See thetrouble anddisgrace main page, as well as theFAQ and thePoliticalGraveyard privacy policy, for important explanations anddisclaimers. in chronological order | |  Elijah Hise (1802-1867) — of Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.Born inAlleghenyCounty, Pa.,July 4,1802.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1829; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1836; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toGuatemala, 1848-49;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1866-67; died inoffice 1867.Germanancestry.Slaveowner. Died by aself-inflictedpistolshot, in Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.,May 8,1867 (age64 years, 308days). He left a note declaring that he had "lost all hope of… saving the country from the impending disasters and ruin inwhich despotic and unconstitutional rule has involved her." However,laternewsreports disclosed that he had been about to beindictedforperjuryandtax evasion, based on his statements as a candidate.Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Wesley Oval Moats (1891-1967) — also known asW. O. Moats — of Morgantown,ButlerCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Morgantown,ButlerCounty, Ky.,November16, 1891.Republican.ButlerCounty Court Clerk; Republican candidate for Presidential Electorfor Kentucky,1920;candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1922;indictedin 1927 on federalincome tax evasioncharges.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January17, 1967 (age75 years, 62days).Interment atRiverview Cemetery, Morgantown, Ky.| |  Relatives: Sonof John McHenry 'Mack' Moats and Olivia B. (Whobrey) Moats; marriedto Arta Pearl Enbry. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Thomas Alfred Mathis (1869-1958) — also known asThomas A. Mathis;"Cap'nTom" —of Tuckerton,OceanCounty, N.J.; Toms River,OceanCounty, N.J.Born in New Gretna,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.,June 7,1869.Republican.Mariner;automobiledealer; member ofNewJersey state senate from Ocean County, 1910-11, 1914-15, 1923-31,1942-46; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1928,1940,1944;secretaryof state of New Jersey, 1931-41.Indictedfortax evasion by a federal grand jury in 1937.Hekilledhimself, by self-inflictedgunshot,in Toms River,OceanCounty, N.J.,May 18,1958 (age88 years, 345days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Toms River, N.J. | | Walter Hubert Annenberg (1908-2002) — also known asWalter H. Annenberg — of Wynnewood,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,March13, 1908.Vice-president of his father's company, which published theRacingForm and othernewspapers;he and his father wereindictedfortax evasion in 1939, but the charges against him weredismissed as part of a plea bargain; inherited the company when hisfather died; founder ofSeventeen andTV Guide; ownerofradioand television stations; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1969-74.Jewishancestry. Member,NewcomenSociety;PhiSigma Delta;SigmaDelta Chi;ZetaBeta Tau.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1986.Died, ofpneumonia,in Wynnewood,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,October1, 2002 (age94 years, 202days).Interment atSunnylandEstate, Rancho Mirage, Calif.  | Edward S. Moran Jr. (b. 1901) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November19, 1901.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1927-38.Arrestedin June 1938 andchargedwith accepting $36,000 inbribesfrom two taxicab companies; released on bail; againarrestedin April 1939 andchargedwithstate income tax evasion; again released;tried onthebriberychargesin June 1939 andconvicted;sentencedto two and a half to five years inprison;released pending appeal, which was unsuccessful;disbarred;startedprisonterm in January 1941; released on parole in September 1942.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:New York Red Book 1936 |
| | Simon M. Cherivtch (1914-2001) — also known as"Uncle Simon" — of Millville,CumberlandCounty, N.J.BornApril16, 1914.Butcher;automobiledealer;mayorof Millville, N.J., 1948-53.Chargedin 1949 withfederal income tax evasion, based on hisunderreporting of income in 1944-45;tried,convicted,andsentencedto a year and a day in federalprison;released after five months.DiedMarch26, 2001 (age86 years, 344days).Burial location unknown. | | Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (1889-1951) — also known asE. Haldeman-Julius;EmanuelJulius —of Girard,CrawfordCounty, Kan.