See thetrouble anddisgrace main page, as well as theFAQ and thePoliticalGraveyard privacy policy, for important explanations anddisclaimers. | |  Russell Sage (1816-1906) — also known as"The Sage of Troy";"The MoneyKing";"Father of Puts and Calls";"Old Straddle" —of Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Verona,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,August4, 1816.Whig.Merchant;banker;RensselaerCounty Treasurer; delegate to Whig National Convention from NewYork, 1848;U.S.Representative from New York 13th District, 1853-57;railroadbuilder;arrestedin 1869 andchargedwith violation of New Yorkusurylaws by charging high interest rates on loans;finedandsentencedto five days inprison,which was later suspended.On December 4, 1891, Henry Norcross, a stockbroker, brought a bomb toSage's office in New York City as part of an extortion scheme; whenhis demands were refused, hedetonatedthe bomb, but Sage suffered only minor injuries.Died in Lawrence,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 22,1906 (age89 years, 352days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Troy, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Prudence (Risley) Sage and Elisha Sage, Jr.; married,January23, 1840, to Maria-Henrie Winne; married,November24, 1869, to Margarett Olivia Slocum; fourth great-grandnephew ofRobertTreat; second cousin once removed ofEdgarJared Doolittle; second cousin twice removed ofThomasChittenden andJonathanBrace; third cousin once removed ofMartinChittenden,ThomasKimberly Brace,AlvahNash andDwightMay Sabin; third cousin twice removed ofJosiahCowles; third cousin thrice removed ofRobertTreat Paine; fourth cousin ofJeduthunWilcox andChittendenLyon; fourth cousin once removed ofDanielChapin,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,DanielUpson,GreeneCarrier Bronson,DanielKellogg,JohnRussell Kellogg,LeonardWilcox,JohnAdams Taintor,JohnCalhoun Lewis,MillardFillmore,DanielFiske Kellogg,HenryG. Taintor,HenryGould Lewis andDanielFrederick Webster. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | Walter B. Sands (1870-1938) — of Chinook,BlaineCounty, Mont.Born in Maiden Rock,PierceCounty, Wis.,January28, 1870.Lawyer;chiefjustice of Montana state supreme court, 1935-38; died in office1938; during his campaign for Chief Justice, he pledged to acceptonly $6,000 of the $7,500 salary; in 1935, W. D. Tiptonsued to ousthim based on the contention that this promise constituted abribe,and violated the state'scorruptpractices act; ultimately it was ruled that he had acted in goodfaith.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Hit bya bus, was badly injured, suffered aheartattack, and died three days after the accident, in St. Peter'sHospital,Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,June 13,1938 (age68 years, 136days).Entombed atHillcrestLawn Memorial, Great Falls, Mont. | | Marshall Clement Sanford Jr. (b. 1960) — also known asMark Sanford;"The LoveGov" —of South Carolina. Born in Fort Lauderdale,BrowardCounty, Fla.,March28, 1960.Republican.U.S.Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1995-2001;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 2003-11.In June 2009, he disappeared from the state capital and wasunavailable for several days; his office said he was "hiking theAppalachian Trail." In truth, he had gone to Argentina for anextramaritalaffair; thescandalended his chances as a presidential candidate.Still living as of 2011. | | 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 wasimproperlyretained by Santosuosso and Curley; in 1937, the citysuccessfullysuedboth men for the return of the $50,000.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass., March,1968(age90years, 0 days).Burial location unknown.  | Charles Earl Sapp (1859-1912) — also known asCharles E. Sapp — of Crescent Hill,JeffersonCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Missouri,February15, 1859.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1896,1900;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Louisville, Kentucky, 1899-1901.Republican boss of Louisville, allied withWilliamS. Taylor;indicted,with two others, in March 1902, on federalchargesofextortingpayments from federal employees forpoliticalcontributions;pleadedguilty in March 1903, andfined$500 plus costs.Died, fromdoublepneumonia, inSt.Louis, Mo.,March10, 1912 (age53 years, 24days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.| | Relatives:Married to Nellie Williamson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: LouisvilleCourier-Journal, March 11, 1912 |
| | | Kenneth E. Saunders Sr. — also known asButch Saunders — of Asbury Park,MonmouthCounty, N.J.Mayorof Asbury Park, N.J., 1997-2001.Convictedon federalbriberyconspiracy charges, December 2003;pleadedguilty to filingfalsefederal tax returns, February 3, 2004. February 3, 2004.Still living as of 2004. | | W. M. Saunders —Delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from Gadsden andLiberty counties, 1868;expelledfrom convention.Burial location unknown. | | Irving H. Saypol (1905-1977) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September3, 1905.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1949-51;prosecuted Ethel and Julius Rosenberg on espionage charges;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1952-68.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation;FederalBar Association;Knightsof Pythias.Indictedin May 1976, along with SurrogateS.Samuel DiFalco, onbriberyandperjurycharges,in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain appraisal and auctioncommissions for Saypol'sson;the charges were later dismissed.Died, ofcancer,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 30,1977 (age71 years, 300days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Louis Saypol and Minnie (Michakin) Saypol; married,September29, 1925, to Adele D. Kaplan. |
| | Joseph C. Scarpelli (born c.1939) — of Brick Township,OceanCounty, N.J.Born about 1939.Mayorof Brick Township, N.J., 2006; resigned 2006;pleadedguilty in 2007 to federalbriberycharges;sentencedto 18 months inprisonandfined$5,000.Still living as of 2007. | | Max Schachtman (1904-1972) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.; Floral Park,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Warsaw,Poland,September10, 1904.Naturalized U.S. citizen;arrestedduring ademonstrationon Wall Street in New York City, July 3, 1928, but charges againsthim were dismissed; became an open supporter of Leon Trotsky'sopposition to Stalin about 1928, and was expelled from the CommunistParty; became a major Trotskyist leader and theoretician, and one ofthe founders of the Socialist Workers Party; editor ofTheMilitantnewspaper;Workers candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1940 (23rd District), 1946 (15thDistrict); Workers candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1941, 1945; broke with Trotskyism in1948, and became more conservative in later life.Jewishancestry. Member,Leaguefor Industrial Democracy.Died, in Long Island JewishHospital,New Hyde Park,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,November4, 1972 (age68 years, 55days).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Cumming Schenck (1809-1890) — also known asRobert C. Schenck — of Dayton,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio.Born in Franklin,WarrenCounty, Ohio,October4, 1809.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1839-43;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1843-51, 1863-71 (3rd District 1843-51,1863-67, 5th District 1867-69, 3rd District 1869-71); U.S. MinistertoBrazil, 1851-53;Great Britain, 1870-76; general in the Union Army during theCivil War.While U.S. minister to Great Britain in 1871, he promoted the sale ofshares in the Emma Silver Mine Company, of which was a director;quietly sold his own shares before news about the mine's depletioncaused their value to collapse. His diplomatic immunity enabled himto avoid facingfraudchargesin a British court.Died inWashington,D.C.,March23, 1890 (age80 years, 170days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Dayton, Ohio. | | James J. Schmitt (b. 1958) — also known asJim Schmitt — of Green Bay,BrownCounty, Wis.Born in Two Rivers,ManitowocCounty, Wis.,June 7,1958.Mayorof Green Bay, Wis., 2003-19;pleadedguilty in 2016 to misdemeanorcampaignfinance charges;sentencedto a monetary forfeiture and community service; the city council'sattempt tooust himfrom office as mayor failed by one vote.Catholic.Still living as of 2019. | | 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. | | Eric Tradd Schneiderman (b. 1954) — also known asEric T. Schneiderman — Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,December31, 1954.