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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians in Trouble or Disgrace: Embezzlement</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C., August, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/index.html">1807</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms01667">St. Philip's Churchyard</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Moultrie and Elizabeth (Wilkins) Moultrie; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moultrie-moynihan.html#836.63.57">William Moultrie</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1772/05-24.html">May 24, 1772</a>, to Catherine Judith Lennox.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/139211895">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Swartwout (1783-1856) — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Poughkeepsie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-born.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/11-17.html">November 17, 1783</a>. He was participant in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burr.html#748.36.81">Aaron Burr</a>'s "Western Conspiracy"; delivered a message from Burr to Gen. James Wilkinson in New Orleans; subsequently <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> in November 1806 for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">misprision of treason</a>, but released a few months later; early promoter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroads</a>; openly supported the Texas Republic in its war for independence from Mexico; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/NYcc nNY">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1829-38; in 1838, it was alleged that he had embezzled more than $1.2 million from the New York customs house, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">fled</a> to England; later investigation implicated a subordinate of his as having obtained most of that money; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">forfeited</a> his property and returned to the U.S. in 1841. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/11-21.html">November 21, 1856</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 4 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html#cms00598">Trinity Churchyard</a>, Manhattan, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Abraham Swartwout and Maria (North) Swartwout; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/">1814</a> to Alice Ann Cooper.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Swartwout">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11898421">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jesse Hoyt (1792-1867) — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/06-28.html">June 28, 1792</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valerius-vancamp.html#109.58.92">Martin Van Buren</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler1.html#133.84.30">Benjamin F. Butler</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County, 1823; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/NYcc nNY">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1838-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">removed</a> from office in 1841, over allegations of embezzlement. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/03-17.html">March 17, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 262 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Goold Hoyt and Sarah (Reed) Hoyt; sixth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welles-wellmerling.html#111.95.76">Thomas Welles</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#222.26.90">Daniel Chapin</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards7.html#335.52.14">Pierpont Edwards</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valerius-vancamp.html#522.20.50">Harold Sheffield Van Buren</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boardman.html#997.61.23">Mabel Thorp Boardman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#298.65.34">Sheffield Phelps</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#193.65.27">Asbury Elliott Kellogg</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#417.79.91">Simeon Baldwin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#427.65.31">Phelps Phelps</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#667.79.10">Graham Hurd Chapin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weclew-weekes.html#429.48.72">Martin E. Weed</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burr.html#748.36.81">Aaron Burr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duvall-dworzanski.html#542.62.04">Theodore Dwight</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards4.html#127.62.71">Henry Waggaman Edwards</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockwood.html#867.49.50">Hanford Nichols Lockwood</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#082.28.77">George Smith Catlin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#575.22.23">Barzillai Bulkeley Kellogg</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse Hoyt">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/brh2003004543/PP/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/421/37.25.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="Isaac V. Fowler"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Isaac Vanderbeck Fowler (1818-1869) — also known as Isaac V. Fowler — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/08-20.html">August 20, 1818</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html#2">New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1853-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/NY.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> in 1860 with embezzlement as Postmaster; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">fled</a> to Mexico and Cuba. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tammany-hall.html">Tammany Hall</a>. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/09-29.html">September 29, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 40 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-buried.html#cms02855">Old Town Cemetery</a>, Newburgh, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac Vanderbeck Fowler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/51251978">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Library of Congress</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Caleb Lyon (1822-1875) — of Lyonsdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, N.Y. Born in Lyonsdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/LE-born.html">Lewis County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/12-07.html">December 7, 1822</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Lewis County, 1851; resigned 1851; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 21st District, 1851; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 23rd District, 1853-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Idaho Territory</a>, 1864-66. In 1866, an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">audit revealed</a> that he had embezzled $46,418 in federal funds intended for the Nez Perce Indians, but he was never convicted. Died in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/09-08.html">September 8, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 275 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lyon.html#840.69.99">Caleb Lyon (born c.1784)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000540">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407024">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3901">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Magear Tweed (1823-1878) — also known as William M. Tweed; William Marcy Tweed; "Boss Tweed" — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/04-03.html">April 3, 1823</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">Chairmaker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">fire fighter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 5th District, 1853-55; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 4th District, 1868-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Convicted</a> of embezzlement and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to twelve years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">escaped</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">captured</a> in Spain and brought back to New York. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/captivity.html">in prison</a>, in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/04-12.html">April 12, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 9 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Richard Tweed and Eliza (Magear) Tweed; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/09-18.html">September 18, 1844</a>, to Mary Jane C. Skaden.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis6.html#400.03.94">Noah Davis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oconor-odean.html#924.69.20">Charles O'Conor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nason-nazaire.html#636.92.33">Thomas Nast</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barna-barnert.html#012.12.09">George G. Barnard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/capozzi-carew.html#922.51.96">Albert Cardozo</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000440">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411008">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/924/000116576">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about William M. Tweed: Seymour J. Mandelbaum, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0929587200/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0929587200&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Boss Tweed's New York</a> — Leo Hershkowitz, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385076657/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385076657&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Tweed's New York : another look</a> — Kenneth D. Ackerman, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786714352/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0786714352&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Boss Tweed: The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Seeger — of St. Peter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/NI-lived.html">Nicollet County</a>, Minn. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/trea.html">Minnesota state treasurer</a>, 1872-73. After disclosure that he had accepted his predecessor's note for $112,000 of missing state funds, and had <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/obstruction.html">concealed</a> this fact from investigators, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a>; in spite of that, he was subsequently <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">impeached</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">removed from office</a>. The lost money was recovered from Seeger's bondsmen, and no criminal prosecution was made. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Corliss P. Stone (1838-1906) — of Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/03-20.html">March 20, 1838</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/seattle.html">Mayor of Seattle, Wash.</a>, 1872-73. Caused a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandal</a> in 1873, when he suddenly <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">vacated</a> his mayoralty; he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">fled</a> to San Francisco with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">a married woman</a> and $15,000 he had embezzled from his firm. Later returned to Seattle. Died in Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-died.html">King County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/09-14.html">September 14, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 178 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-buried.html#cms00171">Lake View Cemetery</a>, Seattle, Wash. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11196585">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dublin J. Walker (born c.1837) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CT-lived.html">Chester County</a>, S.C. Born in South Carolina, about 1837. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CT-officials.html">Chester County School Commissioner</a>, 1870-74; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Chester County, 1874-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in 1875 for issuing fraudulent teacher pay certificates; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in September 1875; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to 12 months in prison; Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#396.07.99">Daniel H. Chamberlain</a> commuted his sentence, then granted him a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pardon.html">full pardon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> in April 1877 on the same charge, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> from the Senate. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George C. Bennett — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 8th District, 1872, 1874; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 4th District, 1874; Brooklyn Commissioner of City Works; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a>, along with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flagg-flake.html#265.88.35">John W. Flaherty</a>, in December 1878, for conspiracy to defraud the city of $50,000; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> in 1879 and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> $250; the conviction was reversed on appeal; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/NY.html">1884</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bennett2.html#239.84.49">Charles Goodwin Bennett</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles H. Houghton — of Metuchen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J. Born in New York. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost a leg</a> in a Civil War battle; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/NJcc nPA">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1875-82. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Arrested</a> in May 1882, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with embezzlement, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/fraud.html">fraud</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/forgery.html">forgery</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Marshall Tate Polk (1831-1884) — also known as M. T. Polk — of Bolivar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HR-lived.html">Hardeman County</a>, Tenn. Born in Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-born.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/05-15.html">May 15, 1831</a>. Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/TN.html">1876</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/trea.html">Tennessee state treasurer</a>, 1877-83. Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, during the Civil War, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost a leg</a>. In 1883, a $400,000 shortfall was was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">discovered</a> in the state treasury. Polk <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">fled</a> to Texas, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> there, and brought back to Nashville for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">trial</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Charged</a> with embezzlement, he pleaded not guilty -- his lawyer argued he was only guilty of "default of pay" -- but was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to twenty years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a>. Imprisonment was delayed pending his appeal, and he died in the meantime. Died in Bolivar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HR-died.html">Hardeman County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/02-20.html">February 20, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 281 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HR-buried.html#cms05884">Polk Cemetery</a>, Bolivar, Tenn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Marshall Tate Polk (1805-1831) and Laura Theresa (Wilson) Polk; married to Evelina McNeal Bills; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#210.42.53">James Knox Polk</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#768.70.69">Sarah Childress</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#067.26.29">William Hawkins Polk</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#769.93.45">Tasker Polk</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#672.96.01">Edwin Fitzhugh Polk</a>; third cousin of Mary Adelaide Polk (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#379.55.20">George Davis</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#479.25.41">Richard Tyler Polk</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#181.41.38">Rufus King Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#632.78.03">Frank Lyon Polk</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#359.50.76">Charles Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#178.29.67">Elizabeth Polk Guest</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#032.14.04">Raymond R. Guest</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodge.html#657.22.93">Augustus Caesar Dodge</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#937.03.47">Trusten Polk</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0256.html">Ashe-Polk family</a> of North Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0044.html">Polk family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0283.html">Manly-Haywood-Polk family</a> of Raleigh, North Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "Every one that loveth is born of God."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6005881">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Johnson Tiffany (1834-1906) — also known as Thomas J. Tiffany; "Henry Fullerton" — of Bennington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-lived.html">Bennington County</a>, Vt.; Rutland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-lived.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt. Born in Pittsford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/03-06.html">March 6, 1834</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/bennington.html#2">Bennington, Vt.</a>, 1872-84; in March, 1884, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">confronted</a> by a postal inspector about a shortage in the post office accounts, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">fled</a>, also taking $2,000 in Bennington school funds; in October, 1885, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> near Greeley, Colorado, where he was living under the alias "Henry Fullerton", and brought back to Vermont, where he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">plead guilty</a> to federal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a>, and was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to five years' <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">imprisonment</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Rutland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-died.