See thetrouble anddisgrace main page, as well as theFAQ and thePoliticalGraveyard privacy policy, for important explanations anddisclaimers. in chronological order | |  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 ofmissingstate funds, and hadconcealed this fact frominvestigators, 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. | | Asa Bird Gardiner (1839-1919) — also known asAsa Bird Gardner — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Suffern,RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September30, 1839.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War; received theMedalof Honor for actions in Civil War War battles, but it was revokedin 1917 when no evidence was found to support his award;lawprofessor;NewYork County District Attorney, 1898-1900; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1900;removedfrom office as District Attorney in December 1900, by Gov.TheodoreRoosevelt, overchargesthat he hadinterfered with the prosecution of election casesagainst Tammany Hall.Member,TammanyHall;Societyof the Cincinnati;LoyalLegion;GrandArmy of the Republic;Societyof the War of 1812;DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, in Suffern,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1919 (age79 years, 236days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938) — also known asClarence S. Darrow — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Kinsman,TrumbullCounty, Ohio,April18, 1857.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois, 1896; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 17th District, 1903-05; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1904,1924.Member,American CivilLiberties Union.Defense attorney for, among many others, Patrick Eugene Prendergast,who murdered Chicago mayorCarterH. Harrison. In 1911, he waschargedwithbribing jurors in a California case;triedand acquitted; a secondtrialresulted in a hung jury. Famously cross-examinedWilliamJennings Bryan during the 1925 "Scopes Monkey Trial.".Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March13, 1938 (age80 years, 329days).Cremated;ashes scattered; statue atRhea County Courthouse Grounds, Dayton, Tenn. | | Frederick J. Harwood — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.Socialist. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 21st District, 1916; StateSecretary, New Jersey Socialist Party, 1919; whenattemptingto speak to aSocialistrally in Rahway, N.J., May 31, 1919, he was sprayed with a firehose by MayorDavidH. Trembley;chargedwithopposing and obstructing a police officer, andfined$50; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 24th District, 1938.Burial location unknown. | | William Joseph Fallon (1886-1927) — also known asWilliam J. Fallon;"The GreatMouthpiece";"Broadway'sCicero" —of Mamaroneck,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1886.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1918;chargedin 1924 withbribingajuror;triedand acquitted.Died, ofheartdisease, in theHotelOxford, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April29, 1927 (ageabout 40years).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | 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,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 |
| | Ernest A. Moross (c.1874-1949) — of Mosherville,HillsdaleCounty, Mich.Born about 1874. Manager for Indianapolis Speedway, and for many early 20th centuryrace cardrivers; retired from automobile racing in 1916; candidate inRepublican primary forMichiganstate house of representatives from Hillsdale County, 1930;Communist candidate forMichiganstate senate 10th District, 1932; in 1933, he refused to renewhis car'slicenseplates as aprotestagainst the cost; when his car was seized, he and his wifelocked thedoors andremainedinside it for a month; finally police broke into the car andarrestedthem;convictedofresisting arrest, andsentencedto 30 days injail.Died in Long Beach,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April 4,1949 (ageabout 75years).Burial location unknown. | | Michael Joseph Hogan (1871-1940) — also known asMichael J. Hogan — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Rockville Centre,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April22, 1871.