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 31st District; elected 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008;New Yorkstate attorney general, 2011-18; resigned 2018; DemocraticPresidential Elector for New York,2012(voted forBarackObama andJosephR. Biden, Jr.); Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2016(elected on behalf ofHillaryClinton andTimKaine; did not serve);publishedreports alleged that he hadphysicallyabused four women; at first, he claimed that this had beensexualrole playing, but within hours, heresignedhis position; following aninvestigation,no criminal charges were brought.Jewishancestry.Still living as of 2019. | | 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 hadmisusedgovernment funds to pay for lavish redecorating, internationaltrips, and luxury items; he also claimed mileage reimbursements onhis car for many more miles than he had actually driven; followingthese revelations, heresignedfrom Congress;indictedin November 2016; pled not guilty; trial pending.Still living as of 2018. | | Henry P. Scholte (1805-1868) — of Pella,MarionCounty, Iowa.Born in Amsterdam,Netherlands,September25, 1805.Republican.Preacher;joined the dissenters from the national church of the Netherlands;tried in1834 forteachingheresy,expelledfrom the church,fined,andimprisoned;helped organize a group which emigrated to Iowa in 1847;lawyer;postmaster;delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,1860.Dutchancestry.DiedAugust25, 1868 (age62 years, 335days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Pella, Iowa. | | Harry M. Schriver — of Rock Island,RockIsland County, Ill.Mayorof Rock Island, Ill., 1911-15, 1919-23; on March 22, 1912, angryover personal attacks published by newspaper publisher and crimesyndicate bossJohnLooney, he had Looney brought to the Rock Island police stationand gave him aseverebeating; during a riot on March 27, a snipershotat the mayor in his office;convictedin 1923 onviceprotection conspiracycharges.Burial location unknown. | | Terry Doyle Schrunk (b. 1913) — also known asTerry D. Schrunk — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Stayton,MarionCounty, Ore.,March10, 1913.Democrat.Firefighter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;MultnomahCounty Sheriff, 1949-56; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Oregon,1952;mayorof Portland, Ore., 1957-72;indictedin March, 1957 onbriberyandperjurycharges;triedand found not guilty; anotherindictment,forconspiracyto obtain wiretaps and other related charges, was dismissed inSeptember, 1957.Presbyterian.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;PurpleHeart;Elks;Eagles;Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James Schrunk and Pearl Margaret (Doyle) Schrunk; married,May 17,1936, to Virginia Dorothy Price. |
| | Philip Jacob Schupler (1909-1958) — also known asPhilip J. Schupler — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born inAustria,February28, 1909.Democrat.School teacherand principal; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1945-53; resigned1953; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1948;member, New York City Council, 1954-57;indictedin February 1958 for allegedly accepting a $6,500bribeto get a grocer's son into medical school.Jewish. Member,AmericanJewish Congress.Killedhimself, by anoverdoseofbarbiturates,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 2,1958 (age49 years, 63days).Burial location unknown. | | Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (b. 1947) — also known asArnold Schwarzenegger;"Arnie";"Conan the Republican";"TheGovernator";"The Austrian Oak" —of Brentwood, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Thal, Styria,Austria,July30, 1947.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen;actorin numerousmovies,includingPumping Iron, the Terminator series,Conan theBarbarian,Predator,Total Recall, and others;Governor ofCalifornia, 2003-11; Republican candidate for PresidentialElector for California,2004(on behalf ofGeorgeW. Bush andRichardB. Cheney); he and his wifeseparatedin 2011 after revealing that hissexualcontact with a member of his household staff resulted in a childten years earlier.Catholic.Austrianancestry.Still living as of 2022.| | Relatives: Sonof Gustav Schwarzenegger and Aurelia (Jadrny) Schwarzenegger;married,April26, 1986, to Maria Owings Shriver (daughter ofRobertSargent Shriver Jr.; sister ofMarkKennedy Shriver; niece ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy). | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Arnold Schwarzenegger:Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder (1977) —TotalRecall: My Unbelievably True Life Story (2012) | | | | Books about Arnold Schwarzenegger:Nigel Andrews,TrueMyths : The Life and Times of Arnold Schwarzenegger, from PumpingIron to Governor of California — Susan Zannos,ArnoldSchwarzenegger — Laurence Leamer,Fantastic: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger — Michael Blitz &Louise Krasniewicz,WhyArnold Matters: The Rise of a Cultural Icon — IanHalperin,TheGovernator: From Muscle Beach to His Quest for the White House, theImprobable Rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger — Colleen A.Sexton,ArnoldSchwarzenegger (for young readers) |
| | John F. Scibetta — of Lodi,BergenCounty, N.J.Mayorof Lodi, N.J., 1960.Recalledfrom office on corruption charges in 1960.Still living as of 1960. | | Harold Joseph Scott (b. 1938) — also known asHarold J. Scott — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,October5, 1938.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 80th District, 1973-77; resigned1977; member ofMichiganstate senate 29th District, 1977-82.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Eagles.Convicted onrapechargesandsentencedtoprisonin 1988.Still living as of 1988. | | Anthony Scotto (b. 1934) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in1934.Democrat.Longshoreman;vice-president,International Longshoremen's Association; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1972;member of the Gambinocrimefamily;chargedin 1979 on 44 counts ofacceptingpayoffs,evadingincome taxes and racketeering;triedandconvictedon 33 of the counts;sentencedto five years inprison;released in 1984.Italianancestry.Still living as of 2007.| | Relatives:Married to Marion Anastasio. |
| | James Patrick Screen Jr. (1943-1994) — also known asPat Screen — of Baton Rouge,East BatonRouge Parish, La.BornMay 13,1943.Democrat.Lawyer;mayor-presidentof East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, 1981-88;indicted,along with an aide, in 1987, on a felonymalfeasancecharge over management of a road improvement program; the chargeswere dismissed three days later.Catholic.Died, from adrugoverdose, in ahotelroom at New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,September12, 1994 (age51 years, 122days).Interment atResthaven Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum, Baton Rouge, La. | | Bobby Seale (b. 1936) — also known asRobert George Seale — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,October22, 1936.Joined U.S. Air Force in 1955;chargedwithinsubordinationand beingAWOL,anddishonorablydischarged;sheet metalworker; co-founder, with Huey Newton, of the Black Panther Party,1966; one of eight defendantschargedin 1969 with crossing state lines toincite ariot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago; thejudge ordered himbound andgagged during the trial, andsentencedhim to four years inprisonforcontemptof court; Peace and Freedom candidate forCaliforniastate assembly 17th District, 1968; in 1970, he waschargedin New Haven, Conn., withorderingthe murder of Alex Rackley, a Black Panther who had confessed tobeing a police informant; the jury was unable to reach a verdict, andthe charges were eventually dropped; candidate formayorof Oakland, Calif., 1973.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | Gideon Searles (c.1807-1882) — ofCattaraugusCounty, N.Y.Born about 1807. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1846;canalsuperintendent.Arrestedin 1863, andchargedwith attemping tobribeAssemblymanEliasM. Bostwick by offering him $500 to vote for the BroadwayRailroad bill.While walking on the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia railroadtrack, wasstruck andkilled by a train, near Franklinville,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.,July 6,1882 (ageabout 75years).Burial location unknown. | | Harry Lloyd Sears Jr. (1920-2002) — also known asHarry L. Sears — of Mountain Lakes,MorrisCounty, N.J.; Mt. Arlington,MorrisCounty, N.J.Born in Butler,MorrisCounty, N.J.,January16, 1920.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Morris County, 1962-67;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1964(alternate),1968(alternate),1972;member ofNewJersey state senate District 10, 1968-71; resigned 1971;candidate forGovernor ofNew Jersey, 1969.In 1972, he delivered a briefcase with $200,000 in cash from hisclient Robert Vesco to PresidentRichardM. Nixon's re-election campaign;indictedin 1973 onbriberyconspiracycharges;granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimonyagainst co-defendantsJohnN. Mitchell andMauriceH. Stans, who were both acquitted. His license to practice lawwassuspendedfor three years.Died in Denville,MorrisCounty, N.J.,May 17,2002 (age82 years, 121days).Burial location unknown. | | Benjamin Sebastian — of Kentucky.Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1792-1806.Accused of being apaidagent of Spain; the charge wasinvestigatedby the Kentucky legislature, and heresigned indisgrace.Burial location unknown. | | Charles Edward Sebastian (1873-1929) — also known asCharles E. Sebastian — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Farmington,St.Francois County, Mo.,March30, 1873.Democrat.Policeofficer; Los Angeles Chief of Police, 1911-15; in 1915, he wasaccused ofmolestingseveral teenage girls in a rooming house next to the police station;indictedby the county grand jury for contributing to the delinquency of aminor; alsoindictedfor criminalcontemptof court for attempting to influence grand jurors; won electionfor mayor while these cases were pending;triedand acquitted on the molestation charge, butfoundguilty of contempt for interference with the grand jury;mayorof Los Angeles, Calif., 1915-16; resigned 1916; defeated, 1917.DiedApril17, 1929 (age56 years, 18days).Interment atGlenHaven Memorial Park, Sylmar, Calif. | | William King Sebastian (1812-1865) — also known asWilliam K. Sebastian — of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena),PhillipsCounty, Ark.Born in Centerville,HickmanCounty, Tenn.,June 12,1812.Democrat.Lawyer;member of Arkansas state legislature, 1840;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1848-61.When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign hisseat in the Senate; one of tenSouthernsenatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861. Did not participate in the Confederacyduring the war; his expulsion from the Senate was posthumouslyrevoked in 1877.Slaveowner. Died in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,May 20,1865 (age52 years, 342days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | James Alexander Seddon (1815-1880) — also known asJames A. Seddon — of Virginia. Born in Falmouth,StaffordCounty, Va.,July 13,1815.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1845-47, 1849-51;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1856;Delegatefrom Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;ConfederateSecretary of War, 1862-65.ArrestedbyUnionforces in May 1865 andimprisoneduntil December.Slaveowner. Died inGoochlandCounty, Va.,August19, 1880 (age65 years, 37days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | 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 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. | | John Stewart Service (1909-1999) — also known asJohn S. Service — Born in Chengdu,China,August3, 1909.U.S. Consul inWellington, as of 1947.One of several U.S. diplomats whose wartime reports from Chinadetailed the weakness and corruption of Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalistgovernment, and and accurately predicted the triumph of the ChineseCommunists in the ensuing civil war. These reports were held againsthim as evidence ofdisloyalty,notably by Sen.JosephR. McCarthy, who in 1950 called him "a known associate andcollaborator with Communists." Under pressure from McCarthy, theState Departmentdismissedhim in 1951; he was reinstated by a unanimous ruling of the U.S.Supreme Court in 1956.Died in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,February3, 1999 (age89 years, 184days).Burial location unknown. | | Brian Setencich (born c.1962) — of Fresno,FresnoCounty, Calif.Born about 1962. Republican. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1995-96; defeated, 1996;Speaker ofthe California State Assembly, 1995-96.Professionalbasketballplayer in Europe.Chargedwithbriberyand mail fraud;triedand acquitted in February, 2000.Chargedwithtaxevasion;tried infederal court andconvictedin June, 2000.Still living as of 2000. | | Charles Stanard Severance (b. 1960) — also known asCharles S. Severance — ofAlexandria,Va.Born inFairfaxCounty, Va.,September25, 1960.Candidate formayorof Alexandria, Va., 1996, 2000 (Independent); Independentcandidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1996; during 2003-14,heshotand killed three people; he wasarrestedin 2014,tried onmurderand onfelonyfirearms charges,convictedand sentenced to life in prison plus 48 years.Still living as of 2022. | | Nick Severson (born c.1983) — of Vermillion,ClayCounty, S.Dak.Born about 1983.Pleadedguilty in May 2010 to amisdemeanorcharge ofingestingmarijuana, and fined $500; candidate formayorof Vermillion, S.Dak., 2010.Still living as of 2010. | | Henry Clay Sexton (1828-1893) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Virginia,March29, 1828.Builder;imprisonedin 1862 as aSouthernsympathizer;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at St. Louis, Missouri, 1885.SouthernMethodist. Member,Freemasons;Elks.DiedDecember31, 1893 (age65 years, 277days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo.  | Roy Lloyd Shattuck (1871-1915) — also known asRoy Shattuck — of Brazil,ClayCounty, Ind.Born inClayCounty, Ind.,June 2,1871.Republican.Lawyer;mayor of Brazil, Ind., 1903-09; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1914.Arrestedin February 1915, andarraignedin federal court in Indianapolis, along with four other 1914candidates, for attempting tocorruptthe election in Vigo County; pleaded not guilty, but died beforehe could be tried.Died in Brazil,ClayCounty, Ind.,August15, 1915 (age44 years, 74days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Volney B. Shattuck and Henrietta Bessie (Pearce) Shattuck;married,November7, 1894, to Olive Rosamond Carter. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
|  | Frank L. Shaw (1877-1958) — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born near Warwick,Ontario,February1, 1877.Republican.Mayorof Los Angeles, Calif., 1933-38; recalled 1938; defeated, 1941; arecallcampaign against him in 1938 charged that he was associated withunspecified "racketeers"and "underworldcharacters", and that his administrationtoleratedvice in the city; meanwhile, Harry J. Raymond, a privateinvestigator nearly killed in a January 1938 bombing,charged,in a civil lawsuit for damages, that the mayor had been part of aplot by gambling and vice interests tomurderhim.Died, fromcancer,in CaliforniaHospital,Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January24, 1958 (age80 years, 357days).Interment atInglewoodPark Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif. | | | Henry F. Shea (1885-1967) — of Laurium,HoughtonCounty, Mich.Born in Osceola Mine,HoughtonCounty, Mich.,April15, 1885.Democrat.Miner;railroadtrainman;plumber;steamfitter;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Houghton County 1st District,1918; member ofMichiganstate senate 32nd District, 1937-40; defeated, 1940;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) with acceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;grantedimmunityfrom prosecution in return for his testimony in another briberycase, 1945.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Eagles.Died in1967(ageabout82 years).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Christopher Sheats (1839-1904) — of Decatur,MorganCounty, Ala.Born inWalkerCounty, Ala.,April10, 1839.Republican.Delegateto Alabama secession convention, 1861; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1861-62;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1865; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Alabama,1872,1884;U.S.Representative from Alabama at-large, 1873-75; defeated, 1874.Opposed secession in 1860;expelledfrom the Alabama House of Representatives in 1862 because of hisadherenceto the Union;imprisonedby Confederate authorities on achargeoftreason,but never tried.Died in Decatur,MorganCounty, Ala.,May 27,1904 (age65 years, 47days).Interment atMcKendreeCemetery, Near Decatur, Morgan County, Ala. | | Charles F. Shilling — of Decatur,MaconCounty, Ill.Mayorof Decatur, Ill., 1901-04;Chargedwithtoleratingvice, including gambling, Sunday liquor sales, slot machines, andimmoral shows;tried in1902 and acquitted.Burial location unknown.  | Daniel Edgar Sickles (1819-1914) — also known asDaniel E. Sickles;"DevilDan" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1819.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1847; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1856-57;U.S.Representative from New York, 1857-61, 1893-95 (3rd District1857-61, 10th District 1893-95); defeated (Democratic), 1894; generalin the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1868;U.S. Minister toSpain, 1869-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1892.