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/06-26.html">June 26, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 112 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-buried.html# ">Bennington Village Cemetery</a>, Bennington, Vt. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Arnold Johnson Tiffany and Abigail (Drury) Tiffany; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/10-06.html">October 6, 1858</a>, to Mary Frances Cook.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/207744660">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James William Tate (b. 1831) — also known as James W. Tate; "Honest Dick" — of Frankfort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/01-02.html">January 2, 1831</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/trea.html">Kentucky state treasurer</a>, 1867-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">absconded</a> from the state treasurer's office in March, 1888; Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#221.16.76">Simon Buckner</a> said Tate had embezzled almost $250,000 from the state; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">impeached</a> in absentia by the Kentucky House; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">removed from office</a> by the Senate. He <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/disappeared.html">never returned</a>, and his fate is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">unknown</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas L. Tate and Nancy (Taylor) Tate; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/06-03.html">June 3, 1856</a>, to Lucy J. Hawkins.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James %22Honest Dick%22 Tate">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John M. Lingle (1843-1889) — of Webb City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-lived.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/04-02.html">April 2, 1843</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/webbcity.html#2">Webb City, Mo.</a>, 1885-89. After being threatened with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">criminal prosecution</a> for allegedly misappropriating funds as postmaster, he stepped out the back door of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/postoffices.html">post office</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">killed himself</a> by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in Webb City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-died.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/01-04.html">January 4, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 277 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-buried.html#cms00646">Webb City Cemetery</a>, Webb City, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/">1870</a> to Avaline Eizabeth McCutcheon.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/103720820">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Austin Burke (1839-1928) — also known as Edward A. Burke; Edward A. Burk — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex.; New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/09-13.html">September 13, 1839</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telegraph operator</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad superintendent</a>; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/import-export.html">importer and exporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railway freight agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/trea.html">Louisiana state treasurer</a>, 1878-88; engaged in a pistol <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duel</a> with Henry J. Hearsey on January 25, 1880; neither man was injured; in 1882, he was wounded in a duel with C. Harrison Parker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/LA.html">1880</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/LA.html">1884</a>; in 1889, his successor as state treasurer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#552.43.83">William Henry Pipes</a>, discovered discrepancies in state funds, and accused Burke of embezzlement; he was subsequently <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> by a grand jury; Burke, then in London, chose not to return to Louisiana, and instead <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">fled</a> to Honduras, and remained in Central America for the rest of his life. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a> Ritz, Tegucigalpa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HO-died.html">Honduras</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/09-24.html">September 24, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 11 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HO-buried.html# ">somewhere</a> in Yuscarán, Honduras. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/113517015">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stevenson Archer (1827-1898) — of Bel Air, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-lived.html">Harford County</a>, Md. Born near Churchville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-born.html">Harford County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/02-28.html">February 28, 1827</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1854; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 2nd District, 1867-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/MD.html">1868</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/MD.html">1876</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/trea.html">Maryland state treasurer</a>, 1886-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MD.html">Maryland Democratic state chair</a>, 1887-89. In April, 1890, following an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigation</a> which revealed a shortage of $132,000, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">removed from office</a> as State Treasurer, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with embezzlement. He <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> and wrote to the court: "No part of the State's money or securities was ever used by me in gambling, stock speculation, or for political purposes; nor have I at this time one dollar of it left." <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Sentenced</a> to five years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>. Due to his failing health, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pardon.html">pardoned</a> by Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#012.05.40">Frank Brown</a> in May 1894. Slaveowner. Died, in Baltimore City <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/08-02.html">August 2, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 155 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-buried.html#cms00278">Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Churchville, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/archer.html#202.35.55">Stevenson Archer (1786-1848)</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/archer.html#214.94.42">John Archer</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10032.html">Archer family</a> of Churchville, Maryland.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000274">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400913">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevenson Archer (1827-1898)">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward T. Noland (d. 1926) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/trea.html">Missouri state treasurer</a>, 1889-90; resigned 1890. In March 1890, following reports of his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/intoxication.html">drunkenness</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/gambling.html">gambling</a>, his accounts were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigated</a>; a shortage of about $32,000 was discovered; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">suspended</a> from office as state treasurer, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> a few days later; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> soon after, and charged with embezzlement; tried in 1891, and ultimately <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> and sentenced to two years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/06-26.html">June 26, 1926</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lucien Wells Sperry (1820-1890) — also known as Lucien W. Sperry — of New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in Woodbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/03-08.html">March 8, 1820</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">Coal dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/newhaven.html">mayor of New Haven, Conn.</a>, 1866-69; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 4th District, 1869-70. Unable to account for money entrusted to him, and likely to be <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> as an embezzler, he died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-died.