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1921-23; defeated,1922 (7th District), 1932 (at-large);truckingbusiness;indictedin 1934 foracceptingmoney from applicants for New York City plumbing licenses;convictedon federal charges in 1935 ofacceptingbribes from illegal immigrants and helping them filefalseaffidavits, andsentencedto a year and a day in federal prison;testifiedin 1936 that he had assisted in ajury tampering conspiracy.Died in Rockville Centre,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,May 7,1940 (age69 years, 15days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Hulan Edwin Jack (1906-1986) — also known asHulan E. Jack — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inSt.Lucia,December29, 1906.Democrat.Paper boxmanufacturer; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1941-53, 1968-72 (New York County 17th District1941-44, New York County 14th District 1945-53, 70th District1968-72); defeated in primary, 1972;boroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1954-61; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1956;indictedin 1960 onchargesof conspiracy toobstruct justice and violation of the CityCharter, overacceptanceof $4,400 from a real estate developer; the indictment wasdismissed, but then reinstated on appeal; atrial,in June and July 1960, resulted in a hung jury; at a secondtrialwasconvicted;hissentencewas suspended, but he was automaticallyremoved fromoffice as Borough President;indictedin 1970 on federalchargesof conspiracy andconflictof interest;tried,convicted,andsentencedto three months inprison,andfined$5,000.Catholic.Africanancestry. Member,PhiBeta Sigma;Elks.Died, in St. Luke'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December19, 1986 (age79 years, 355days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Almira Wilkinson. |
| | Tito Carinci (1928-2006) — of Newport,CampbellCounty, Ky.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.BornDecember15, 1928.President and manager of the GlennHoteland the Tropicanabar andcasino;arrestedin 1961 onobstruction of justicecharges;candidate in primary formayorof Newport, Ky., 1963.DiedNovember12, 2006 (age77 years, 332days).Burial location unknown.  | William Wallace Barron (1911-2002) — also known asW. Wallace Barron;WallyBarron —of Elkins,RandolphCounty, W.Va.Born in Elkins,RandolphCounty, W.Va.,December8, 1911.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War II;mayor ofElkins, W.Va., 1949-50; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Randolph County, 1951-53;resigned 1953;WestVirginia state attorney general; elected 1956;Governor ofWest Virginia, 1961-65.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Moose;Civitan;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight.Convictedofjury tampering in 1971, andsentencedto five years inprison.Died in Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,November12, 2002 (age90 years, 339days).Interment atMaplewoodCemetery, Elkins, W.Va. | | Thomas James Mackell (1914-1992) — also known asThomas J. Mackell — of Rego Park, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Little Neck, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 19,1914.Democrat.Policedetective;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1955-66 (9th District 1955-65, 14th District 1966);delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1960(alternate),1964(alternate),1968;QueensCounty District Attorney, 1967-73.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Elks;Lions;Knightsof Columbus;American BarAssociation.Resignedas District Attorney in 1973, following hisindictmenton charges ofhindering prosecution in a get-rich-quickscheme; he wastried andconvicted in 1974, but the verdict was reversed on appeal.Died, fromstomachcancer, in Douglaston Manor, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,January27, 1992 (age77 years, 192days).Interment atMountSt. Mary Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary Ann (Keating) Mackell and Peter Francis Mackell; married1939 toDorothea R. Lang. | | | | Epitaph: "Loving Husband, Father andPoppie." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Maurice Hubert Stans (1908-1998) — also known asMaurice H. Stans — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Shakopee,ScottCounty, Minn.,March22, 1908.Accountant;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1969-72.Catholic.Indictedin 1973, along withJohnN. Mitchell, forperjuryandobstruction over acontributionfromfugitivefinancier Robert Vesco to PresidentRichardM. Nixon's re-election campaign;triedand acquitted; laterpleadedguilty to five violations ofcampaignfinance laws and paid afine of$5,000.Suffered aheartattack, and died five days later, at Huntington MemorialHospital,Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April14, 1998 (age90 years, 23days).Burial location unknown. | | John Newton Mitchell (1913-1988) — also known asJohn N. Mitchell — of New York;Washington,D.C.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,September15, 1913.