See thetrouble anddisgrace main page, as well as theFAQ and thePoliticalGraveyard privacy policy, for important explanations anddisclaimers. in chronological order | |  Joseph Barker (c.1806-1862) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born inAlleghenyCounty, Pa., about 1806.Mayorof Pittsburgh, Pa., 1850-51; defeated, 1851, 1852.In 1849, after ananti-Catholic speech, he wasarrested,chargedwith usingobscenelanguage,obstructingthe streets, andcausing ariot,convicted,andsentencedto a year inprison;elected mayor in 1850 while still incarcerated. While mayor, he wastwicearrestedonchargesofassaultand battery. In 1851, he wasconvictedofriot.Struck and killed by arailroadtrain, in Ross Township,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,August2, 1862 (ageabout 56years).Interment atAlleghenyCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) — also known as"Wizard of the Saddle" — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born near Chapel Hill, Bedford County (nowMarshallCounty), Tenn.,July 13,1821.Democrat.Cottonplanter;slavetrader; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; inApril 1864, after the Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee, Confederatetroops under his commandmassacredAfrican-American Union soldiers, not accepting them as prisoners,since the Confederacyrefused to recognize ex-slaves aslegitimate combatants; this event, seen as awarcrime, sparkedoutrageacross the North, and a congressionalinquiry;in 1867, he became involved in theKu Klux Klan and waselected Grand Wizard; the organization used violent tactics tointimidateBlack voters andsuppresstheir votes; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTennessee,1868;in 1869, he had a change of heart, and issued a letter ordering thatthe Klan be dissolved and its costumes destroyed; he went on todenounce the group and its crimes; in 1875, he gave a "friendlyspeech" to a meeting of an African-American organization in Memphis,calling for peace, harmony, and economic advancement of formerslaves; for this speech, he was vehemently denounced in the Southernpress as a race traitor.Englishancestry. Member,Ku Klux Klan.After his death, he became a folk hero among white racists,particularly during the imposition of Jim Crow segregation laws inthe early 20th century, and later, in reaction to the Civil Rightsmovement in the 1950s and 1960s.Slaveowner. Died, from complications ofdiabetes,in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,October29, 1877 (age56 years, 108days).Original interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; subsequent interment in 1904 atHealth Sciences Park, Memphis, Tenn.; reinterment in 2021 atNational Confederate Museum at Elm Springs, Columbia, Tenn. | | William Dudley Chipley (1840-1897) — also known asW. D. Chipley — of Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.Born in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,June 6,1840.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;fought againstReconstructionalong with other members of theKu Klux Klan; he was amongthoseimplicatedin themurderofGeorgeW. Ashburn in in 1868;tried ina military court, but Georgia's re-admission to the Union endedmilitary jurisdiction, so he and his co-defendants were released;general manager of the PensacolaRailroad;successfully promoted the construction of the Pensacola and AtlantaRailroadin 1881-83; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1884,1892;mayorof Pensacola, Fla., 1887-88; member ofFloridastate senate, 1895-97.Died in ahospitalatWashington,D.C.,December1, 1897 (age57 years, 178days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Columbus, Ga. | | William Blackburn Wilson Jr. (1850-1920) — of Rock Hill,YorkCounty, S.C.Born in York,YorkCounty, S.C.,January12, 1850.Lawyer;fledto Texas in 1871-73 to avoidfederalprosecution over hisKlan activities; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from York County,1884-88; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from York County, 1888-92;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention from YorkCounty, 1895.Episcopalian.Member,KuKlux Klan;Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons.Died in Rock Hill,YorkCounty, S.C.,April30, 1920 (age70 years, 109days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, York, S.C. | | Alfred Moore Waddell (1834-1912) — also known asAlfred M. Waddell — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.,September16, 1834.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher; colonel in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1871-79;delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1896;notoriousleader of the overthrow of Wilmington's elected city government bywhite supremacists on November 10, 1898; forced the incumbentmayor to resign at gunpoint, and took his place; the offices of theWilmington Daily Record newspaper wereburned,and as many as 300 Black citizens of Wilmington weremurdered;mayorof Wilmington, N.C., 1898-1906.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,March17, 1912 (age77 years, 183days).Interment atOakdaleCemetery, Wilmington, N.C.  | Thomas Edward Watson (1856-1922) — also known asThomas E. Watson — of Thomson,McDuffieCounty, Ga.Born inColumbiaCounty, Ga.,September5, 1856.