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Shot andkilledPhilipBarton Key, his wife's lover and the son of the author of thenational anthem, at Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C, 1859;chargedwithmurder,but with the help of his attorneyEdwinM. Stanton, was acquitted after thefirstsuccessful plea of temporary insanity in U.S. legal history. Received theMedalof Honor in 1897 for action at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2,1863;lost aleg in that battle; his amputated leg was displayed at the ArmyMedical Museum, where he frequently visited it in later years.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 3,1914 (age94 years, 195days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | Frank St. John Sidway (1869-1938) — also known asFrank S. Sidway — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.BornDecember15, 1869.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;chairof Erie County Republican Party, 1910; in 1912, he wasfoundguilty ofcivilcontempt in connection with his brother's divorce case, andfined$900; later, an appellate court reversed this decision; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1914.Died, from aheartattack, in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,January17, 1938 (age68 years, 33days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Franklin Sidway and Charlotte (Spalding) Sidway; married to AmeliaRoberts. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (1906-1994) — also known asRobert L. F. Sikes — of Crestview,OkaloosaCounty, Fla.Born in Isabella,WorthCounty, Ga.,June 3,1906.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1937-40;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1941-44, 1945-79 (3rd District1941-44, 1945-63, 1st District 1963-79); resigned 1944; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Florida,1956(delegation chair),1960(delegation chair);reprimandedby the House of Representatives, 1976, overconflictsof interest.Methodist.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;National RifleAssociation;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Grotto;Knightsof Pythias;Moose;Kiwanis;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;PhiKappa Phi;SigmaDelta Chi;AlphaZeta;AlphaGamma Rho;Elks.Died while suffering fromAlzheimer'sdisease,September28, 1994 (age88 years, 117days).Interment atLiveoakPark Memorial Cemetery, Crestview, Fla.  | Jesse Silbermann (1877-1947) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 30,1877.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1908-09; NewYork City Magistrate, 1920-31;removed fromoffice in July 1931 by the Appellate Division, for beingimproperlyinfluenced by a party leader in the sentencing of a defendant.Member,Elks;Freemasons.Died, in Mount SinaiHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 17,1947 (age69 years, 321days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Silbermann and Caroline Silbermann; married to MabelSaunders. | | | | Image source: New York Times, July 3,1931 |
| | | 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 forimpropercontacts with a defendant in another corruption trial.Still living as of 2002. | | Stanley Simon (born c.1930) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born about 1930. Democrat.Boroughpresident of Bronx, New York, 1979-87; resigned 1987.In 1987, he waschargedby a federal grand jury withextortingcash and benefits from Wedtech, a military contractor;tried in1988 andconvicted;sentencedto five years inprisonand fined $50,000.Still living as of 1987. | | William H. Simons — also known asBill Simons — ofWashington,D.C.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;schoolteacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Districtof Columbia,1968,1980,1996,2000;president,Washington Teachers Union;vice-president,American Federation of Teachers;arrestedduring ananti-apartheidprotest outside the South AfricanEmbassyin Washington, 1984; Democratic Presidential Elector for District ofColumbia,2000(voted forAlGore andJosephI. Lieberman).Africanancestry.Still living as of 2000. | | Samuel Crockett Sims — of Hazen,PrairieCounty, Ark.Member ofArkansasstate senate 12th District, 1915-17; expelled 1917.In January, 1917, when Anti-Trading Stamp and Coupon bills werepending before his committee, he accepted abribeto kill the bills, from a detective posing as a lobbyist for Easterntrading-stamp interests;arrested,chargedwithbribery,and laterconvicted;expelledfrom the Senate on a vote of 25 to 8.Burial location unknown. | | Upton Beall Sinclair (1878-1968) — also known asUpton Sinclair — of California. Born inBaltimore,Md.,September20, 1878.Novelistand social crusader;author ofThe Jungle, about the meat-packing industry in Chicago;arrestedin 1914 forpicketingin front of the Standard Oil Building in New York; Socialistcandidate forU.S.Representative from California 10th District, 1920; Socialistcandidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1922; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1926 (Socialist), 1930 (Socialist), 1934(Democratic); Socialist candidate for Presidential Elector forCalifornia,1928;Socialist candidate for Presidential Elector for California,1932;received thePulitzerPrize for fiction in 1943 for thenovelDragon's Teeth.Member,UnitedWorld Federalists;Leaguefor Industrial Democracy;American CivilLiberties Union.Died in Bound Brook,SomersetCounty, N.J.,November25, 1968 (age90 years, 66days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Charles M. Slaughter — of Athens,AthensCounty, Ohio.Mayorof Athens, Ohio, 1910-14.Chargedwithmisconductas justice of the peace;convictedon a lesser charge of misappropriating public funds; served about ayear inprison;pardoned;made restitution.Burial location unknown. | | William Lee Slocum Jr. (born c.1948) — also known asBilly Slocum;"SludgeKing" —of Youngsville,WarrenCounty, Pa.Born inVenangoCounty, Pa., about 1948.Republican. Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 25th District, 1997-2000; resigned 2000.Pleadedguilty on January 18, 2000, to federalchargesof violating theCleanWater Act between 1983 and 1995, when he operated the YoungsvilleSewage Treatment Plant and allowed repeateddischargesof raw sewage and sewage sludge into Brokenstraw Creek.Sentencedto one month injail,five months ofhomedetention, andfined$15,000.Still living as of 2000. | | Donald Wakefield Smith — also known asDonald W. Smith — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.;Washington,D.C.Democrat. Member, National Labor Relations Board, 1936-39;indictedin federal court in 1943, withJamesM. Curley and others, over his participation in Engineers Group,Inc., whichfraudulentlyobtained war contracts;re-indictedin 1944;tried in1945-46 andconvicted;sentencedto four months to one year and one day inprisonandfined$1,000.Burial location unknown. | | Frank Leslie Smith (1867-1950) — also known asFrank L. Smith — of Dwight,LivingstonCounty, Ill.Born in Dwight,LivingstonCounty, Ill.,November24, 1867.Republican. Candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Illinois, 1904; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1908,1920,1924,1932,1936,1940(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee),1944,1948;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Springfield, Illinois, 1909;member ofIllinoisRepublican State Central Committee, 1910-25;U.S.Representative from Illinois 17th District, 1919-21; defeated,1930;IllinoisRepublican state chair, 1919-25;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1926-28; defeated, 1920; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Illinois, 1932.Notseated as a U.S. Senator in 1927 due tochargesof 'fraud and corruption' in his campaign.Died in Dwight,LivingstonCounty, Ill.,August30, 1950 (age82 years, 279days).Interment atOakLawn Cemetery, Dwight, Ill.  | Franklin Samuel Smith (1895-1988) — also known asFrank Smith — of Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho.Born in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,January28, 1895.Bakeryowner;mayorof Blackfoot, Idaho, 1949-51;chargedwithperjury,as part of ascandalinvolving gravel contractors;tried inJanuary 1952, and found not guilty.Died in Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho,May 20,1988 (age93 years, 113days).Interment atRiverside-ThomasCemetery, Blackfoot, Idaho.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles Franklin Smith and Elizabeth (Walker) Smith; married,April27, 1918, to Leona Mary Graham. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Idaho Falls (Idaho)Post-Register, January 5, 1950 |
| | | 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 awhitesupremacist, he joined and organized 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 allegedNaziconspiracy;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. | | Henry Smith (1788-1851) — of Texas. Born in Kentucky,May 20,1788.Delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;ProvisionalGovernor of Texas, 1835-36;impeachedas governor by the provisional council in 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Treasury, 1836-38; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1840;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush.Died inLos AngelesCounty, Calif.,March 4,1851 (age62 years, 288days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James Smith and Magdalen (Woods) Smith. |