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 30,1889.Socialist.Author;editor of the SocialistnewspaperAppeal to Reason; founder of Haldeman-Julius Publications,publisherof many five-cent paperback books, called "Little Blue Books"; therewere more than 6,000 titles, mostly literature, biography,self-improvement, and other educational topics, to make them widelyaccessible to the public; all together, from 1919 to 1951, over 500million copies were printed and sold; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kansas, 1932;indictedby a federal grand jury in March, 1950 forincome tax evasion;triedandconvictedin April, 1951;sentencedto six months inprison,andfined$12,500; released pending appeal.Jewish;laterAgnostic.Drownedin hisswimmingpool, in Girard,CrawfordCounty, Kan.,July 31,1951 (age62 years, 1days). Possiblysuicide,but the coroner ruled his death to be accidental.Interment atCedarvilleCemetery, Cedarville, Ill.  | Vincent William Hallinan (1896-1992) — also known asVincent Hallinan — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,December16, 1896.Progressive. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;innovator in courtroom tactics; defense attorney for longshoremanunion leader Harry Bridges, who had been accused of being aCommunist;jailedsix months forcontemptof court in 1952; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1952;indictedin 1953 onincome tax evasioncharges;convictedandsentencedto 18 months inprison.Irishancestry.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,October2, 1992 (age95 years, 291days).Interment atMt.Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif. | | | 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 onincome taxcharges;triedand acquitted in 1965.Died at Northwestern MemorialHospital,Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March 2,2001 (age87 years, 4days).Interment atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Daniel W. West (b. 1909) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Algood,PutnamCounty, Tenn.,September5, 1909.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1960,1964(alternate); member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1963-65 (Wayne County 6thDistrict 1963-64, 24th District 1965); defeated in primary, 1954(Wayne County 6th District), 1956 (Wayne County 6th District), 1958(Wayne County 6th District), 1960 (Wayne County 6th District), 1965(24th District).Convictedof various crimes, includingburglary,larceny,andforgery,in Minnesota, Iowa, and Washington, D.C., and was sentenced toprisonin those places; came to Michigan and assumed the identity of adeceased New York attorney of the same name;indictedin late 1964 on statechargesofvoterregistration fraud and federalchargesofincome tax fraud andforgery;in January 1965, his seat in the Michigan House wasdeclaredvacant.Burial location unknown. | | Louis Charles Miriani (1897-1987) — also known asLouis C. Miriani — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January1, 1897.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1957-62; defeated, 1961;indictedin 1966 forevading federal taxes on income he failed toreport in 1959-62; tried andconvictedin 1968; following unsuccessful appeals, he served almost a year infederalprison; released in 1971.Italianancestry.Died in Pontiac,OaklandCounty, Mich.,October18, 1987 (age90 years, 290days).Entombed in mausoleum atHolySepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich. | | Hugh Joseph Addonizio (1914-1981) — also known asHugh J. Addonizio — of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,January31, 1914.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;vice-president, A & CTailoringCo.;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1949-62;mayor ofNewark, N.J., 1962-70; defeated, 1970; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New Jersey,1964.Catholic.Italianancestry. Member,HolyName Society;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;UrbanLeague;NAACP;Elks;Lions;Kiwanis;Rotary.Indictedin federal court, December, 1969, along with Municipal JudgeAnthonyGiuliano, other city officials, and reputedorganizedcrime leader, Anthony 'Tony Boy' Boiardo, onextortionandincome tax evasionchargesover a scheme to sharekickbacksfrom a sewer contracting company; pleaded not guilty;tried;during the trial a witness identified him as recipient of thousandsof dollars inbribes;convictedin July, 1970;sentencedto ten years inprisonandfined$25,000; released in 1979.Died in Red Bank,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,February2, 1981 (age67 years, 2days).Interment atGateof Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, N.J. | | Anthony Giuliano (c.1897-1970) — of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J., about 1897.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1927; candidateforU.S.Representative from New Jersey, 1948;EssexCounty Clerk, 1955; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New Jersey,1956;municipal judge in New Jersey, 1968-69.Indictedin federal court, December, 1969, along with Newark MayorHughJ. Addonizio, other city officials, and reputedorganizedcrime leader Anthony 'Tony Boy' Boiardo, onextortionandincome tax evasionchargesover a scheme to sharekickbacksfrom a sewer contracting company; became ill and died before he couldbe arraigned.Died, from aheartattack, in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,February4, 1970 (ageabout 73years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary Freda. |