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Attorney General, 1969-72.Member,American BarAssociation.A central figure in the Watergatescandal.Indictedin 1973, along withMauriceStans, forperjuryandobstruction over acontributionfromfugitivefinancier Robert Vesco to PresidentRichardM. Nixon's re-election campaign;triedand acquitted.Convictedin February 1975 of conspiracy,obstruction of justice andperjury,over his role in theWatergatebreak-in, andsentencedto two and a half to eight years inprison;served 19 months.Suffered aheartattack, and died later the same day, at George WashingtonUniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,November9, 1988 (age75 years, 55days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | George Bradford Cook (b. 1936) — also known asG. Bradford Cook — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.,1936.Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1973;resignedunder fire from the SEC, following disclosure that he hadmodified a commission complaint to delete references to asecret $200,000campaigncontribution to PresidentRichardNixon's re-election campaign fromfugitivefinancier Robert Vesco; admitted that hetestifiedfalsely to a Senate committee and to a grand jury investigatingthe matter; his license to practice law in Illinois and Nebraska wassuspendedfor three years.Still living as of 1975.| | Relatives: Sonof George Brash Cook; married to Jo Anne Thatcher and LauraArmour. |
| | James M. Turner (1928-1981) — of Woodbury,GloucesterCounty, N.J.BornNovember8, 1928.Republican. Member ofNewJersey state house of assembly District 3-B; elected 1969;member ofNewJersey state senate District 3-A, 1972-73; removed 1973;defeated, 1973 (3rd District);convictedin 1973 of accepting a $10,000bribeto "fix" a stolen property case, and conspiring toframeAssemblymanKennethA. Gewertz, by plantingnarcoticsin his home and his car.DiedJuly 20,1981 (age52 years, 254days).Burial location unknown.  | Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994) — also known asRichard M. Nixon;"TrickyDick";"Searchlight" —of Whittier,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Yorba Linda,OrangeCounty, Calif.,January9, 1913.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from California 12th District, 1947-50;U.S.Senator from California, 1950-53; appointed 1950; resigned 1953;delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1956;VicePresident of the United States, 1953-61;Presidentof the United States, 1969-74; defeated, 1960; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1962; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1964.Quaker. Member,AmericanLegion;Order ofthe Coif.Discredited by the Watergatescandal,as many of his subordinates were charged with crimes; in July 1974,the U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted threearticles ofimpeachment against him, overobstruction of justice,abuseof power, andcontemptof Congress; soon after, a tape recording emerged which directlyimplicatedhim in theWatergatebreak-in; with impeachment certain, heresigned;pardonedin 1974 by PresidentGeraldR. Ford.Died, from astroke,atNew YorkHospital/Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April22, 1994 (age81 years, 103days).Interment atRichardNixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Francis Anthony 'Frank' Nixon and Hannah (Milhous) Nixon; married,June21, 1940, toThelmaCatherine Ryan; father of Julie Nixon (daughter-in-law ofJohnSheldon Doud Eisenhower; granddaughter-in-law ofDwightDavid Eisenhower); second cousin ofJohnDuffy Alderson. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:MauriceH. Stans —JohnH. Holdridge —ClarkMacGregor —HarryL. Sears —HarryS. Dent —ChristianA. Herter, Jr. —JohnN. Mitchell —G.Bradford Cook —RaymondMoley —PatrickJ. Buchanan —NilsA. Boe —MurrayM. Chotiner —RichardBlumenthal —G.Gordon Liddy —RobertD. Sack —EdwardG. Latch —WilliamO. Mills —MeyerKestnbaum —ArchibaldCox —CharlesK. McWhorter | | | | Campaign slogan (1968): "Nixon's theOne!" | | | | Epitaph: "The greatest honor historycan bestow is the title of peacemaker." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Richard M. Nixon:RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (1978) —BeyondPeace (1994) —1999:Victory Without War (1988) —Leaders(1982) —Memoirs —SixCrises (1962) —TheChallenges We Face (1960) —Inthe Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat and Renewal(1990) —NoMore Vietnams (1985) —ThePoetry of Richard Milhous Nixon (1974) —RealPeace (1984) —TheReal War (1980) —SeizeThe Moment: America's Challenge in a One-Superpower World(1992) | | | | Books about Richard M. Nixon: MelvinSmall,ThePresidency of Richard Nixon — Joan Hoff,NixonReconsidered — Jonathan Aitken,Nixon: A Life — Garry Wills,NixonAgonistes : The Crisis of the Self-Made Man — ThomasMonsell,Nixonon Stage and Screen : The Thirty-Seventh President As Depicted inFilms, Television, Plays and Opera — Stephen E.Ambrose,Nixon: Education of a Politician, 1913-1962 — RichardReeves,PresidentNixon: Alone in the White House — Roger Morris,RichardMilhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician —Robert Mason,RichardNixon and the Quest for a New Majority — JulesWitcover,VeryStrange Bedfellows : The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon& Spiro Agnew — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Richard M. Nixon:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents — Lance Morrow,TheBest Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:Learning the Secrets of Power — Don Fulsom,Nixon'sDarkest Secrets: The Inside Story of America's Most TroubledPresident | | | | Image source: United States Mintengraving |
| | J. Herbert Burke (1913-1993) — of Hollywood,BrowardCounty, Fla.; Fort Lauderdale,BrowardCounty, Fla.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January14, 1913.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1967-79 (10th District 1967-73, 12thDistrict 1973-79); defeated, 1955 (6th District), 1978 (12thDistrict); delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,1972.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Eagles;Forty andEight;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Elks;Moose;Kiwanis.Arrestedin 1978 for beingdrunkand disruptive in the parking lot of astripclub;pleadedguilty topublicdrunkenness, disorderly conduct andwitness tampering.Died in Fern Park,SeminoleCounty, Fla.,June 16,1993 (age80 years, 153days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche Jr. (1922-2018) — also known asLyndon LaRouche;Lyn Marcus — of New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.; Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.Born in Rochester,StraffordCounty, N.H.,September8, 1922.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1976 (U.S. Labor), 1984 (Independent), 1988(Economic Recovery), 1992 (Economic Recovery); candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1980,1984,1988,1992,1996,2000,2004;indicted,with others, onfraudand conspiracychargesin 1986 over solicitation of loans from supporters without intendingto repay them; alsochargedwithobstruction of justice over destruction of financialrecords;tried infederal court in Boston; a mistrial was declared in 1988;re-indictedin federal court in Virginia onchargesof conspiracy, mail fraud, andtaxevasion;convictedandsentencedto fifteen years inprison;released on parole in 1994; Independent candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1990.Died in2018(ageabout95 years).Burial location unknown.  | Oliver Laurence North (b. 1943) — also known asOliver L. North;Ollie North — of Virginia. Born in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,October7, 1943.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;central figure in the Iran-Contrascandalof 1986; he was in charge of a secret (and illegal) governmentoperation tosellweapons to Iran and provide the profits to thethen-unrecognizedNicaraguan "contras", who were fighting a civil war against the"Sandinista" government there;convictedin 1989 on federal charges ofobstructing Congress, destroyingdocuments, and accepting anillegalgratuity; an appeals court later overturned the guilty verdict;candidate forU.S.Senator from Virginia, 1994; host of aradio talkshow in 1995-2003, and is atelevisioncommentator.Member,National RifleAssociation.Still living as of 2014. | | Mario Biaggi (1917-2015) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October26, 1917.Policeofficer;U.S.Representative from New York, 1969-88 (24th District 1969-73,10th District 1973-83, 19th District 1983-88); defeated, 1988(Democratic primary, 19th District), 1988 (Republican, 19thDistrict), 1992 (Democratic primary, 17th District); delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1972,1980,1984;candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1973 (Democratic primary), 1973(Conservative); candidate for Democratic nomination for VicePresident,1980;indictedin 1987 on federalchargesthat he had acceptedbribesfrom former Brooklyn political bossMeadeEsposito in in return forinfluenceon federal contracts for a Brooklyn ship-repair company;convictedon September 22, 1987 ofobstructing justice and acceptingillegalgratuities;sentencedtoprisonandfined;triedin 1988 on federal racketeering charges in connection with theWedtech Corporation;convictedon August 4, 1988 on 15 felony counts;resignedfrom Congress following the Wedtech conviction; served more than twoyears inprison.Catholic.Italianancestry.Died in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,June 24,2015 (age97 years, 241days).Interment atGateof Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y. | | Ricardo Jerome Bordallo (1927-1990) — also known asRicardo J. Bordallo;RickyBordallo —of Agana (now Hagatna),Guam.Born in Agana (now Hagatna),Guam,December11, 1927.Democrat.Restaurantowner;automobiledealer; member ofGuamlegislature, 1956-70;GuamDemocratic Party chair, 1960-63, 1971-73; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Guam,1964;Governorof Guam, 1975-78, 1983-86; defeated, 1970;Convictedin 1987 on corruptioncharges,includingbribery,obstruction of justice, andwitness tampering;sentencedto nine years inprisonandfined;some of the charges were overturned on appeal in 1988;resentencedto four years inprisonin December, 1989.Catholic.Chamorroancestry.Just before he was to report to prison, he chained himself to astatue of Chief Quipuha, in a busy traffic circle at rush hour;wrapped in a Guam flag and wearing a sign saying "I regret I have butone life to give for my island," heshot andkilledhimself, in Agana (now Hagatna),Guam,February1, 1990 (age62 years, 52days).Interment atPigo Catholic Cemetery, Hagatna, Guam. | | Clarence M. Mitchell III (b. 1939) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,December14, 1939.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1963-66; member ofMarylandstate senate District 10, 1967-86;Indictedin 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury inconnection with the abriberyinvestigation of Wedtech Corporation;convictedofaccepting$50,000 tostop the Congressional investigation ofWedtech;sentencedto two and a half years inprison;convictedin 1988 ofobstructing an investigation of Baltimoredrugdealer Melvin D. 'Little Melvin' Williams, andsentencedto two years inprison;chargedin 1988 with failure to fileincometax returns;triedand acquitted.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;UrbanLeague;KappaAlpha Psi;Freemasons;Jaycees.Still living as of 1988. | | 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 tostop the Congressional investigation ofWedtech;sentencedto two and a half years inprison;convictedin 1988 offorgingdocuments 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. | | James E. Roark (b. 1945) — also known asMike Roark;"MadDog" —of Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.Born in Nitro,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.,1945.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;lawyer;mayorof Charleston, W.Va., 1983-87; resigned 1987.Indictedin August, 1987, on felony charges of possessing and distributingcocaine,and conspiring toobstruct theinvestigationby inducing a witness to commitperjury;pleadedguilty to misdemeanors in November, andresignedas mayor.Still living as of 1987. | | 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, onchargesofobstructing justice and illegallylendingstate money to his business;convictedand removed from office by the Arizona Senate on April 4, 1988. Arecallelection was scheduled against him, but it was cancelled by theArizona Supreme Court.Died, from complications ofAlzheimer'sdisease, in Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,February22, 2008 (age83 years, 286days).Burial location unknown. | | Arch Alfred Moore Jr. (1923-2015) — also known asArch A. Moore, Jr. — of Moundsville,MarshallCounty, W.Va.; Glen Dale,MarshallCounty, W.Va.Born in Moundsville,MarshallCounty, W.Va.,April16, 1923.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1953-54;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1957-69;defeated, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from WestVirginia,1960(alternate),1972(alternate),1984(delegation chair); member ofRepublicanNational Committee from West Virginia, 1963-73;Governor ofWest Virginia, 1969-77, 1985-89; defeated, 1980, 1988; candidateforU.S.Senator from West Virginia, 1978.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Moose;Eagles;Elks;Rotary;PhiDelta Phi;BetaTheta Pi.Pleadedguilty in 1990 to fivefelonies,over findings that he had acceptedillegalcontributions to his 1984 and 1988 election campaigns, hadextortedover $500,000 from a coal company, andobstructed theinvestigation; served two years and eight months inprison.Died in Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.,January7, 2015 (age91 years, 266days).Interment atRiverview Cemetery, Moundsville, W.Va. | | Robert William Packwood (b. 1932) — also known asBob Packwood — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.; Lake Oswego,ClackamasCounty, Ore.Born in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,September11, 1932.Republican.Lawyer;chair ofMultnomah County Republican Party, 1960-62; member ofOregonstate house of representatives, 1963-68;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1969-95; resigned 1995; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Oregon,1972.Unitarian.Member,American BarAssociation;Jaycees;BetaTheta Pi.Resignedfrom the U.S. Senate in 1995, after the Select Committee on Ethicsrecommendedhis expulson forsexualmisconduct, attempting toobstruct the committee'sinvestigation, and using his position to solicit employment forhiswife.Still living as of 2014. | | Melvin Jay Reynolds (b. 1952) — also known asMel Reynolds — of Illinois. Born in Mound Bayou,BolivarCounty, Miss.,January8, 1952.Democrat.Universityprofessor;U.S.Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1993-95; defeated inprimary, 1988, 1990; resigned 1995.Baptist.Africanancestry.Convictedin 1995 onsexualmisconduct andobstruction of justice charges andsentencedto five years inprison.Convictedin federal court in 1997 of 15 counts ofbankfraud, wire fraud, and lying to theFederalElection Commission;sentencedto 78 more months inprison.Still living as of 2014. | | Henry Gabriel Cisneros (b. 1947) — also known asHenry G. Cisneros — of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,June 11,1947.Democrat.Mayorof San Antonio, Tex., 1981-89; candidate for Democraticnomination for Vice President,1984;U.S.Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1993-97.Hispanicancestry.In 1995, an independent counsel was appointed toinvestigateallegations that he had madefalsestatements to the FBI about payments he made to hismistress;indictedin 1997 on 18 counts of conspiracy, makingfalsestatements, andobstruction of justice;pleadedguilty to a misdemeanor count oflying tothe FBI, and wasfined$10,000;pardonedin 2001 by PresidentBillClinton.Still living as of 2014.  | William Jefferson Clinton (b. 1946) — also known asBill Clinton;William Jefferson BlytheIV;"Slick Willie";"Bubba";"Elvis";"Eagle";"The BigDog" —of Arkansas; Chappaqua,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Hope,HempsteadCounty, Ark.,August19, 1946.Democrat.Rhodesscholar; candidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1974;Arkansasstate attorney general, 1977-79;Governor ofArkansas, 1979-81, 1983-92; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Arkansas,1996,2000;speaker,1984,1988;Presidentof the United States, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,2004,2008;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2016(voted forHillaryClinton andTimKaine); Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2020(voted forJosephR. Biden, Jr. andKamalaD. Harris).Baptist.Member,TrilateralCommission;Council onForeign Relations;PhiBeta Kappa;PiSigma Alpha;PhiAlpha Delta;American BarAssociation.On October 29, 1994, Francisco Duran fired 27 shots from the sidewalkat the White House in an apparentassassinationattempt against President Clinton.Impeachedby the House of Representatives in December 1998 over allegations ofperjuryandobstruction of justice in connection with hissexualcontact with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, but acquittedby the Senate.Still living as of 2025.| | Relatives:Step-son of Roger Clinton; son of William Jefferson Blythe II andVirginia (Cassidy) Clinton; married,October11, 1975, toHillaryDiane Rodham (sister ofHughEdwin Rodham); father ofChelseaVictoria Clinton (daughter-in-law ofEdwardMaurice Mezvinsky andMarjorieMargolies); third cousin twice removed ofJamesAlexander Lockhart. | | | | Political family:Ashefamily of North Carolina (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:AbrahamJ. Hirschfeld —KennethW. Starr —RahmEmanuel —HenryG. Cisneros —MariaEchaveste —ThurgoodMarshall, Jr. —WalterS. Orlinsky —CharlesF. C. Ruff —SeanPatrick Maloney —LannyJ. Davis | | | | The William Jefferson ClintonFederalBuilding (built 1934; renamed 2012) inWashington,D.C., isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Bill Clinton:BetweenHope and History : Meeting America's Challenges for the 21stCentury (1996) —MyLife (2004) | | | | Books about Bill Clinton: DavidMaraniss,Firstin His Class : The Biography of Bill Clinton — JoeConason,TheHunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill andHillary Clinton — Gene Lyons,Foolsfor Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater —Sidney Blumenthal,TheClinton Wars — Dewayne Wickham,BillClinton and Black America — Joe Klein,TheNatural : The Misunderstood Presidency of BillClinton — Nigel Hamilton,BillClinton: An American Journey — Bob Woodward,TheAgenda: Inside the Clinton White House — GeorgeStephanopolous,AllToo Human — John F. Harris,TheSurvivor : Bill Clinton in the White House — MarkKatz,Clinton& Me: A Real Life Political Comedy — Michael Takiff,AComplicated Man: The Life of Bill Clinton as Told by Those Who