| | Henry Clay Smith — also known asHenry C. Smith — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Cartersville,BartowCounty, Ga.Democrat. U.S. Consul inTamatave, 1893;Santos, 1893-96, resigned 1896; at the time of his resignationas consul, he was about to bedismissedoverunspecifiedmisconduct.Africanancestry.Burial location unknown. | | John Smith (c.1735-1824) — of Columbia (now part of Cincinnati),HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born about 1735. Democrat. Member ofNorthwestTerritory legislature, 1799-1803;delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,1802;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1803-08; resigned 1808.Indictedin Richmond, Virginia, 1807 onchargesof participating intreasonousschemes withAaronBurr; the charges were dropped after Burr was acquitted. Laterthat year, a Senate committee chaired byJohnQuincy Adams recommended that Smith beexpelledfrom the Senate for hisassociationwith Burr. Atrialwas held in April 1808; Smith was represented byFrancisScott Key andRobertGoodloe Harper. Theexpulsionresolution failed on a vote of 19 to 10, one vote short of thetwo-thirds required.Slaveowner. Died in St. Francisville,WestFeliciana Parish, La.,July 30,1824 (ageabout 89years).Burial location unknown. | | Johnnie M. Smith (born c.1934) — of Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.; Simpsonville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.Born about 1934. Republican.Bishop;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from SouthCarolina,1988.Africanancestry.Arrestedin 2004 andchargedwithsexuallyassaulting a 12-year-old girl in 1973.Still living as of 2004. | | Lawrence Jack Smith (b. 1941) — also known asLawrence J. Smith;LarrySmith —of Hollywood,BrowardCounty, Fla.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April25, 1941.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1979-82; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Florida,1980,1984,1988,1992,2004;U.S.Representative from Florida 16th District, 1983-93.Sentencedin 1993 to three months in federalprisonfortaxevasion.Still living as of 2014. | | Theophilus Washington Smith (1784-1845) — also known asTheophilus W. Smith — of Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September28, 1784.Studied law in the office ofAaronBurr;lawyer;newspapereditor; candidate forIllinoisstate attorney general, 1820; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1823-26; advocated the legalization of slavery inIllinois;justice ofIllinois state supreme court, 1825-42;impeachedby the Illinois Legislature in 1833, onchargesofoppressiveconduct andcorruption;the Senate acquitted him on a vote of 12-10 (two-thirds required).Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 6,1845 (age60 years, 220days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | W. Bernard Smith (b. 1930) — of Logan,LoganCounty, W.Va.Born in Logan,LoganCounty, W.Va.,September7, 1930.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofWestVirginia state senate 7th District, 1969-72; removed 1972.Member,American BarAssociation;Elks;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Expelledfrom West Virginia State Senate, January 27, 1972.Still living as of 1972.| | Relatives: Sonof B. H. Smith and Dolly (Chafin) Smith; married to DeLena A.Powell. |
| | John William Snow (b. 1939) — also known asJohn W. Snow — ofRichmond,Va.Born in Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio,August2, 1939.Lawyer;chairman and chief executive officer of CSXrailroad;chargedwithdrivingwhileintoxicated,in West Valley City, Utah, 1982;;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-06; director, MarathonOil Co.Episcopalian.Member,DeltaTau Delta.Still living as of 2020. | | Raymond J. Snow (1913-1999) — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,September29, 1913.Democrat.Beerdistributor;potato chipmanufacturer; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Genesee County 1st District,1941-46; defeated, 1938;Chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other current and former statelegislators) withbriberyconspiracy;pleadedguilty and testified for prosecution, but the charges against theothers were eventually dismissed.Catholic.Member,HolyName Society;Moose;Eagles.Died, in McLaren RegionalMedicalCenter, Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,August25, 1999 (age85 years, 330days).Interment atNewCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Flint, Mich. | | Charles Solomon (1889-1963) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.BornOctober29, 1889.Socialist.Newspaperman;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 23rd District, 1919-20, 1921;expelled 1920, 1920; defeated, 1927; delegate to Socialist NationalConvention from New York, 1920;expelledfrom the New York State Assembly over allegeddisloyalty,along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920;re-elected to the same seat in a special election;expelledagain on September 21; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1924; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1928, 1938; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 8th District, 1930; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1932; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1933; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1934; American Labor candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.Jewish.DiedDecember8, 1963 (age74 years, 40days).Interment atMt.Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y. | | Sam Solon (1931-2001) — also known as"Senator Sam" — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,June 25,1931.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1971-72; member ofMinnesotastate senate, 1973-2001; died in office 2001.EasternOrthodox.Greekancestry.Pleadedguilty in 1995 to telecommunications fraud for letting hisex-wife make $2,430 in calls on his State Senate telephone line;reprimandedby the Senate in 1996.Died, oflivercancer, in St. Mary'sMedicalCenter, Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,December28, 2001 (age70 years, 186days).Burial location unknown. | | Tracy W. Southworth — ofMonroeCounty, Mich.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Monroe County; elected 1930,1932;arrestedin June 1934, along with alobbyist,Al Tobin, based on an allegation ofbriberyin connection with helping a trucking company obtain a license; fourmarked bills were found in his possession when he was arrested; heclaimed the lobbyist had merely made him a loan of $100.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-Hitlerviews.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. |
| | Felix L. Sparks — of Colorado. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; one of the heroes ofthe Anzio beachhead in 1944; on April 29, 1945, he captured theDachau concentration camp, and under orders to permit no one in orout,refusedentry to a brigadier general from another unit;court-martialchargeswere drawn up, and Sparks wasarrested;the charges were dismissed by General Patton;justice ofColorado state supreme court, 1956.Presumed deceased. 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. | | Nathan Spiro (born c.1867) — of Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born inPoland,about 1867.Republican.Merchant;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Danbury; defeated, 1930;elected 1932; member ofConnecticutstate senate, 1935.Pleadedguilty in June 1938 toacceptinga bribe while State Senator, andfined$1,500.Burial location unknown. | | Eliot Laurence Spitzer (b. 1959) — also known asEliot Spitzer;"Steamroller";"Client No. 9" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,June 10,1959.Democrat.New Yorkstate attorney general, 1999-2006; defeated, 1994; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,2000,2004;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2000(voted forAlGore andJosephI. Lieberman);Governor ofNew York, 2007-08; resigned 2008.Jewish.Resignedas governor following disclosure that he hadpaida prostitution ring for sex.Still living as of 2016. | | Adolph Bernard Spreckels (1857-1924) — also known asAdolph B. Spreckels — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,January5, 1857.Republican. President, SpreckelsSugarCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1884;angered by an article in the San FranciscoChronicle, onNovember 19, 1884, heshotand badly wounded the paper's publisher,M.H. de Young;arrestedandchargedwithattemptedmurder; pleaded temporary insanity;tried in1885 and found not guilty; president, San Francisco and San MateoElectricRailway; vice-president, WesternSugarCompany; vice-president, OceanicSteamshipCompany.Germanancestry.Died, frompneumoniaandsyphilis,inSanFrancisco, Calif.,June 28,1924 (age67 years, 175days).Entombed atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.