,in 1894, offorging checks,bankrobbery, andarson;pleadedguilty to two charges;sentencedto ten years inprison;pardonedand released in September 1897;coaldealer;mayorof Irvington, N.J., 1923; died in office 1923.Blackmailers threatening to expose his criminal past extorted moneyfrom him until he was nearly penniless;killedhimself by anoverdose ofsedative, in Irvington,EssexCounty, N.J.,September26, 1923 (age49 years, 8days).Interment atClintonCemetery, Irvington, N.J.| |  Relatives: Sonof Frederick Lewis Folsom and Martha (Layton) Folsom; married to SaraElizabeth Keeler. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | 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. | | 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, forforgery of two deeds of trust toobtaina loan from an estate he managed.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. | | Miles R. Frisbie — of Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Schenectady County, 1907-08;chargedwithgrandlarceny andforgery, for obtaining $2,500 on fraudulentbonds and mortgages;tried ononechargeof obtaining $1,000 from a woman in exchange for a fraudulentmortgage; pleaded insanity;convictedon June 12, 1914;sentencedto 5-10 years inprison.Burial location unknown. | | Luke Lea (1879-1945) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,April12, 1879.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher; founder of the Nashville Tennesseean;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1911-17; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Tennessee,1912(speaker);colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; in January 1919, afterthe war was over, he led a group of U.S. Army officers in anunauthorizedattempt to seize former German leader Kaiser Wilhelm; theyillegallyentered the Netherlands (which wasneutralterritory) usingforged passports; he and the others werereprimandedby the Army; following the collapse of the Asheville Central Bank andTrust, he and others wereindictedin 1931 forbankfraud;convictedon three counts; sentenced toprison,served two years before being paroled; ultimatelypardonedin 1937.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;AlphaTau Omega;PhiDelta Phi;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;Redmen.Died, in Vanderbilt UniversityHospital,Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November18, 1945 (age66 years, 220days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | 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,forged indorsements onchecks,receivedmoney she was not entitled to, and burned state records toconcealevidence of these things;resignedher position at Syracuse University;indictedon various charges in 1928,triedtwice and eventuallyconvictedofgrandlarceny;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 |
| | Charles E. MacMillin (1888-1941) — ofPinalCounty, Ariz.Born in Marengo,IowaCounty, Iowa,January21, 1888.Democrat.Pharmacist;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;Speaker ofthe Arizona State House of Representatives, 1925.Member,AmericanLegion.Convictedofforgery in 1934;sentencedtoprison.DiedMarch 2,1941 (age53 years, 40days).Burial location unknown. | | Jacob P. Nathanson (1901-1986) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Lake Worth (now Lake Worth Beach),Palm BeachCounty, Fla.Born inRussia,February21, 1901.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1927-33; defeatedin primary, 1933.Jewish.Chargedin 1930 withprofessionalmisconduct by the Brooklyn Bar Association, over his handling ofa client's $500 bail payment;suspendedfrom the practice of law in 1931, and ordered topayrestitution.Indictedin October and November 1938 onchargesofforgery,grandlarceny, andsubornationof perjury, over his involvement infraudulentbail bonds;pleadedguilty tosubornationof perjury, and testified against other conspirators;disbarredin 1939.Died inPalm BeachCounty, Fla.,March 2,1986 (age85 years, 9days).Intermentsomewherein Palm Beach County, Fla. | | Ray E. Whitney (1878-1970) — of Onondaga Township,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Onondaga Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,April23, 1878.Republican.Farmer;real estatedealer; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,1942, 1944; in July 1944, he wasaccusedof sending out postcardsfalselyclaiming the endorsement of several prominent Republicans;arraignedin August 1944 for felonyelectionfraud, overforging most of the signatures on hisnominatingpetitions;pleadedguilty in September 1944 to misdemeanor charges.Congregationalist.Died, in StuartNursingHome, Leslie,InghamCounty, Mich.,September3, 1970 (age92 years, 133days).Interment atDraperCemetery, Rives Township, Jackson County, Mich. | | Daniel W. West (b. 1909) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Algood,PutnamCounty, Tenn.,September5, 1909.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1960,1964(alternate); member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1963-65 (Wayne County 6thDistrict 1963-64, 24th District 1965); defeated in primary, 1954(Wayne County 6th District), 1956 (Wayne County 6th District), 1958(Wayne County 6th District), 1960 (Wayne County 6th District), 1965(24th District).Convictedof various crimes, includingburglary,larceny,andforgery, in Minnesota, Iowa, and Washington, D.C., and wassentenced toprisonin those places; came to Michigan and assumed the identity of adeceased New York attorney of the same name;indictedin late 1964 on statechargesofvoterregistration fraud and federalchargesofincometax fraud andforgery; in January 1965, his seat in theMichigan House wasdeclaredvacant.Burial location unknown. | | James Patton Sutton (1915-2005) — also known asPat Sutton — of Lawrenceburg,LawrenceCounty, Tenn.Born near Wartrace,BedfordCounty, Tenn.,October31, 1915.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1949-55 (7th District 1949-53, 6thDistrict 1953-55); candidate forU.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1954;LawrenceCounty Sheriff;pleaded nocontest in 1964 tochargesrelated to his involvement in acounterfeiting ring;imprisonedfor 10 months for violating a federalprobationorder.Died, in the Lakeland SpecialtyHospital,Berrien Center,BerrienCounty, Mich.,February3, 2005 (age89 years, 95days).Cremated;ashes interred atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | 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 tofalsify documents toconcealhis 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,concealinghis 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. | | 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 offorging documents 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. | | Scott Faughn (b. 1980) — of Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.Born in1980.Mayorof Poplar Bluff, Mo., 2002-04;chargedin 2005 withembezzlingmoney while Chairman of the Highway 67 Corporation, byforgingchecks to himself and his ex-wife;convictedin 2007 on the forgery charges, andfined$1,500.Still living as of 2007.
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