KnowHim — Tim O'Shei,BillClinton (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Bill Clinton:Barbara Olson,TheFinal Days : The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton WhiteHouse — Meredith L. Oakley,Onthe Make : The Rise of Bill Clinton — RobertPatterson,Derelictionof Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton EndangeredAmerica's Long-Term National Security — AmbroseEvans-Pritchard,TheSecret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories —Ann Coulter,HighCrimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against BillClinton — Dick Morris & Eileen McGann,BecauseHe Could — Jack Cashill,RonBrown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency andHillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens,NoOne Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —Rich Lowry,Legacy:Paying the Price for the Clinton Years — RichardMiniter,LosingBin Laden : How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed GlobalTerror | | | | Image source: Congressional PictorialDirectory, 105th Congress (1997) |
| | | Paul J. Silvester (born c.1963) — of West Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born about 1963. Republican.Connecticutstate treasurer, 1997-99; appointed 1997.In September 1999,pleadedguilty to federalchargesof racketeering,moneylaundering andbribery.Hisbailwas revoked in January 2002 forimproper contacts with adefendant in another corruption trial.Still living as of 2002.  | Raymond C. Ubinger (b. 1965) — also known asRay Ubinger — of Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.Born in1965.Libertarian.Musician;candidate forU.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1996; on principle, he refused torenew his driver's license when it expired in 1998, and wasrepeatedlycitedfordrivingwithout one; candidate formayor ofDurham, N.C., 1999; candidate forNorthCarolina state house of representatives 23rd District, 2000;arrestedin 2001 onchargesofcarrying aconcealed pistol andresisting arrest;convicted,fined,and put on unsupervisedprobation;candidate forNorthCarolina state senate, 2004 (20th District), 2018 (22ndDistrict), 2020 (22nd District), 2022 (22nd District); Libertariancandidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina,2012(on behalf ofGaryE. Johnson andJamesP. Gray); Libertarian candidate for Presidential Elector forNorth Carolina,2016(on behalf ofGaryE. Johnson andWilliamF. Weld); Libertarian candidate for Presidential Elector forNorth Carolina,2020(on behalf ofJoJorgensen andJeremyCohen).Still living as of 2022. | | | Sara B. Bost (born c.1948) — of Irvington,EssexCounty, N.J.Born about 1948.Mayorof Irvington, N.J., 1994-2002.Female.Africanancestry.Indictedin April 2002 on federalbriberyandwitness tamperingcharges;pleadedguilty in April 2003 to one count ofwitness tampering;sentencedto one year inprison.Still living as of 2004. | | Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua (1923-2012) — also known asAnthony Bevilacqua — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Wynnewood,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 17,1923.Republican.Catholicpriest; bishop of Pittsburgh, 1983-88; archbishop ofPhiladelphia, 1988-2003; cardinal from 1991;offered prayer, Republican National Convention,2000 ;accusedin 2003-04 ofprotectingpriests who were suspected ofsexuallyabusing children; later, it wasfoundthat he had ordered a subordinate todestroy a list of 35abusive priests, and that he hadpunisheda priest who had raised concerns about possible abuse.Catholic.Italianancestry.Died in Wynnewood,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,January31, 2012 (age88 years, 228days).Entombed atCathedralBasilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Christopher Lee Bollyn (born c.1957) — also known asChristopher Bollyn — of Hoffman Estates,CookCounty, Ill.Born about 1957.Journalist;promoter of theory that Israeli agents were responsible for the 2001attack on the World Trade Center; candidate in primary forvillagepresident of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, 2001; in August 2006, hecalled 911 to report a suspicious vehicle in his neighborhood; gotinto an altercation and scuffle with police;arrestedand charged withaggravatedassault andresisting arrest; tried andconvictedin 2007; did not appear for sentencing.Still living as of 2006. | | William Shannon Lerach (b. 1946) — also known asWilliam S. Lerach;BillLerach —of Rancho Santa Fe,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in1946.