| | Relatives: SonofClausSpreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother ofJohnDiedrich Spreckels; married to Alma deBretteville. | | | | Political family:Spreckelsfamily of San Francisco, California. | | | | SpreckelsLake,in Golden Gate Park,SanFrancisco, California, isnamed forhim. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoorperformancevenue, in Balboa Park,San Diego,California, isnamed forhim and his brother. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Gerald Norman Springer (b. 1944) — also known asJerry Springer;"Sultan ofSalaciousness" —of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in London,England,February13, 1944.Democrat.Resignedfrom Cincinnati city council in 1974 after admitting hepaida prostitute with a personal check, which was found in a policeraid on a massage parlor; won back his council seat in 1975 and wenton to become mayor;mayorof Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977-78; candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1982; localtelevisionnews anchor; host of a raucus nationaltelevisiontalk show; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,2004.Jewish. Member,TauEpsilon Phi.Still living as of 2014. | | 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 ofunparliamentarylanguage, July 11, 1832.Died in Newark,LickingCounty, Ohio,January23, 1873 (age84 years, 166days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio. | | Bert Stand — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1936,1940,1944,1948,1952;executive deputy commissioner and secretary of the New York StateAthletic Commission, which regulatedprofessionalboxing;forced toresign in August 1943, following disclosure by New York CountyDistrict AttorneyFrankS. Hogan that Stand had helpedgangsterand "slot machine king" Frank Costello in obtain a Supreme Courtnomination forThomasA. Aurelio.Member,TammanyHall.Burial location unknown. | | Samuel Standish — of Woodstock,McHenryCounty, Ill.Mayorof Woodstock, Ill., 1890.Triedandconvictedofperjury,1905, for inducing William Wooley to make a false confession to themurder of merchant Wilbur E. Latimer.Burial location unknown. | | Arlan Ingehart Stangeland (1930-2013) — also known asArlan Stangeland — of Barnesville,ClayCounty, Minn.Born in Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.,February8, 1930.Republican. Member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1966-74 (District 56-B 1966-72,District 9-B 1973-74);U.S.Representative from Minnesota 7th District, 1977-91; defeated(Independent Republican), 1990; news media reported in January 1990that he had made hundreds of phone calls on his House phone creditcard, to or from the home of a femalelobbyist;he denied having anextramaritalaffair, but thescandalcontributed to his defeat in November 1990.Lutheran.Member,DeltaSigma Phi.Died inOtter TailCounty, Minn.,July 2,2013 (age83 years, 144days).Burial location unknown. | | James Benjamin Stanley (1903-1977) — also known asJames B. Stanley — of Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.Born in Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.,December29, 1903.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 1stDistrict, 1937-46; defeated in primary, 1934;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Congregationalist.Member,Elks;Moose;Eagles.Died in1977(ageabout73 years).Burial location unknown. | | 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, forperjuryandobstructionover 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. | | William Brown Stansbury (1923-1985) — also known asWilliam B. Stansbury — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Corydon,HarrisonCounty, Ind.,March18, 1923.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;chair ofJefferson County Democratic Party, 1968-76;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1977-81; in 1978, during a firemen's strike,he left the city, saying that he was going to a conference inAtlanta; instead, he went to New Orleans for atrystwith his administrative assistant; thescandalled to an effort toimpeachhim; soon after, a city official pleaded guilty toextorting$16,000 from local businessmen; when questioned by a federal grandjury as to whether this money came to hiscampaignor to him personally, Stansbury refused to answer, claiming the FifthAmendment right againstself-incrimination.Member,DeltaUpsilon;American BarAssociation.While crossing Bardstown Road to enter St. Francis of AssisiChurch,he washit by acar, and died soon after, in HumanaHospital-University,Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,April 4,1985 (age62 years, 17days); His mother was killed in the same accident, and his wifewas injured.Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Benjamin Stark (1820-1898) — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.; New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,June 26,1820.Democrat.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;lawyer;member ofOregonterritorial House of Representatives, 1852; member ofOregonstate house of representatives, 1860;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1861-62; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Oregon,1864;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut,1868;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1874.On June 6, 1862, aresolutionto expel him from the U.S. Senate for allegeddisloyaltyto the Union, requiring two-thirds to pass, failed on a vote of21 in favor to 16 opposed.Died in New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October10, 1898 (age78 years, 106days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, New London, Conn. | | Clark Daniel Stearns (b. 1870) — of Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born in1870.U.S. Navy officer;Governor ofAmerican Samoa; in 1921, he wasrelieved ofduty as commander of the U.S. Navy shipMichigan, forallowingthe men under his command toorganizecommittees; in 1923, he was chief of emergency relief workfollowing an earthquake in Japan, and received a medal from theJapanese Red Cross; after the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, he sentthe medal back to Japan.Burial location unknown. | | William C. Stenson (b. 1900) — of Greenland,OntonagonCounty, Mich.Born in Wakefield,GogebicCounty, Mich.,July 1,1900.Republican.Automobiledealer;constructionsuperintendent;salvagematerials dealer; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ontonagon District; defeated,1938; elected 1940, 1942;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Burial location unknown.  | Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883) — also known asAlexander H. Stephens;"The Little PaleStar from Georgia" —of Crawfordville,TaliaferroCounty, Ga.Born near Crawfordville,TaliaferroCounty, Ga.,February11, 1812.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1836; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1842;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1843-59, 1873-82 (at-large 1843-45,7th District 1845-53, 8th District 1853-59, 1873-82); PresidentialElector for Georgia,1860;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;VicePresident of the Confederacy, 1861-65;arrestedfortreasonin May 1865, and held for five months at Fort Warren;Governor ofGeorgia, 1882-83; died in office 1883.Slaveowner. Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,March 4,1883 (age71 years, 21days).Original interment and cenotaph atOaklandCemetery, Atlanta, Ga.; reinterment atAlexanderH. Stephens Memorial State Park, Crawfordville, Ga. | | 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. | | Edward Reilly Stettinius Jr. (1900-1949) — also known asEdward R. Stettinius, Jr. — Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October22, 1900.U.S.Secretary of State, 1944-45; U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1945-46.In 1951-52, a U.S. Senate committeeinvestigatedtransactions in which a group, including Stettinus as well as formerU.S. Rep.JosephE. Casey and diplomatJuliusC. Holmes, made large profits from the purchase and re-sale ofsurplus U.S. tanker ships following World War II. Since federal lawrequired that sales be made only to U.S. citizens, the groupallegedly set updummycorporations purportedly under American control, andfakedfinancial statements for them, to buy the tankers on behalf ofGreek-Argentine shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. Criminalindictments against Casey and Holmes were ultimately dismissed;Onassis pleaded guilty and paid a fine.Died in Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,October31, 1949 (age49 years, 9days).Interment atLocustValley Cemetery, Locust Valley, Long Island, N.Y. | | Theodore Fulton Stevens (1923-2010) — also known asTed Stevens — of Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska; Girdwood,Anchorage,Alaska.