| | Cornelius Edward Gallagher (1921-2018) — also known asNeil Gallagher — of Bayonne,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Bayonne,HudsonCounty, N.J.,March 2,1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in theU.S. Army during the Korean conflict;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 13th District, 1959-73; delegateto Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,1968.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Knightsof Columbus;Elks.Accused,byLife magazine in 1968, of having made deals with New JerseyMafialeader Joseph Zicarelli.Indictedin 1972 on federalchargesofincome tax evasion, conspiracy, andperjury.After losing the primary that year, hepleadedguilty to some of the charges, and wassentencedto two years inprisonand a $10,000fine.Died in Monroe Township,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,October17, 2018 (age97 years, 229days).Interment atMarksboroPresbyterian Church Cemetery, Blairstown, N.J. | | John V. Kenny (1894-1975) — also known as"Little Guy" — of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,April 6,1894.Democrat.Mayorof Jersey City, N.J., 1949-53; resigned 1953; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New Jersey,1964,1968;Democratic Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1964(voted forLyndonB. Johnson andHubertH. Humphrey).Catholic.Pleadedguilty to six federal counts oftax evasion in May 1972,andsentencedtoprison.Died, of aheartattack, in anursinghome at Paramus,BergenCounty, N.J.,June 2,1975 (age81 years, 57days).Interment atHolyName Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.  | Spiro Theodore Agnew (1918-1996) — also known asSpiro T. Agnew;Spiro TheodoreAnagnostopoulos;"Spiro T. Eggplant";"Nixon's Nixon";"The WhiteKnight" —of Towson,BaltimoreCounty, Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,November9, 1918.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served inthe U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;lawyer;BaltimoreCounty Executive, 1962-66; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Maryland,1964;Governorof Maryland, 1967-69;VicePresident of the United States, 1969-73.Episcopalian.Greekancestry. Member,Kiwanis;AmericanLegion;Order ofAhepa;PhiAlpha Delta;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Waschargedwith acceptingbribesand falsifying federalincome tax returns;pleaded nocontest totax evasion andresignedas Vice-President, October 10, 1973;disbarredby a Maryland court in 1974.Died, ofleukemia,in Atlantic GeneralHospital,Berlin,WorcesterCounty, Md.,September17, 1996 (age77 years, 313days).Interment atDulaneyValley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Md.  | Guy Hamilton Jones Sr. (1911-1986) — also known asGuy H. Jones, Sr.;MuttJones —of Conway,FaulknerCounty, Ark.Born inFaulknerCounty, Ark.,June 29,1911.Democrat.Schoolteacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofArkansasstate senate, 1952-60, 1964-74; expelled 1974; candidate forGovernor ofArkansas, 1954.As a state senator, he was instrumental in locating many stateagencies in Faulkner County.Convictedin December 1972 onfederal taxcharges;fined$5,000 and sentenced to three yearsprobation;expelledfrom the senate in 1974.Sufferedheartattacks and astroke,and subsequently died, in Conway,FaulknerCounty, Ark.,August10, 1986 (age75 years, 42days).Interment atOak Grove Cemetery, Conway, Ark.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles C. Jones and Cora (Henry) Jones; married1947 toElizabeth Relya. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Campaign palm card(1972) |