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1996.Pleadguilty in 2007 to federalchargesof conspiracy to commitobstruction of justice and makingfalsedeclarations under oath in connection with akickbackscheme;sentencedto two years in prison, fined $250,000, and ordered to do 1,000 hoursof community service.Still living as of 2010. | | Kwame Malik Kilpatrick (b. 1970) — also known asKwame M. Kilpatrick — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 8,1970.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 9th District, 1997-2001; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Michigan,2000,2004,2008;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 2002-08; resigned 2008; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Michigan, 2004-08;chargedin 2008 withobstruction of justice,perjury,andmisconductin office, in connection with his denial under oath of anaffairwith his chief of staff, Christine Beatty, and misleading the citycouncil over a payment of $8.4 million to settle a whistleblowerlawsuit filed by two police officers, which included a secret deal toprevent evidence of the affair from being disclosed; laterchargedwithassaultingtwo police officers who were serving a subpoena;pleadedguilty to two felony counts ofobstruction of justice andnocontest to oneassaultcharge;he also agreed to four months injail,payment of $1 million inrestitution,toresignas mayor, and to give up his law license and pension.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP.Still living as of 2020. | | Vincent Loyola Leibell III (b. 1946) — also known asVincent L. Leibell III — of Carmel,PutnamCounty, N.Y.; Patterson,PutnamCounty, N.Y.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,August6, 1946.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1983-94 (90th District 1983-92, 91st District1993-94); member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1995-2009 (37th District 1995-2002, 40th District2003-09); in December 2010, hepleadguilty tobribery,taxevasion, andobstruction of justicecharges,over his distribution of $6.5 million in taxpayer funds to nonprofitgroups he controlled; the FBI also secretly recorded him demandingkickbacksfrom an attorney;sentencedto 21 months in federalprison.Member,AmericanLegion.Still living as of 2010. | | Phill Kline (b. 1959) — of Overland Park,JohnsonCounty, Kan.Born in Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.,December31, 1959.Republican.Lawyer;radio showhost; candidate forU.S.Representative from Kansas, 1986 (2nd District), 2000 (3rdDistrict); member ofKansasstate house of representatives 18th District, 1993-2000;Kansasstate attorney general, 2003-07; defeated, 2006;JohnsonCounty District Attorney, 2007-08.Nazarene.In October, 2011, the Kansas Supreme Courtindefinitelysuspended his license to practice law, citingmisconductwhile investigating abortion clinics, includingperjuryand deliberately deceivingjudges,state officials, agrand jury, and the investigating panel ofthe Board for Discipline of Attorneys.Still living as of 2014. | | James Daniel Jordan (b. 1964) — also known asJim Jordan — of Urbana,ChampaignCounty, Ohio.Born in Troy,MiamiCounty, Ohio,February17, 1964.Republican.Athleticcoach; member ofOhiostate house of representatives 85th District, 1995-2000; memberofOhiostate senate 12th District, 2001-06;U.S.Representative from Ohio 4th District, 2007-; in 2018, he wasaccusedby former Ohio State University wrestlers of ignoringsexualabuse by the team physician; he denied this, but refused tocooperate with aninvestigation;in a lawsuit, he waschargedwithwitness tampering andintimidation;received theMedalof Freedom on January 11, 2021;speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020.Still living as of 2024. | | Mark Thomas McCloskey — also known asMark McCloskey — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.Republican.Lawyer; onJune 28, 2020, as a group of Black Lives Matter protesters passed bytheir home, he and his wifePattyyelled at the protesters andbrandishedguns at them; the incident was captured on video and receivednational publicity; they werechargedwith aweaponsviolation andtampering with evidence; ultimately pleadedguilty to a misdemeanor andfined;speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020 ;candidate forU.S.Senator from Missouri, 2022.Still living as of 2022. | | Patricia McCloskey — also known asPatty McCloskey;PatriciaNovak —ofSt.Louis, Mo.Republican.Lawyer; onJune 28, 2020, as a group of Black Lives Matter protesters passed bytheir home, she and her husbandMarkyelled at the protesters andbrandishedguns at them; the incident was captured on video and receivednational publicity; they werechargedwith aweaponsviolation andtampering with evidence; ultimately pleadedguilty to a misdemeanor andfined;speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020.Female.Still living as of 2020.
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