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,November18, 1923.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1954-56;delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska,1964,1972(delegation chair); member ofAlaskastate house of representatives, 1965-68;U.S.Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009; defeated, 1962; appointed 1968.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Rotary;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Indictedin July 2008 on federalchargesoffailingto reportgiftsfrom VECO Corporation and its CEO;triedandconvictedin October 2008; his conviction was later vacated due toprosecutorial misconduct.Killed in aplanecrash, inBristol BayBorough, Alaska,August9, 2010 (age86 years, 264days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Stephen J. Stilwell (1866-1942) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.; Mamaroneck,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,May 10,1866.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 21st District, 1909-13; removed 1913;chargedin 1913 withextortingabribeof $3,500 from George H. Kendall, president of the New York Bank Notecompany, over a bill that Kendall supported;tried inthe State Senate and found not guilty on April 15 by a vote of 28 to21;indictedon May 12 by a grand jury forsolicitinga bribe;triedsoon after, andconvictedon May 24; this removed him from office;sentencedto four to eight years inprison;after his release, he moved to Mamaroneck and entered therealestate business;indictedin 1934 on charges that hedefraudedhis former stenographer of $9,000 when she came to him seeking aNaval Academy appointment for her son, but the case did not go totrial;arrestedin March 1941 andindictedin April on charges that he attempted tobribea Mamaroneck village trustee $1,000 to obtain a police job for anassociate;pleadedguilty, but never sentenced; while incarcerated, hislegs wereamputated.Died, while aprisonerawaiting sentence, in GrasslandsHospital,Valhalla,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,April20, 1942 (age75 years, 345days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary Delia (Archer) Stilwell and William Jewitt Stilwell; married,February14, 1887, to Celia A. Blanck. |
| | Walter N. Stockfish (1908-1973) — of Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio,July 16,1908.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,1935-44; removed 1944;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Died in1973(ageabout64 years).Burial location unknown. | | Stephen Ernest Stockman (b. 1956) — also known asSteve Stockman — of Beaumont,JeffersonCounty, Tex.Born in Bloomfield Hills,OaklandCounty, Mich.,November14, 1956.Republican.Accountant;U.S.Representative from Texas 9th District, 1995-97; defeated, 1992(9th District), 1996 (9th District), 2006 (22nd District); candidateforTexasrailroad commissioner, 1998; candidate forU.S.Senator from Texas, 2014;arrestedin March 2017 andchargedin federal court on multiple counts, including obtaining $1.25 millonunderfalse pretenses,moneylaundering, makingfalsestatements to the FEC, not reporting income on histaxreturn;triedstarting in January 2018;convictedin April of 23 felonies;sentencedto ten years inprisonand ordered to pay more than $1 millionrestitution.Baptist.Member,National RifleAssociation.Still living as of 2020. | | Louis Stokes (1925-2015) — of Warrensville Heights,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,February23, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1969-99 (21st District 1969-93, 11thDistrict 1993-99); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromOhio,1972,1996.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;KappaAlpha Psi.Arrestedfordrunkendrivingin 1983;convictedon a lesserchargeandfined.DiedAugust18, 2015 (age90 years, 176days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | Rose Pastor Stokes — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Communist.Indictedin 1918 forseditionover a speech she made in Kansas City, and released on bail;arrestedin Stamford, Conn., in September, 1921, to prevent her from giving aspeech there; candidate forboroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1921.Female.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 hadembezzledfrom his firm. Later returned to Seattle.Died in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,September14, 1906 (age68 years, 178days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Seattle, Wash. | | John Stozich (c.1927-2004) — of Findlay,HancockCounty, Ohio.Born in Mingo Junction,JeffersonCounty, Ohio, about 1927.Republican. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1983-91; director, OhioDepartment of Industrial Relations, 1991-95;mayorof Findlay, Ohio, 1996-2000;convictedofvehicularmanslaughterin May, 2004 for a traffic accident in which a woman died;sentencedto three yearsprobation;a jail term was suspended.Catholic.Died, in Blanchard Valley RegionalHealthCenter, Findlay,HancockCounty, Ohio,July 5,2004 (ageabout 77years).Burial location unknown. | | William Grant Stratton (1914-2001) — also known asWilliam G. Stratton — of Morris,GrundyCounty, Ill.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Ingleside,LakeCounty, Ill.,February26, 1914.Republican.U.S.Representative from Illinois at-large, 1941-43, 1947-49;Illinoisstate treasurer, 1943-45, 1951-53; Republican candidate forsecretaryof state of Illinois, 1944 (primary), 1948; served in the U.S.Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Illinois,1952(HonoraryVice-President;speaker),1956(HonoraryVice-President; delegation chair),1960(speaker);Governorof Illinois, 1953-61; defeated in primary, 1968; candidate forRepublican nomination for Vice President,1960.Methodist.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;Lions;Eagles;DeltaChi;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;AmericanLegion;Amvets.Indictedin 1964 onincometaxcharges;triedand acquitted in 1965.Died at Northwestern MemorialHospital,Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March 2,2001 (age87 years, 4days).Interment atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | J. O. Stricklin (1872-1930) — of Yazoo City,YazooCounty, Miss.BornJuly 9,1872.Mayorof Yazoo City, Miss., 1929-30; died in office 1930.Indictedby a Yazoo County grand jury in 1929 forstealing acow; details of the case were printed in theYazooSentinel newspaper, leading to a feud between Stricklin and theSentinel's editor, Frank R. Birdsall; a year later, on Main Street infront of the Sentinel office, Stricklin was talking with Dr.R.E. Hawkins, his opponent in the last election, when Birdsallapproached; Stricklin pulled out a pistol,shotBirdsall three times (he died the next day), andshotat, but missed, Dr. Hawkins; he then went to his son's funeralparlor, where he died by aself-inflictedgunshot,in Yazoo City,YazooCounty, Miss.,April 1,1930 (age57 years, 266days).Interment atGlenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, Miss. | | Albert Lewis Stuart (1819-1876) — also known asAlbert L. Stuart — Born in Connecticut,June 25,1819.Lawyer;member ofArkansasstate house of representatives, 1850-51.Methodist.During an election dispute in Gainsville, Ark., in the early 1850s,heshotand killed Riley Vaughn;chargedwithmurder,tried,and acquitted.Died in Powell Township,CraigheadCounty, Ark.,March16, 1876 (age56 years, 265days).Interment atWoodsChapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Paragould, Ark.| | Relatives:Great-grandson of Marlin Stuart. |
 | Gerry Eastman Studds (1937-2006) — also known asGerry E. Studds — of Cohasset,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Mineola,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,May 12,1937.Democrat. Foreign Service officer; member of White House staff duringthe administration of PresidentJohnF. Kennedy, 1962-63; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen.HarrisonA. Williams, 1964; state coordinator for U.S. Sen.EugeneJ. McCarthy's presidential primary campaign, 1968; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1968,1996;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1973-97 (12th District1973-83, 10th District 1983-97).Episcopalian.Gay.Firstopenly gay member of Congress.Censuredby the House of Representatives on July 20, 1983, for havingsexualrelations with a teenage House page ten years earlier.Died, ofrespiratoryfailure, in BostonMedicalCenter, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October14, 2006 (age69 years, 155days).Burial location unknown. | | | Maurice Sugar (1891-1974) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Brimley,ChippewaCounty, Mich.,August8, 1891.Lawyer;Socialist candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1917, 1919; Socialist candidateforjustice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1917; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1918 (Socialist),1936 (Farmer-Labor);convictedin 1918 forresistingthe draft, sentenced to a year inprison,anddisbarred;readmitted to the Bar in 1923;pardonedin 1933; general counsel to the United Automobile Workers, 1937-46;Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1948.JewishandLithuanianancestry. Member,NationalLawyers Guild.Died inCheboyganCounty, Mich.,February15, 1974 (age82 years, 191days).Burial location unknown. | | James Mark Sullivan (1873-1933) — also known asJames M. Sullivan — of New York. Born inIreland,1873.U.S. Minister toDominican Republic, 1913-15.Participatedin the 1916 Easter Uprising in Ireland;arrestedby the British authorities, but not executed due to his Americandiplomaticpassport.Died in1933(ageabout60 years).Interment atGlasnevinCemetery, Dublin, Ireland. | | William P. Sullivan (1870-1925) — of Billings,ChristianCounty, Mo.Born in Wisconsin,June 3,1870.