See thetrouble anddisgrace main page, as well as theFAQ and thePoliticalGraveyard privacy policy, for important explanations anddisclaimers. in chronological order | |  William Stanbery (1788-1873) — of Newark,LickingCounty, Ohio.Born inEssexCounty, N.J.,August10, 1788.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate senate, 1824-25;U.S.Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1827-33;censuredby the Congress for use ofunparliamentary language, July 11,1832.Died in Newark,LickingCounty, Ohio,January23, 1873 (age84 years, 166days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio. | | Robert Wilson (1793-1856) — also known as"Honest Bob" — of Texas. Born in Easton,TalbotCounty, Md.,December7, 1793.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of San Jacinto, 1832;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Harrisburg and Liberty, 1836-38,1839; candidate forPresidentof the Texas Republic, 1838, 1843;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.Member,Freemasons.Expelledfrom Texas Republic Senate, December 26, 1838, forusingprofanity anddisclosingsecrecy; subsequently returned to office.DiedMay 25,1856 (age62 years, 170days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex. | | 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-Catholicspeech, he wasarrested,chargedwith usingobscene language,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. | | John Ward Hunter (1807-1900) — also known asJohn W. Hunter — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Bedford (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,October15, 1807.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1866-67;mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1874-75.Censuredby the U.S. House of Representatives in 1867 for the use ofunparliamentary language.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April16, 1900 (age92 years, 183days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Fernando Wood (1812-1881) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 14,1812.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York, 1841-43, 1863-65, 1867-81 (3rdDistrict 1841-43, 5th District 1863-65, 9th District 1867-73, 10thDistrict 1873-75, 9th District 1875-81); defeated (Mozart Hall),1864; died in office 1881;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1855-57, 1860-61; defeated, 1850, 1857,1861 (Mozart Hall), 1867 (Mozart Hall);censuredby the House of Representatives in 1868 for usingunparliamentarylanguage.Died in Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.,February14, 1881 (age68 years, 245days).Interment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Edward Dexter Holbrook (1836-1870) — also known asEdward D. Holbrook — of Idaho City,BoiseCounty, Idaho.Born in Elyria,LorainCounty, Ohio,May 6,1836.Lawyer;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1865-69.Censuredby the House of Representatives in 1869 for use ofunparliamentarylanguage.Shotandmortallywounded by Charles H. Douglas, and died the next day, in IdahoCity,BoiseCounty, Idaho,June 18,1870 (age34 years, 43days).Interment atMasonicBurial Ground, Idaho City, Idaho.  | 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 writingsattackingthe 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. | | Thomas Lindsay Blanton (1872-1957) — also known asThomas L. Blanton — of Abilene,TaylorCounty, Tex.Born in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,October25, 1872.Democrat.Lawyer;district judge in Texas 42nd District, 1908-16;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1917-29, 1930-37 (16th District1917-19, 17th District 1919-29, 1930-37).Presbyterian.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;OddFellows;Woodmen.Censuredin 1921 for inserting a letter into theCongressional Recordwhich contained words said to be "unspeakable, vile, foul, filthy,profane, blasphemous andobscene." A motion toexpelhim from the House of Representatives failed by eight votes.Indictedin 1923 forcriminallibel over his claim that former U.S. Rep.OscarCallaway had urged his frends not to buy Liberty bonds duringWorld War I.Died in Albany,ShackelfordCounty, Tex.,August11, 1957 (age84 years, 290days).Interment atAlbanyCemetery, Albany, Tex. | | Larry Claxton Flynt (1942-2021) — also known asLarry Flynt;"The King ofSmut" —of Ohio; California. Born in Lakeville,MagoffinCounty, Ky.,November1, 1942.Democrat. Owner ofnightclubs; publisher ofHustler, apornographicmagazine;convictedin Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977 onobscenity andorganizedcrimecharges,andsentencedto 25 years inprison,but the verdict was overturned on appeal;shot by asniper in Lawrenceville, Georgia, 1978, andparalyzedfrom the waist down; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 2003.Atheist.Died in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February10, 2021 (age78 years, 101days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Magoffin County, Ky. | | Jello Biafra (b. 1958) — also known asEric Reed Boucher;"Occupant";"Count Ringworm" —ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Boulder,BoulderCounty, Colo.,June 17,1958.Co-founder,lead singer,andsongwriterfor thepunkrock band Dead Kennedys (1978-86); founder of the AlternativeTentaclesrecordlabel; candidate formayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1979;charged,in Los Angeles in 1986, with distributingobscene "harmfulmatter" in the form of asexuallyexplicit print distributed with a Dead Kennedys record album;following atrial,the jury deadlocked, a mistrial was declared, and charges weredismissed; Biafra went on to become aspokenword performer; on May 7, 1994, he wasassaultedand injured at a music club in Berkeley, Calif., by five or sixattackers who called him a "sellout".Atheist.Still living as of 2014. | | Mary Carey (b. 1981) — also known asMary Ellen Cook — of California. Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,June 15,1981.Actressinpornographicmovies;Independent candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 2003;arrestedin April 2005 during a raid on astripclub in Lakewood, Wash.;chargedwithtouching herself whiledancing;pleadedguilty and received asuspendedsentence.Female.Still living as of 2013. | | Mark E. Musselwhite (b. 1966) — of Gainesville,HallCounty, Ga.BornMarch13, 1966.Republican.Mayorof Gainesville, Ga., 2006;arrestedforpublic indecency in June 2009, when he was foundnudeandintoxicatedat a public camp site in Rabun County, Ga.Still living as of 2009. | | Anthony David Weiner (b. 1964) — also known asAnthony D. Weiner;"CarlosDanger" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Forest Hills, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Kew Gardens, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,September4, 1964.Democrat. Staff for U.S. Rep.CharlesE. Schumer, 1985-91; member, New York city council, 1992-98 (atage 27, the youngest member ever elected);U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1999-2011; resigned2011; defeated, 2011; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,2000,2004,2008;candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 2005, 2013; in 2011, ascandaldeveloped over his Internet communications with much younger women,includingsexuallysuggestive andsexuallyexplicit photos and texts; after initially denyingresponsibility, he admitted that the photos were of him, and that hehad sent them;resignedfrom Congress in June 2011; in July 2013, more pictures andsexting,sent under the name "Carlos Danger", were revealed, whichdiscreditedhis mayoral candidacy; in September 2017, hepleadedguilty to a federalchargeof transferringobscene material to a minor;sentencedto 21 months inprison.Jewish.Still living as of 2018.
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