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/06-26.html">June 26, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 110 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html#cms00758">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, New Haven, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Enoch K. Sperry and Mary Atlanta (Sperry) Sperry; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/speranza-sprafka.html#769.63.43">Nehemiah Day Sperry</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/147396957">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles A. Binder (1857-1891) — also known as John Roth — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/11-02.html">November 2, 1857</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 10th District, 1884, 1886; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">accused</a> in 1891 of embezzling $20,000 from the estate of Barbara Hausman; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">fled</a> and became a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fugitive</a>, traveling under the alias "John Roth". <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Wounded by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in his room at the Sheridan House <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, and died there early the next morning, in Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-died.html">Union County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/05-17.html">May 17, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/33.html">33 years, 196 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Margaret Binder.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles A. Binder">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Mapes (1861-1896) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-lived.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan. Born in Racine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RA-born.html">Racine County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/index.html">1861</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/kansascity.html#2">Kansas City, Kan.</a>, 1893-96. While postal inspectors <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">discovered</a> that he had embezzled about $9,200 from post office accounts, he died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-died.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/03-15.html">March 15, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/34.html">about 34 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-buried.html#cms03161">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Kansas City, Kan. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Alfred R. Mapes and Elizabeth P. (Chittenden) Mapes; married to Annie Lispenard Sharp.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/141265551">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Bermel (1860-1921) — of Middle Village, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/04-08.html">April 8, 1860</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Stonecutter</a>; Newtown town supervisor in the 1890s; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with financial irregularities; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> and acquitted; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/queens.html">borough president of Queens, New York</a>, 1906-08; resigned 1908; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> as borough president after a grand jury presented <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> against him, related to fraud and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribery</a> in connection with the city's purchase of Kissena Park in Queens. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/foresters.html">Foresters</a>. Died in Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia (now Karlovy Vary, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EZ-died.html">Czechia</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/07-28.html">July 28, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 111 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms00305">St. John's Cemetery</a>, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Bermel and Elizabeth (Cohn) Bermel; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/10-21.html">October 21, 1884</a>, to Anna Mary Timmes.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/944/98.37.jpg" width=70 height=115 border=0 alt="Joseph A. Iasigi"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Andrew Iasigi (1848-1917) — also known as Joseph A. Iasigi — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/01-15.html">January 15, 1848</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html">Consular Agent for France</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-consuls.html">Boston, Mass.</a>, 1873-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-consuls.html">Consul-General for Turkey</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-consuls.html">Boston, Mass.</a>, 1889-97; he failed to account for a trust fund, refused to answer questions, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">fled</a> to New York City; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> there in February 1897 and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">extradited</a> to Boston; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with embezzlement of about $220,000; pleaded not guilty; tried and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in November 1897; sentenced to 14-18 years in prison; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pardon.html">pardoned</a> in 1909. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/armenian.html">Armenian</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. Died in Brookline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-died.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/01-24.html">January 24, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 9 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-buried.html#cms00204">Mt. Auburn Cemetery</a>, Cambridge, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/iacino-ingerman.html#156.35.29">Joseph Iasigi</a> and Eulalie (Loir) Iasigi; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/iacino-ingerman.html#048.21.65">Oscar Anthony Iasigi</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/">1881</a> to Marie P. Homer; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#885.84.61">Nora Iasigi</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#140.75.64">William Marshall Bullitt</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/84434170">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Boston Globe, February 14, 1897</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/599/76.91.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="Charles H. Meyer"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Henry Meyer (1826-1898) — also known as Charles H. Meyer; Carl H. Meyer; Karl Heinrich Meyer — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Schleiz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/03-15.html">March 15, 1826</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Dry goods</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/import-export.html">importer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html">Consul for Germany</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1872-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">silk ribbon manufacturer</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/08-14.html">August 14, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 152 days</a>). During a lawsuit following his death, his successor as German Consul <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">alleged</a> that Mr. Meyer had defaulted with at least $11,000 of the consulate's funds; this was denied by the executors of his estate, and the outcome of the dispute is unknown. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00792">Woodlands Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Christoph Heinrich Meyer and Marie (Felder) Meyer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/04-16.html">April 16, 1857</a>, to Sophie Karoline Wilhelmine Brossman.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/137501272">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Philadelphia Times, August 18, 1898</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Louis E. Otto (d. 1931) — of Key West, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Fla. Born in Key West, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Fla. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Pharmacist</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/keywest.html#2">Key West, Fla.</a>, 1898-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> in June 1899, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">suspended</a> from office as postmaster, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/forgery.html">forgery</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">perjury</a>, and embezzlement; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/keywest.html">mayor of Key West, Fla.</a>, 1919-21; defeated, 1917. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>. Died in St. Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PI-died.html">Pinellas County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/11-01.html">November 1, 1931</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Fred A. Maynard (b. 1852) — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/index.html">1852</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/attygn.html">Michigan state attorney general</a>, 1895-98. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> in 1901 on 48 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of embezzlement; a jury was selected for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">trial</a>, but the indictment was quashed before it could get underway. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Louis Stern (c.1856-1901) — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, about 1856. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper reporter</a>; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Bamberg</a>, 1893-1901. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Arrested</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> in Kissingen, Germany, 1895, for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/libel-slander.html">insulting</a> the Baron von Thuengen; also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/fraud.html">misrepresenting</a> his 15-year-old son as being twelve in order to get cheaper passage to Europe for him on a steamship; the U.S. Consul General in Berlin asserted that Mr. Stern was "very harshly and unjustly treated". Depressed over financial problems and perceived anti-Semitism, he began <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/misfeasance.html">neglecting his work</a>; he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">recalled</a> as commercial agent in 1901, but remained at Bamberg; his failure to return money he had collected on behalf of U.S. citizens led to a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">judgement against him</a> for 2,000 marks, which he was unable to pay; he died by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in the public gardens at Bamberg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-died.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/06-10.html">June 10, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">about 45 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/358/46.00.jpg" width=70 height=124 border=0 alt="Martin Reinberg"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Martin Reinberg (b. 1852) — of Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio. Born in Tuckum, Russia (now Tukums, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LV-born.html">Latvia</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/06-20.html">June 20, 1852</a>. Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EC-consuls.html ">Guayaquil</a>, 1883-84; U.S. Vice Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EC-consuls.html ">Guayaquil</a>, 1884-1902; founded an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/import-export.html">export</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banking</a> company in Guayaquil, Martin Reinberg & Company; in 1901, the company became bankrupt, with debts over one million dollars; following an investigation, his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrest was ordered</a> by Ecuadorian authorities, who suspected him of embezzlement or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bank-fraud.html">bank fraud</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">removed</a> from his consular post. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Mendel Reinberg and Paulina (Eder) Reinberg; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reily-remsen.html#761.64.24">David S. Reinberg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reily-remsen.html#091.81.59">Isaac A. Reinberg</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/38713.html">Reinberg family</a> of Cincinnati, Ohio.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: U.S. passport application (1919)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John J. Girimondi — of Hazleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-lived.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa.; Shakopee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SC-lived.html">Scott County</a>, Minn.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Catholic priest</a>; naturalized U.S. citizen; concealed his clerical background from Congressmen who recommended him for a consular appointment; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html ">Santos</a>, 1900-01; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">removed</a> as consul for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/misfeasance.html">neglect of duty</a> and possible embezzlement; went to Italy and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/diplomatic-offenses.html">misrepresented</a> himself as U.S. Consul to Persia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> by Italian authorities on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">betraying</a> a young woman, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">imprisoned</a> there. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Lawrence Blair (1854-1904) — also known as James L. Blair — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/04-02.html">April 2, 1854</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; president, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, 1884; general counsel, St. Louis World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), 1901-03; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in December, 1903, for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/forgery.html">forgery</a> of two deeds of trust to obtain a loan from an estate he managed. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>. Died, either from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a> (which he had attempted at least twice before) or from "<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">congestion of the brain</a>", in Eustis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LA-died.html">Lake County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/01-16.html">January 16, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 289 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-buried.html#cms00391">Bellefontaine Cemetery</a>, St. Louis, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#827.40.18">Francis Preston Blair Jr.</a> and Apolline Agatha (Alexander) Blair; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#828.36.15">Montgomery Blair</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#061.23.89">Francis Preston Blair</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#118.85.96">James Blair</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#363.09.77">Francis Preston Blair Lee</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#942.93.74">Gist Blair</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#982.73.82">Blair Lee III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#776.61.78">Edward Brooke Lee Jr.</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#624.56.05">John Eager Howard</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#092.04.74">William Julian Albert</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fogleson-folse.html#328.23.16">Joseph Wingate Folk</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#296.88.63">George Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#762.57.32">Benjamin Chew Howard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#231.03.02">Carey Estes Kefauver</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#877.22.98">George Nicholas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#133.01.52">Wilson Cary Nicholas</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#402.57.46">John Nicholas</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#422.21.20">Talbot Jones Albert</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#737.45.76">Ethel Gist Cantrill</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7387514">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Valentine Wagner (1848-1903) — also known as James V. Wagner — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/11-08.html">November 8, 1848</a>. Cashier, National Marine <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NC-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Nicaragua</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-consuls.html">Baltimore, Md.</a>, 1891-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VZ-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Venezuela</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-consuls.html">Baltimore, Md.</a>, 1901-03. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/01-31.html">January 31, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 84 days</a>). Following his death, it was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">discovered</a> that he had embezzled about $30,000 from the bank. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms00372">Green Mount Cemetery</a>, Baltimore, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Basil Wagner and Anna Maria 'Ann' (Peters) Wagner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/10-14.html">October 14, 1879</a>, to Julia Thomas.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/99475830">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Porter Glazier (1862-1922) — also known as Frank P. Glazier — of Chelsea, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/03-08.html">March 8, 1862</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Pharmacist</a>; President of Glazier Stove Company (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a> of stoves for cooking and heating); president of Chelsea Savings <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 10th District, 1903-04; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/trea.html">Michigan state treasurer</a>, 1905-08; resigned 1908. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Forced to resign</a> as state treasurer in 1908; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> of embezzlement; served two years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pardon.html">pardoned</a> in 1920. Died near Chelsea, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/01-01.html">January 1, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 299 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html#cms05347">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, Chelsea, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Emily J. (Stimson) Glazier and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/glassbrook-glenmore.html#553.84.48">George Pickering Glazier</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/12-30.html">December 30, 1880</a>, to Henrietta Geddes.