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Christian County, 1899-1900;member ofMissouristate senate 19th District, 1901-04; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Missouri,1908,1916.Convictedin 1905 ofacceptinga bribe while serving as State Senator, andfined$100.Died suddenly, fromheartfailure, in Billings,ChristianCounty, Mo.,April17, 1925 (age54 years, 318days).Interment atRose Hill Cemetery, Billings, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof John Sullivan and Angenette 'Nettie' (Glidden) Sullivan; marriedto Alice Virginia Reid. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | William Sulzer (1863-1941) — also known as"Plain Bill" — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,March18, 1863.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1890-94, 1914 (New York County 14th District1890-92, New York County 10th District 1893-94, New York County 6thDistrict 1914);Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1893;U.S.Representative from New York, 1895-1912 (11th District 1895-1903,10th District 1903-12); delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1896,1900,1912(speaker);Governorof New York, 1913; removed 1913; defeated, 1914, 1914.Presbyterian.GermanandScotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Impeachedandremoved fromoffice as governor, 1913.Died in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,November6, 1941 (age78 years, 233days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Hillside, N.J. | | Adam William Sumeracki (b. 1911) — also known asAdam Sumeracki — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Braddock,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,February6, 1911.Democrat.Realestate andinsurancebusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1939-44, 1955-64 (Wayne County1st District 1939-44, Wayne County 9th District 1955-64); removed1944; defeated, 1964 (7th District), 1974 (71st District); candidateforU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1942; candidate in primary formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1943;Chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;alsochargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire casecollapsed when the star prosecution witness,CharlesF. Hemans, refused to testify.Catholic.Burial location unknown. | | Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia (b. 1937) — also known asFofó I. F. Sunia — of Pago Pago,AmericanSamoa.Born in Fagasá, Pago Pago,AmericanSamoa,March13, 1937.Democrat. Member ofAmericanSamoa senate, 1970-78;Delegateto U.S. Congress from American Samoa, 1981-88; resigned 1988;indictedin 1988 onchargesof running apayrollpadding scheme, andresignedas Delegate.Samoanancestry.Still living as of 1989. | | John Harrison Surratt Jr. (1844-1916) — also known asJohn H. Surratt, Jr. — of Surrattsville (now Clinton),PrinceGeorge's County, Md.Born inWashington,D.C.,April13, 1844.Postmaster atSurrattsville,Md., 1862-63;dismissedas postmaster in 1863 for allegeddisloyaltyto the Union; became a Confederate courier andspy; heand others attempted tokidnapPresidentAbrahamLincoln; later, the plot to kill the President and othergovernment officials was formulated at his mother's boarding house inWashington; he denied involvement in the assassination, butfledoverseas; he wasarrestedin Alexandria, Egypt, and sent back to the U.S.; tried in a Marylandcourt in 1867 for his alleged involvement in themurderplot, but the jury couldn't reach a verdict, and a mistrial wasdeclared; treasurer of asteamshipcompany.Died, frompneumonia,inBaltimore,Md.,April21, 1916 (age72 years, 8days).Interment atNewCathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | 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 acounterfeitingring;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 Burley Swainson (1925-1994) — also known asJohn B. Swainson — of Plymouth,WayneCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Manchester,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Windsor,Ontario,July31, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate senate 18th District, 1955-58;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1959-60;Governor ofMichigan, 1961-62; defeated, 1962; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Michigan, 1963;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1965-70;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1971-75; resigned 1975.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;DeltaTheta Phi;Amvets;PurpleHeart;Lions;Elks.Lostboth legs in a land mine explosion on November 15, 1944, nearMetz, Alsace-Lorraine, during World War II.Chargedin 1975 withacceptinga bribe; found not guilty, butconvictedofperjuryover his testimony to the grand jury.Died, of aheartattack, in Manchester,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,May 13,1994 (age68 years, 286days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Manchester, Mich. | | | James Swan (1754-1830) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Paris,France.Born in Fife,Scotland,1754.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; twicewounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1777-78;imprisonedfordebt inParis, from 1808 to about 1830.Died in Paris,France,July31, 1830 (ageabout 76years).Burial location unknown. | | Lena Swanson (born c.1938) — of Bremerton,KitsapCounty, Wash.Born in Oklahoma, about 1938. Democrat. Member ofWashingtonstate senate 35th District, 1997.Female.Pleadedguilty tochargesofsolicitingunlawful payments from veterans and former prisoners of war.Still living as of 2001. | | 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 hadembezzledmore than $1.2 million 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. | | Charles Swayne (1842-1907) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.Born in Guyencourt,New CastleCounty, Del.,August10, 1842.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forjustice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1888;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1889-1907;died in office 1907;impeachedby the U.S. House of Representatives in December 1904; acquitted inthe U.S. Senate.DiedJuly 5,1907 (age64 years, 329days).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. | | Carl Martin Swinney (1947-2022) — also known asCarl M. Swinney;MartySwinney —of Pico Rivera,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Carrizozo,LincolnCounty, N.M.Born in Artesia,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,August11, 1947.Libertarian.X-raytechnician;arrestedin 1979 andchargedwithsellinghashish to an undercover agent;pleadedguilty and served four months injail;candidate forCaliforniastate assembly, 1980 (59th District), 1982 (59th District), 2006(51st District), 2008 (51st District); candidate forU.S.Representative from California 34th District, 1988, 1992, 1994;candidate forCaliforniastate senate 24th District, 2001, 2002; Libertarian candidate forPresidential Elector for New Mexico,2016(on behalf ofGaryE. Johnson andWilliamF. Weld); candidate forNewMexico state house of representatives 59th District, 2018.Died in Carrizozo,LincolnCounty, N.M.,May 4,2022 (age74 years, 266days).Cremated;ashes interred atRoseHills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif. | | John Fife Symington III (b. 1945) — also known asFife Symington III — of Arizona. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1945.Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War;Governor ofArizona, 1991-97; resigned 1997.Episcopalian.Convictedon seven counts ofbankfraud in federal court, September 3, 1997;forced toresign as governor;sentencedtoprisonandfined inFebruary 1998; his conviction was overturned on appeal in June 1999;pardonedby President Bill Clinton in 2001.Still living as of 2017. | | Edwin J. Szarzynski (born c.1907) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in East St. Louis,St. ClairCounty, Ill., about 1907.Republican.Creditmanager;chargedin 1937 withembezzlementof $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.
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