| | | Edward J. Barrett (1900-1977) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Wilmette,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March10, 1900.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;Illinoisstate treasurer, 1931-33;Illinoisstate auditor of public accounts, 1933-41; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1940(alternate),1948,1952(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1956,1960,1964;served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;secretaryof state of Illinois, 1945-53;CookCounty Clerk, 1955-73; in 1973, he wasconvictedofbribery,mail fraud, andincome tax evasion;sentencedto three years inprisonandfined$15,000.Member,AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died, in V.A.HospitalLakeside, Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April 4,1977 (age77 years, 25days).Interment atHolySepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill. | | Nelson Gerard Gross (1932-1997) — also known asNelson G. Gross — of Hackensack,BergenCounty, N.J.; Saddle River,BergenCounty, N.J.BornJanuary9, 1932.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1962-63;candidate forNewJersey state senate District 13, 1965; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New Jersey,1968;chairof Bergen County Republican Party, 1969;New JerseyRepublican state chair, 1969; candidate forU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1970;real estatedeveloper;restaurantowner.Jewish.Indictedin May 1973 onchargesoffalsifyinga $5,000 contribution to the 1969 campaign of Gov.WilliamT. Cahill, conspiring to committax evasion by disguisingthe contribution as a business expense, and counseling a witness tocommitperjury;convictedin March 1974, andsentencedto two yearsjail;served six months.Kidnapped in Edgewater, N.J., robbed of $20,000, taken to New York,andstabbedtodeath, inManhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1997 (age65 years, 251days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Albert Gross. |
| | Otto Ernest Passman (1900-1988) — also known asOtto E. Passman — of Monroe,OuachitaParish, La.Born near Franklinton,WashingtonParish, La.,June 27,1900.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;furniturebusiness;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1947-77; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Louisiana,1948,1956,1960.Baptist.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Chargedin 1978 withaccepting$200,000 from Korean businessman Tongsun Park, in what becameknown as the "Koreagate"influencebuyingscandal;alsochargedwithtax evasion;triedand found not guilty.Died in Monroe,OuachitaParish, La.,August13, 1988 (age88 years, 47days).Interment atMulhearnMemorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, La. | | 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,evading income 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. |
 | Earl Lauer Butz (1909-2008) — also known asEarl L. Butz — of West Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.Born in Albion,NobleCounty, Ind.,July 3,1909.Economist;universityprofessor;U.S.Secretary of Agriculture, 1971-76.Member,AlphaGamma Rho;SigmaXi;SigmaDelta Chi;TauKappa Alpha;AlphaZeta;Kiwanis.Resignedin 1976 following afurorover aracistjoke. In 1981, hepleadedguilty toincome tax evasion;sentencedto five years inprison(served 30 days) andfined$10,000.Died in Kensington,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,February2, 2008 (age98 years, 214days).Interment atTippecanoeMemory Gardens, West Lafayette, Ind. | | | John T. Gregorio (1928-2013) — also known as"The Lion of Linden" — of Linden,UnionCounty, N.J.Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,February6, 1928.Democrat.Florist;mayorof Linden, N.J., 1968-83, 1991-2006; defeated, 2006;shotat in his car, in March 1968; two days later, his house wasfirebombed;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly 21st District, 1974-77;indictedin April 1975 onperjuryand fraudcharges,over his purchase of a vacant lot from Elizabethtown Gas Company,while conspiring tofalsifydocuments toconcealhis involvement as buyer; laterchargedwithextortinga $25,000kickbackfrom a building contractor on a high school project; following juryselection, the charges were dismissed in February 1976; member ofNewJersey state senate, 1978-83 (21st District 1978-81, 20thDistrict 1982-83);indictedin September 1981 onchargesofincome tax evasion,concealinghis interest in two "go-go bars", and forfailing toenforce state alcohol laws;convictedin December 1982 of conspiracy to commitofficialmisconduct, but found not guilty on other charges.Died, fromleukemia,in TrinitasHospital,Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,October23, 2013 (age85 years, 259days).Burial location unknown. | | Frederick William Richmond (b. 1923) — also known asFrederick W. Richmond;FredRichmond —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Massachusetts,November15, 1923.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1964;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1975-82.Jewish.Arrestedin Washington, D.C., in 1978 forsolicitingsex from a minor and from an undercover police officer;pleadedguilty to a misdemeanor. In 1982,chargedwithtax evasion,marijuanapossession, andimproperpayments to a federal employee, hepleadedguilty and wassentencedto a year and a day inprison;served nine months.