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27785703">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5926001371/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/363/42.15.jpg" width=70 height=91 border=0 alt="James E. Ferguson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Edward Ferguson (1871-1944) — also known as James E. Ferguson; "Pa Ferguson" — of Temple, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BL-lived.html">Bell County</a>, Tex. Born near Salado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BL-born.html">Bell County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/08-31.html">August 31, 1871</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Texas</a>, 1915-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/TX.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>); American candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1920. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> on embezzlement and other <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> in 1917; soon after, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">impeached</a> by the Texas House, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">removed from office</a> by the Texas Senate. Died in Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-died.html">Travis County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/09-21.html">September 21, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 21 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-buried.html#cms01455">Texas State Cemetery</a>, Austin, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/12-31.html">December 31, 1899</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferguson.html#384.35.16">Miriam Amanda Wallace</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crane.html#890.35.87">M. M. Crane</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-edward-ferguson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James E. Ferguson">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Library of Congress</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Blaine Jackson Brickwood (1888-1949) — also known as Blaine J. Brickwood — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/02-05.html">February 5, 1888</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VZ-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Venezuela</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-consuls.html">Chicago, Ill.</a>, 1915-20; on November 18, 1917, while driving, he struck and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">killed</a> Walter Israel; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">censured</a> by the coroner's jury which investigated the death; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> on a charge of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">manslaughter</a>; following a trial in June 1920, he was found not guilty by a jury; meanwhile, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> on a charge of embezzlement. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/03-13.html">March 13, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 36 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms01868">Forest Home Cemetery</a>, Forest Park, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Genevieve (Jackson) Brickwood and Albert William Brickwood; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brewton-brigadier.html#218.48.07">Albert William Brickwood Jr.</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/11-16.html">November 16, 1912</a>, to Bertie H. Meloy; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brewton-brigadier.html#432.43.26">John Thomas Brickwood</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/37277.html">Brickwood family</a> of Chicago and Forest Park, Illinois.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/122424222">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lena Marietta Thankful Clarke (1886-1967) — also known as Lena M. T. Clarke — of West Palm Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PB-lived.html">Palm Beach County</a>, Fla. Born in Sheldon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/03-01.html">March 1, 1886</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/westpalmbeach.html#2">West Palm Beach, Fla.</a>, 1915-16, 1920-21 (acting, 1915-16, 1920); under <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">suspicion</a> for a shortage of $32,000 at the post office, she <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">fled</a> to Orlando, where she found Fred Miltimore, her <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">married ex-lover</a>, and apparently tried to get him to sign a statement confessing to the theft; when he refused, she <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">shot and killed</a> him; she was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">murder</a>, and found not guilty by reason of insanity. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in West Palm Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PB-died.html">Palm Beach County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/08-05.html">August 5, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 157 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PB-buried.html# ">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, West Palm Beach, Fla. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Rev. Almon Taylor Clarke and Marietta Thankful (Whitney) Clarke; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarke.html#026.83.37">John Paul Clarke</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23950611">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Hillyer Rudisill (1875-1923) — of Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-lived.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga. Born in Forsyth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/04-26.html">April 26, 1875</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/macon.html#3">Macon, Ga.</a>, 1922-23 (acting, 1922). Died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/postoffices.html">post office</a> at Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-died.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/02-16.html">February 16, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 296 days</a>). A shortage of about $86,000 was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">discovered</a> after his death. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MO-buried.html#cms01299">Forsyth Cemetery</a>, Forsyth, Ga. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Benjamin Franklin Rudisill and Antoinette Vashti (Smith) Rudisill; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/11-09.html">November 9, 1899</a>, to Frances Lane.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/42424241">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William H. Reynolds (1868-1931) — of Long Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/02-29.html">February 29, 1868</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Builder</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate developer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 3rd District, 1894-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> by a grand jury in August 1917 for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">perjury</a>, over his 1912 expert testimony on the value of land sought by the city for a park; the grand jury alleged that he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">falsely denied</a> any <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/conflict-of-interest.html">personal interest</a> in the realty company which owned the property; also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in October 1917, with three others, for conspiracy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/fraud.html">defraud</a> the city of $500,000 by inflating the appraisal; the indictments were dismissed in May 1920 over the prosecutor's delay of the trial; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/longbeach.html#2">village president of Long Beach, New York</a>, 1921-22; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/longbeach.html">mayor of Long Beach, N.Y.</a>, 1922-24; removed 1924; defeated, 1925; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> on May 1, 1924, along with the Long Beach city treasurer, for misappropriating city funds in connection with a bond issue; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> in June 1924, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to six months in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">county jail</a>, and automatically <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">removed from office</a> as mayor; released pending appeal; the Appellate Division reversed the conviction in June 1925 and ordered a new trial; the indictment was dismissed in June 1927. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/10-13.html">October 13, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Reynolds and Margaret (McChesney) Reynolds; married to Elise Guerrier.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Lee Adams (1873-1946) — also known as James L. Adams — of Coraopolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa.; Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa.; Mt. Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/05-27.html">May 27, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Allegheny County 12th District, 1907-09; resigned 1909; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 45th District, 1909-12; as receiver to wrap up the affairs of a defunct Pittsburgh bank, he allegedly failed to pay $22,000 owed to the city; in November 1926, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> in St. Petersburg, Florida, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with embezzlement; released on $10,000 bond; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">re-arrested</a> in December, after detectives received information that he was about to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">jump bail</a>; waived extradition and voluntarily returned to Pittsburgh; the case against him was dropped in April 1927. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Mt. Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-died.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/04-20.html">April 20, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 328 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-buried.html# ">Allegheny County Memorial Park</a>, Allison Park, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Adams and Mary Emma (Butler) Adams; married to Elise M. Campbell.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/176776302">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Florence Elizabeth Smith Knapp (1875-1949) — also known as Florence E. S. Knapp; Florence Elizabeth Smith — of Syracuse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. Born in Syracuse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-born.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/03-25.html">March 25, 1875</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; dean, College of Home Economics, Syracuse University; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NY.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NY.html">1924</a> (alternate); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of New York</a>, 1925-27; in 1927, an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigation</a> discovered her <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/misfeasance.html">maladministration</a> of the 1925 state census; she had paid salaries to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/nepotism.html">relatives</a> and others who did no census work, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/forgery.html">forged</a> indorsements on checks, received money she was not entitled to, and burned state records to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/obstruction.html">conceal evidence</a> of these things; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> her position at Syracuse University; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> on various charges in 1928, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> twice and eventually <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> of grand larceny; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to 30 days in jail. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Marcy State Hospital (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/asylum.html">insane asylum</a>), Marcy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-died.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/10-26.html">October 26, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 215 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-buried.html#cms00239">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Syracuse, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of James E. Smith and Mary (Hancock) Smith; married to Philip Schuyler Knapp.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/102055411">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/146/73.79.jpg" width=70 height=114 border=0 alt="Gallatin Roberts"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Gallatin Roberts (1878-1931) — also known as Gallatin Roberts — of Asheville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-lived.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C. Born in Flat Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-born.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/10-26.html">October 26, 1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-officials.html">Buncombe County Attorney</a>, 1907-08; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Buncombe County, 1911-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/asheville.html">mayor of Asheville, N.C.</a>, 1919-23, 1927-30; as mayor, he found that millions of dollars of city money were held in the failing Asheville Central Bank and Trust Company; rather than bringing the bank down and losing the money, he helped sustain it for a while by maintaining city deposits there. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Following the collapse of Central Bank and Trust, and the city's loss of $4 million in deposits, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">forced to resign</a> as mayor, and later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> over his alleged misuse of city funds to support the bank; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">killed himself</a> in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office lavatory</a>, Asheville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-died.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/02-25.html">February 25, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 122 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-buried.html# ">Green Hills Cemetery</a>, Asheville, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jacob R. Roberts and Mary Elizabeth (Buckner) Roberts; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/01-19.html">January 19, 1907</a>, to Mary Altha Sams.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/45690950">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Knoxville News-Sentinel, May 13, 1931</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Willis M. Brewer (1892-1972) — of Pontiac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/index.html">1892</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 6th District, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MI.html">1928</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MI.html">1952</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Michigan</a>, 1928; chairman, Oakland County Board of Auditors; in 1931, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with embezzling $2,500 from the county; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to five to fifteen years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; his sentence was commuted by Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comstock.html#849.73.77">William A. Comstock</a> in 1933; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1947. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/index.html">1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dale Ray Andre (1889-1950) — of Iowa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/index.html">1889</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1917. Was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in 1931 for misusing investment funds; found not guilty, but his career was wrecked. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/index.html">1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">about 61 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DM-buried.html#cms00005">Aspen Grove Cemetery</a>, Burlington, Iowa. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19261129,00.html"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/218/79.14.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="Samuel Insull"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Insull (1859-1938) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.; Kenilworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.; near Libertyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ill. Born in London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/11-11.html">November 11, 1859</a>. Republican. Associate of Thomas Edison and executive of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">electric utilities</a>; one of the founders of the company that became General Electric; also had major holdings in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroads</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/IL.html">1904</a>; when his utility holding company collapsed, wiping out the stockholders, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">fled</a> the country; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in 1932 on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/fraud.html">fraud</a> and embezzlement <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a>; ultimately <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">extradited</a> from Turkey in 1934; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> in Chicago and found not guilty. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in the Place de la Concorde <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/rr-stations.html">station</a> on the Paris Métro subway system, Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-died.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/07-16.html">July 16, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 247 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-buried.html#cms07543">Putney Vale Cemetery</a>, London, England. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Insull and Emma (Short) Insull; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/05-24.html">May 24, 1899</a>, to Margaret A. Bird.