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1882-83; Democratic PresidentialElector for Georgia,1889;U.S.Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1891-93; Populistcandidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1896; Populist candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1904, 1908; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Georgia,1912;controversial for his writingsattacking the Catholic Church;arrestedin 1912 onobscenitychargesover three chapters in his bookThe Catholic Hierarchy;triedand acquitted in 1916;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1921-22; died in office 1922.DiedSeptember26, 1922 (age66 years, 21days).Interment atThomsonCemetery, Thomson, Ga. | | Henry Ford (1863-1947) — of Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Springwells Township (now part of Dearborn),WayneCounty, Mich.,July 30,1863.Engineer;inventor;founder,Ford MotorCompany, 1903; candidate for Republican nomination for President,1916;Democratic candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1918; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1924.Episcopalian.Scotch-IrishandBelgianancestry. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Publisher, in 1919-27, of theDearborn Independent newspaper,which promotedanti-Semitic ideas through articles such as"The International Jew: The World's Problem," which were reprinted aspamphlets and books. In 1927, alibellawsuit against Ford over these writings led him toshutdown the paper and publiclyrecantits contents.Died, from astroke,in Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.,April 7,1947 (age83 years, 251days).Interment atFordCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Ford and Mary (Litogot) Ford; married,April11, 1888, to Clara Jane Bryant; uncle ofClarenceWilliam Ford; second cousin once removed ofClydeMcKinlock Ford. | | | | Political family:Fordfamily of Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan. | | | | Cross-reference:JamesCouzens —HermanBernstein —AlfredJ. Murphy —MartinC. Ansorge —WilliamA. Lucking | | | | Personal motto:"Efficiency." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Henry Ford: DouglasBrinkley,Wheelsfor the World : Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress,1903-2003 — William A. Levinson,HenryFord's Lean Vision — Pat McCarthy,HenryFord : Building Cars for Everyone (for youngreaders) — David Weitzman,ModelT : How Henry Ford Built a Legend (for youngreaders) | | | | Critical books about Henry Ford: MaxWallace,TheAmerican Axis : Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of theThird Reich — Neil Baldwin,HenryFord and the Jews : The Mass Production of Hate |
| | 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 Klux Klan 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. | | Charles E. Bowles (1884-1957) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Yale,St. ClairCounty, Mich.,March24, 1884.Republican.Lawyer;recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1926-29; resigned 1929;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1930; defeated, 1924, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1943;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932, 1934; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1941; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1950, 1952.Member,OptimistClub.Recalledfrom office as Mayor in 1930 over charges that he had sold out togangstersand theKu Klux Klan.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,July 30,1957 (age73 years, 128days).Entombed in mausoleum atEvergreenCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | William Dudley Pelley (1890-1965) — of Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.; Noblesville,HamiltonCounty, Ind.Born in Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.,March12, 1890.Hollywoodscreenwriterin 1917-29 for about 12films,includingThe Light in the Dark andThe Shock, bothstarring Lon Chaney; founder (1933) and leader of theanti-Semitic Silver Legion of America organization (the"Silver Shirts", explicitly modeled afterAdolf Hitler'sBrownshirts); Christian candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1936;arrestedin April 1942 andchargedwithcriminalsedition;convictedandsentencedto fifteen years inprison;released in 1950.Died in Noblesville,HamiltonCounty, Ind.,July 1,1965 (age75 years, 111days).Interment atCrownlandCemetery, Noblesville, Ind.  | Sufi Abdul Hamid (1903-1938) — also known asAbdul Hamid;Eugene Brown;"TheBlack Hitler";"The Harlem Hitler";"Bishop Amiru-Al-Mu-Minim Sufi AbdulHamid" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,January6, 1903.Self-styledcleric;laborleader; claimed to be from Egypt or Sudan; wore a turban and agreen velvet cloak with gold braid; led picketing of stores in Harlemwhose proprietors refused to hire African-American employees;conductedstreetrallies in Harlem where hedenounced Jews; said he was"the only one fit to carry on the war against the Jews";Americo-Spanish candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 17th District, 1933;arrestedin October 1934;tried andfound guilty on misdemeanor charges ofmaking apublic speech without a permit, and selling books without alicense, andsentencedto ten days injail;latersuspectedof inciting the 1935 riot in Harlem, which led toinjunctionsagainst his activities; in January 1938, his estranged wife,Stephanie St. Clair, ambushed him outside his house, andshotat him five times, but he was not seriously hurt; founded theBuddhist Universal Holy Temple of Tranquility.BuddhistorMuslim.Africanancestry.Killed, along with his pilot, when his Cessna J-5 airplane ran out offuel andcrashednear Wantagh,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 30,1938 (age35 years, 205days).Burial location unknown. |  | Isaac Newton Jenkins (1887-1942) — also known asNewton Jenkins — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Oak Hill,JacksonCounty, Ohio,August19, 1887.Schoolteacher; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;lawyer;candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1924 (Republican primary), 1930(Republican primary), 1932 (Republican primary), 1936 (UnionProgressive), 1938 (Democratic primary); Independent candidate formayorof Chicago, Ill., 1935.Member,FarmBureau;Freemasons;AmericanLegion.In 1938, he wrote and self-publishedThe Republic Reclaimed, abook whichblamed the world's problems on Jews, and declaredAdolf Hitler to be the "greatest German in all history." In early1941, as part of an isolationist campaign to persuade Americans notto go to war with Germany, he anonymously helped organize nationwidedistribution of thepro-Nazi "Uncle Sam Crucifixion Circular",a detailed isolationist andantisemitic cartoon; his deathsaved him from beingprosecutedforsedition.Died, from aheartailment, in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October16, 1942 (age55 years, 58days).Interment atAcaciaPark Cemetery, Norridge, Ill. | | | Joseph Ellsberry McWilliams (1904-1996) — also known asJoe McWilliams — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Hitchcock,BlaineCounty, Okla.,1904.Gavestreet-cornerspeeches in New York City, in which hedenounced Jews andpraised Adolf Hitler;arrestedin 1940 when one of his speeches caused a riot;chargedwithseditionin 1944, as part of an allegedNazi conspiracy;triedalong with many others, but after seven months, a mistrial wasdeclared; candidate in Republican primary forU.S.Representative from New York 18th District, 1940.Died in1996(ageabout92 years).Burial location unknown. | | Edward Elwell Spafford (1878-1941) — also known asEdward E. Spafford — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Brewster,PutnamCounty, N.Y.Born in Springfield,WindsorCounty, Vt.,March12, 1878.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;National Commander, American Legion, 1927-28; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1930.Member,AmericanLegion.In 1941, during divorce proceedings, he wasaccusedof conspiring withGermanagents in America; in an interview published in 1943 byjournalist John Roy Carlson, he espoused stronglyantisemiticandpro-Hitler views.Died, in the Naval AcademyHospital,Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,November13, 1941 (age63 years, 246days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Hiram Duncan Spafford and Georgia F. Spafford; married,May 22,1912, to Lucille M. Stevens; married1922 toLillian Mercer Pierce. |
| | Lorence Elmer Asman (b. 1924) — also known asLorence E. Asman;LarryAsman —ofKentCounty, Mich.Born in St. Louis,GratiotCounty, Mich.,January29, 1924.Republican. In 1941, he became a follower and associate ofanti-Semitic leaderGeraldL. K. Smith;arrestedby the Secret Service in 1943 for writing a "scurrilous" (presumablythreatening)letter to PresidentFranklinD. Roosevelt; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; authorof a inflammatory leaflet in 1946 titled20,000 Little BrownBastards which was widely distributed to stir upracialhatred against African-Americans; candidate forMichiganstate senate 16th District, 1960.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Gerald Burton Winrod (1900-1957) — also known asGerald B. Winrod — Born in Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,March 7,1900.Republican. One of the founders, in 1925, of the group Defenders ofthe Christian Faith; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kansas, 1938; sympathized with the Adolf Hitler andthe Nazis, and andblamed the Depression and World War II onJews, Catholics, and Communists;indictedin July 1942, with others, forseditionover an alleged conspiracy to cause insubordination in the ArmedForces in wartime; a mistrial was declared and charges were dropped.Died in Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,November11, 1957 (age57 years, 249days).Interment atWhiteChapel Memorial Gardens, Wichita, Kan. | | Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith (1898-1976) — also known asGerald L. K. Smith — of Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Eureka Springs,CarrollCounty, Ark.Born in Pardeeville,ColumbiaCounty, Wis.,February27, 1898.Pastor;orator;political administrator and organizer forHuey P.Long, 1934-35; as awhite supremacist, he joined andorganized forWilliamDudley Pelley's Silver Shirts of America, an organization modeleddirectly on