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Joseph R. Pisani — of New Rochelle,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1966-72 (100th District 1966, 91st District1967-72); member ofNew Yorkstate senate 36th District, 1973-84.Indictedon federalchargesoftax evasion andembezzlingcampaignfunds;convictedin 1984 on 18 of the 39 counts; the conviction was later reversed onappeal.Still living as of 1984. | | Harry E. Claiborne (c.1918-2004) — of Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.Born in McRae,WhiteCounty, Ark., about 1918.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNevadastate house of representatives, 1950; candidate forU.S.Senator from Nevada, 1964;U.S.District Judge for Nevada, 1979-86;convictedin 1984 oftax evasion, andsentencedto two years inprison;impeachedin 1986 by the U.S. House andconvicted(removed from office) by the Senate.Died from aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.,January19, 2004 (ageabout 86years).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) — also known asRobert B. Anderson — of Texas. Born in Burleson,JohnsonCounty, Tex.,June 4,1910.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1932; Received theMedalof Freedom in 1955;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Shriners;PhiDelta Phi;Order ofthe Coif.Pleadedguilty in 1987 tochargesofevading taxes by illegally operating anoffshorebank;sentencedtojail,housearrest, andprobation;disbarredin 1988.Died, of complications from surgery oncancerof the esophagus, inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August14, 1989 (age79 years, 71days).Interment atRosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex. | | Lee Alexander (1927-1996) — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,May 18,1927.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 34th District, 1962; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1968(alternate),1980;member, Arrangements Committee,1984;mayorof Syracuse, N.Y., 1970-85; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1974; wasindictedin July 1987 over a $1.5 millionkickbackscandal,andpleadedguilty in January 1988 to racketeering andtax evasioncharges;served five and a half years inprison.Died, ofcancer,in Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,December25, 1996 (age69 years, 221days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Syracuse, N.Y. | | 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 tostopthe Congressional investigation of Wedtech;sentencedto two and a half years inprison;convictedin 1988 ofobstructingan investigation of Baltimoredrugdealer Melvin D. 'Little Melvin' Williams, andsentencedto two years inprison;chargedin 1988 with failure to fileincome tax returns;triedand acquitted.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;UrbanLeague;KappaAlpha Psi;Freemasons;Jaycees.Still living as of 1988. | | 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; alsochargedwithobstructionof justice over destruction of financial records;tried infederal court in Boston; a mistrial was declared in 1988;re-indictedin federal court in Virginia onchargesof conspiracy, mail fraud, andtax evasion;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. | | Meade Henry Esposito (1909-1993) — also known asMeade H. Esposito;Amadeo HenryEsposito —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December28, 1909.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1964,1968;vice-president, Lafayette NationalBank,1965;insurancebroker;leader ofKings County Democratic Party, 1969-83.Catholic.Italianancestry. Member,NAACP.Indictedin 1987 on federalchargesthat he had givenbribesto U.S. Rep.MarioBiaggi in in return forinfluenceon federal contracts for a Brooklynship-repaircompany;convictedon September 22, 1987 of giving anillegalgratuity;fined$500,000;indictedin 1988 onbriberyandtaxcharges,but the case was dismissed due to his age and poor health.Died, fromrenalfailure caused by aheartattack, while suffering fromlungcancer andbladdercancer, in North Shore UniversityHospital,Manhasset,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,September3, 1993 (age83 years, 249days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Felicia Esposito; married to Anne De Cunzo. |