Adolf Hitler's Brownshirts; candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1942 (Republican primary), 1942; founderof the America First party;chargedwithseditionin 1944, as part of an allegedNazi conspiracy;triedalong with many others, but after seven months, a mistrial wasdeclared; America First candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1944; founder of the Christian NationalistCrusade; advocated deportation from the U.S. of Jews andAfrican-Americans.Disciplesof Christ.Died, ofpneumonia,in Glendale,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April15, 1976 (age78 years, 48days).Interment atChristof the Ozarks Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Ark. | | Charles J. Anderson Jr. — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1944; delegate to theopenly anti-Semitic America First Party convention in 1944,which nominatedGeraldL. K. Smith for president.Pleadedguilty in Chicago, 1946 to achargeofassaultwith intent to kill.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (1877-1947) — also known asTheodore G. Bilbo — of Poplarville,PearlRiver County, Miss.Born near Poplarville,Pearl RiverCounty, Miss.,October13, 1877.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;farmer;member ofMississippistate senate, 1908-12;LieutenantGovernor of Mississippi, 1912-16; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Mississippi,1912(alternate),1916(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1928,1936,1940,1944;Governorof Mississippi, 1916-20, 1928-32;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1935-47; died in office 1947.Baptist.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;OddFellows;Ku Klux Klan.Authorof the bookTake Your Choice: Separation or Mongrelization,which advocated deportation of all Black Americans to Africa. Duringthe 1946 campaign, in a radio address, he called on "everyred-blooded Anglo-Saxon man in Mississippi to resort to any means tokeep hundreds of Negroes from the polls in the July 2 primary. And ifyou don't know what that means, you are just not up to yourpersuasive measures." After he won re-election, the Senate, appalledat hisracist views and tactics,refused toseat him, and started aninvestigation.Died, ofmouthcancer, in ahospitalat New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,August21, 1947 (age69 years, 312days).Interment atJuniperGrove Cemetery, Near Poplarville, Pearl River County, Miss. | | George Lincoln Rockwell (1918-1967) — of Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.Born in Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.,March 9,1918.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navyduring the Korean conflict; founder, in 1959, of the NationalCommittee to Free America fromJewish Domination (later knownas the AmericanNazi Party);arrestedat variousdemonstrationsduring the 1960s; American Nazi candidate forGovernor ofVirginia, 1965.Shotandkilled bya sniper, later identified as John Patler, whiledriving hiscar in the parking lot of Dominion HillsShoppingCenter, Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,August25, 1967 (age49 years, 169days); Patler was convicted of the murder and sentenced to 20years in prison. Rockwell's funeral procession was not allowed intoCulpeper National Cemetery because of Nazi emblems worn by hissupporters.Cremated. | | Theophilus Eugene Connor (1897-1973) — also known asBull Connor — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,July 11,1897.Democrat.Sportsreporter on Birminghamradio;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1935-37; Birmingham CommissionerofPublicSafety, 1936-52, 1956-63; candidate forGovernor ofAlabama, 1940, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Alabama,1948,1956,1960,1964,1968;arrestedon December 26, 1951, on being found having atrystin a hotel room with his secretary, Christina Brown;convictedofadultery,finedandsentencedtojail,but the conviction was overturned in 1952; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Alabama, 1960-63; an ardentwhitesupremacist; his use of police dogs and fire hoses against civilrights demonstrators in 1962-63 provoked nationaloutrage;candidate formayorof Birmingham, Ala., 1963.Died in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,March10, 1973 (age75 years, 242days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Birmingham, Ala.  | Earl Lauer Butz (1909-2008) — also known asEarl L. Butz — of West Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.Born in Albion,NobleCounty, Ind.,July 3,1909.Economist;universityprofessor;U.S.Secretary of Agriculture, 1971-76.Member,AlphaGamma Rho;SigmaXi;SigmaDelta Chi;TauKappa Alpha;AlphaZeta;Kiwanis.Resignedin 1976 following afurorover aracist joke. In 1981, hepleadedguilty toincometax evasion;sentencedto five years inprison(served 30 days) andfined$10,000.Died in Kensington,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,February2, 2008 (age98 years, 214days).Interment atTippecanoeMemory Gardens, West Lafayette, Ind. | | | John George Schmitz (1930-2001) — also known asJohn G. Schmitz — of California. Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,August12, 1930.Member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1965-70, 1979;U.S.Representative from California 35th District, 1970-73; defeatedin Republican primary, 1972, 1976, 1984; American Independentcandidate forPresidentof the United States, 1972;reprimandedby the California Senate in 1982 over a press release issued by hisoffice, which characterized a critic and her supporters withcrudeslurs; candidate in Republican primary forU.S.Senator from California, 1982.Catholic.Member,YoungAmericans for Freedom;JohnBirch Society;National RifleAssociation;AmericanLegion;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;Knightsof Columbus;Orderof Alhambra;Toastmasters.Died, ofprostatecancer, in theNationalNaval Medical Center, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January10, 2001 (age70 years, 151days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Frederick Waldron Phelps (1929-2014) — also known asFred Phelps — of Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.Born in Meridian,LauderdaleCounty, Miss.,November13, 1929.Democrat.Lawyer;disbarredby the state of Kansas in 1979 overharassmentof a court reporter andperjuryduring the proceedings; in 1985, nine Federal judges filed adisciplinary complaint against him over allegedfalseaccusations, which led to an agreement that hecease lawpractice in Federal court;pastor ofthe Westboro Baptist Church, which iswidelyreviled for its extremehatred of homosexuals, and itstactics, such as picketing at military funerals; candidate forGovernor ofKansas, 1990, 1994, 1998; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kansas, 1992; candidate formayor ofTopeka, Kan., 1993, 1997.Baptist.Died in Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,March19, 2014 (age84 years, 126days).Cremated. | | Tom Metzger — of California; Warsaw,KosciuskoCounty, Ind.Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from California 43rd District, 1980; candidate inDemocratic primary forU.S.Senator from California, 1982;convictedin 1991 ofburning across (as a form ofhate speech or intimidation) andsentencedtoprison;in 1992, he wasarrestedin Canada for violatingimmigrationlaws.Member,JohnBirch Society;Ku Klux Klan.Still living as of 2012. | | Sally Kern (b. 1946) — also known asSarah Louella Rogers — of Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.Born in Jonesboro,CraigheadCounty, Ark.,November27, 1946.Republican.Schoolteacher; member ofOklahomastate house of representatives 84th District, 2005-17; delegateto Republican National Convention from Oklahoma,2008;in 2008, her statements about homosexuality asworse thanterrorism afuror;in 2011, herderogatory comments about African-Americans andwomen led the Oklahoma House toreprimandher by a vote of 76-17.Female.Still living as of 2017. | | Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. (b. 1940) — also known asGlenn Miller;"Frazier GlennCross";"Rounder" —of North Carolina; Aurora,LawrenceCounty, Mo.Born in Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.,1940.Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; candidate inDemocratic primary forGovernor ofNorth Carolina, 1984; candidate in Republican primary forNorthCarolina state senate, 1986;convictedon federalcontemptof court charges in 1986;sentencedto one year in prison, butdisappearedwhile out on bond; latercapturedin Missouri, along with four other Klansmen and a cache of weapons;indictedin 1987 for plottingrobberiesand anassassination;in a deal with prosecutors, hepleadedguilty to aweaponscharge and to makingthreatsthrough the mail; served three years inprison; candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri 7th District, 2006; candidate forU.S.Senator from Missouri, 2010; on April 13, 2014, in an apparenthate crime heshotand killed three people at a Jewish community center andretirement complex in Overland Park, Kansas.Member,KuKlux Klan.Still living as of 2014. | | Ira Daniel Hansen (b. 1960) — also known asIra Hansen — of Sparks,WashoeCounty, Nev.Born in Reno,WashoeCounty, Nev.,October5, 1960.Republican.Plumbingbusiness;animaltrapper;newspapercolumnist;member ofNevadastate house of representatives 32nd District, 2011-18; inNovember 2014, when he was about to become Speaker of the NevadaHouse, afurorerupted over columns he wrote in the 1990s for the SparksTribune; among other things, hereferred to Black people assimple-minded darkies, and to Martin Luther King, Jr., as "a liar, aphony, and a fraud"; an NAACP leader said of Hansen that "he hasbeaten the drum ofintolerance for decades; amid calls for hisouster,hewithdrewas Speaker-designate, but retained his House seat; member ofNevadastate senate 14th District, 2019-.Mormon.Still living as of 2021. | | Steven Arnold King (b. 1949) — also known asSteve King — of Kiron,CrawfordCounty, Iowa.Born in Storm Lake,Buena VistaCounty, Iowa,May 28,1949.Republican. Member ofIowastate senate 6th District, 1996-2002;U.S.Representative from Iowa, 2003-21 (5th District 2003-13, 4thDistrict 2013-21); defeated in primary, 2020; in January 2019, hiscomments during an interview were widely understood to expresssupport forwhite supremacy; the House of Representativesvoted almost unanimously torebukehim.Methodist;laterCatholic.Still living as of 2021.
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