| | Robert Jerry Dryfoos (1942-2006) — also known asRobert J. Dryfoos — of Forest Hills, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornAugust11, 1942.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1972,1980,1988;chief counsel for New York Lt. Gov.MaryAnn Krupsak, 1975; member, New York City Council, 1980-91;retired from office whileunderinvestigation over allegedcampaignfinance andfederal tax violations, but no charges werefiled;lobbyist.Jewish. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;AmericanJewish Committee.Died, from complications of aheadinjury, in New York-PresbyterianHospital/WeillCornellMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 2,2006 (age63 years, 203days).Burial location unknown. | | Gerald McCann (born c.1950) — of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J., about 1950.Democrat.Mayorof Jersey City, N.J., 1981-85, 1989-92; defeated, 1985; removed1992;chair ofHudson County Democratic Party, 1984-85.Catholic.Convictedin 1992 on federalchargesoffraudandtax evasion, andsentencedto federalprison.Still living as of 2003. | | 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 federalprisonfortax evasion.Still living as of 2014.  | Nicholas James Mavroules (1929-2003) — also known asNicholas Mavroules — of Peabody,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Peabody,EssexCounty, Mass.,November1, 1929.Democrat.Mayorof Peabody, Mass., 1967-78; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1976;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1979-93;defeated, 1992.GreekOrthodox.Greekancestry. Member,Kiwanis;Rotary.Pleadedguilty in 1993 tochargesoftax fraud andacceptinggratuities while in office;sentencedtoprison.Died in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,December25, 2003 (age74 years, 54days).Interment atCedar Grove Cemetery, Peabody, Mass. | | Tom Joe Barrow (b. 1949) — also known asTom Barrow — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born, in KirwoodHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January12, 1949.Democrat.Accountant;candidate formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1985, 1989, 2009, 2013 (primary), 2021(primary); candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan, 1990 (13th District), 1992 (15thDistrict);convictedof on federalchargesoftax evasion in 1993; served 18 months inprison;his contention that he was wrongfully convicted was later supportedby a ruling of the U.S. Tax Court in 2008.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2021. | | Dave Brown (1948-1998) — of Montana. Born in Pompeys Pillar,YellowstoneCounty, Mont.,November20, 1948.Member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1981-93.Pleadedguilty in 1994 to five counts of failing to filefederalincome tax returns.Died in UniversityHospital,Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,October23, 1998 (age49 years, 337days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Butte, Mont. | | Webster Lee Hubbell (born c.1949) — also known asWebster L. Hubbell — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born about 1949.Lawyer;mayorof Little Rock, Ark., 1979-81; resigned 1981;chiefjustice of Arkansas state supreme court, 1983.Pleadedguilty in December 1994 to federal mail fraud andtaxevasionchargesconnection with his handling of billing at the Rose Law Firm;sentencedin 1995 to 21 monthsimprisonment;indictedin 1998 on additional federaltax evasion and conspiracycharges;pleadedguilty to one charge pending judicial review; following a SupremeCourt ruling in his favor, the indictment was dismissed in October,2000.Still living as of 2003. | | William James McCuen (c.1943-2000) — also known asBill McCuen — of Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.; Heber Springs,CleburneCounty, Ark.Born in Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark., about 1943.Democrat.Schoolteacher;Arkansasland commissioner, 1981-85;secretaryof state of Arkansas, 1985-94; defeated in primary, 1994;candidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1992.After leaving office as Secretary of State, headmittedacceptingkickbacksfrom two supporters he gave jobs, andnot paying taxes on themoney. He alsoadmittedto conspiring with a political consultant to split $53,560embezzledfrom the state in a sham transaction. He wasindictedon corruptionchargesin 1995. On January 5, 1996, hepleadedguilty to felony counts oftax evasion and accepting akickback;hepleaded nocontest to a misdemeanor count oftradingin public office.Sentencedto 17 years inprison,andfined.Released on parole (due to illness) in February 1999.Died ofcoloncancer and astroke,in Heber Springs,CleburneCounty, Ark.,September9, 2000 (ageabout 57years).Intermentsomewherein Van Buren, Ark. | | Walter Rayford Tucker III (b. 1957) — also known asWalter R. Tucker III — of Compton,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Compton,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 28,1957.Democrat.Lawyer;ordainedminister;mayorof Compton, Calif., 1991-92;U.S.Representative from California 37th District, 1993-95; resigned1995.Baptist.Africanancestry.Sentencedin 1996 to 27 months inprisonforextortionandtax evasion.Still living as of 2014. | | James C. Green (c.1922-2000) — also known asJimmy Green — of Clarkton,BladenCounty, N.C.Born about 1922. Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1961-77;Speaker ofthe North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1975-77;LieutenantGovernor of North Carolina, 1977-85; candidate forGovernor ofNorth Carolina, 1984.Presbyterian.Chargedin 1983 withacceptinga bribe from an undercover FBI agent, but acquitted;convictedoftax evasion in 1997,fined,andsentencedtohomeconfinement.Died at Bladen CountyHospital,Elizabethtown,BladenCounty, N.C.,February4, 2000 (ageabout 78years).Interment atClarktonCemetery, Clarkton, N.C. | | Nick Wilson (born c.1943) — of Pocahontas,RandolphCounty, Ark.Born about 1943. Democrat.Lawyer;member ofArkansasstate senate, 1971-98.Convictedin November, 1999, on federaltax evasion charges.Pleadedguilty in March, 2000 tofraud;128 other charges were dropped in return for his agreement to testifyagainst three others.Still living as of 2000. | | 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.Chargedwithtax evasion;tried infederal court andconvictedin June, 2000.Still living as of 2000. | | Abraham Jacob Hirschfeld (1919-2005) — also known asAbraham J. Hirschfeld;Abe Hirschfeld;"Honest Abe" —of Great Neck,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Miami Beach, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born in Tarnow,Poland,December20, 1919.Realestate developer;hotelowner; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1968;candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1974 (Democratic primary), 1976(Democratic primary), 2004 (Builders); candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1992 (IndependentFusion), 1994 (Democratic primary); Republican candidate forboroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1997; Independence candidateforNewYork state comptroller, 1998.In 1998, offered Paula Jones $1 million to drop her sexual harassmentlawsuit against PresidentBillClinton; later sued by Jones when he tried to back out of theoffer.Indictedin 2000 for trying tohirea hit man tokillhis former business partner Stanley Stahl; alsochargedwithtax evasion; brieflyjailedforviolatinga court order against discussing the trial with the media;ultimatelyconvicted,and served two years inprison.Died, from complications ofcancer,in St. BarnabasHospital,Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,August9, 2005 (age85 years, 232days).Interment atCedarPark Cemetery, Paramus, N.J. | | Martin G. Barnes (born c.1949) — also known asMarty Barnes — of Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.Born about 1949. Republican.Mayorof Paterson, N.J., 1997-2002; defeated, 2002.Africanancestry.Indictedin federal court in 2002 on 40 counts ofbriberyand other offenses, over his solicitation and acceptance of more than$200,000 ingratuitiesfrom city contractors, including home improvements,designersuits, andpaidfemale companions;pleadedguilty to two counts, includingtax evasion, andsentencedin 2003 to 37 months inprison.Still living as of 2003. | | 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 filingfalse federal tax returns, February 3,2004. February 3, 2004.Still living as of 2004. | | Randall Cunningham (b. 1941) — also known asRandy Cunningham;"Duke" —of Del Mar,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December8, 1941.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War;U.S.Representative from California, 1991-2005 (44th District 1991-93,51st District 1993-2003, 50th District 2003-05); resigned 2005;pleadedguilty on Federal conspiracy andtax evasioncharges,November 28, 2005; subsequentlyresignedfrom Congress.Christian.Still living as of 2014. | | John A. Lynch Jr. (b. 1938) — of New Brunswick,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in New Brunswick,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,1938.Democrat.Mayorof New Brunswick, N.J., 1979-91; member ofNewJersey state senate 17th District, 1982-2001; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New Jersey,1996;pleadedguilty in 2006 totax evasion and mail fraud over failingto report $150,000 in income;sentenced toprison; released in 2009.Still living as of 2009. | | 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,tax evasion, andobstructionof 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. | | 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.
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