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harms-harpending.html#372.36.96">Forest A. Harness</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Insull">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Time Magazine, November 29, 1926</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward J. Dowling (b. 1875) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/12-08.html">December 8, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/NY.html">1916</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 19th District, 1917-20; defeated, 1920. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Pleaded guilty</a> in 1934 for embezzling $20,000 in Liberty bonds from an estate he represented as attorney; made <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">restitution</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> his law license, and received a suspended sentence. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/06-27.html">June 27, 1906</a>, to Anna McCooey (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccooey-mccormack.html#192.65.76">John Henry McCooey</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/02-07.html">February 7, 1924</a>, to Clara Brady.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15965.html">McCooey-Ambro family</a> of Brooklyn, New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward J. Dowling">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Donn M. Roberts (1867-1936) — of Indiana. Born in Annapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CA-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/09-28.html">September 28, 1867</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/terrehaute.html">Mayor of Terre Haute, Ind.</a>, 1913-15. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Convicted</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribery</a> in 1915 and spent three and a half years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> of embezzlement in 1936 and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>. Released from prison following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, and died a few days later, in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/08-03.html">August 3, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 310 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-buried.html#cms04273">St. Joseph's Cemetery</a>, Terre Haute, Ind. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Santosuosso (1877-1968) — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass.; Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Taurasi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-born.html">Italy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/07-18.html">July 18, 1877</a>. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MA.html">1928</a>; in 1933, he was attorney for General Equipment Corporation, in a lawsuit against the city of Boston for damages caused by subway constuction; he and others worked out a scheme in which Mayor <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cuomo-curlin.html#960.34.84">James M. Curley</a> would obtain $85,000 from the city to settle the claim, of which $50,000 was improperly retained by Santosuosso and Curley; in 1937, the city successfully <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sued</a> both men for the return of the $50,000. Died in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., March, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/index.html">1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Elizabeth (DiPesa) Santosuosso and Vincenzo Santosuosso; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanger-sargeant.html#494.77.18">Alfred Santosuosso</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/08-07.html">August 7, 1900</a>, to Louise Moltedo.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edwin J. Szarzynski (born c.1907) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in East St. Louis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., about 1907. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">Credit manager</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> in 1937 with embezzlement of $2,553 from his employer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to a reduced charge, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to six months in the workhouse; served three and a half months; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> in 1942 in a raid on a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/gambling.html">gambling</a> operation; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> $15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">dock worker</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 5th District, 1960. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harry E. Mackenzie — of Bethel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/CT.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/CT.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/CT.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Charged</a> in May, 1938, along with Mayor <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayes.html#307.23.90">T. Frank Hayes</a> and 25 others, with conspiracy to cheat and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars; admitted that he received large fees for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/lobbyists.html">lobbying</a>, and paid half back as a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/kickbacks.html">kickback</a> to the other conspirators; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> in November 1938, and testified against the other defendants; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to nine months in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">jail</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John H. Crary — of Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/CT.html">Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1922-30; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/CT.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/CT.html">1932</a>; Waterbury city assessor. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Charged</a> in May, 1938, along with Mayor <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayes.html#307.23.90">T. Frank Hayes</a> and 25 others, with conspiracy to cheat and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> in 1938-39 and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to two months in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">jail</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> $500. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel J. Leary — of Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/alcohol-biz.html">Brewer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/soft-drink.html">carbonated beverage business</a>; Waterbury city controller, 1930-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/CT.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Charged</a> in May, 1938, along with Mayor <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayes.html#307.23.90">T. Frank Hayes</a> and 25 others, with conspiracy to cheat and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> in 1938-39 and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to 10-to-15 years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; his plea for a reduced sentence was rejected by the State Board of Pardons in 1949. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles E. Williamson (born c.1880) — of Darien, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Darien, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., about 1880. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Darien, 1909-12, 1915-16, 1921-22; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 26th District, 1917-20; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CT.html">Connecticut Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/CT.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/CT.html">1932</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Charged</a> in May, 1938, along with Mayor <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayes.html#307.23.90">T. Frank Hayes</a> and 25 others, with conspiracy to cheat and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> in 1938-39 and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to one year in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">jail</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> $500. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> T. Frank Hayes (c.1884-1965) — of Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born about 1884. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Waterbury, 1927-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/waterbury.html">mayor of Waterbury, Conn.</a>, 1930-39; resigned 1939; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/CT.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/CT.html">1936</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut</a>, 1935-39. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Charged</a> in May, 1938, along with 26 others, with conspiracy to cheat and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> in 1938-39 and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to 10-to-15 years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; released in 1949. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> at home, and died soon after, in St. Mary's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-died.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/03-26.html">March 26, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">about 81 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas H. Hayes and Ellen E. Hayes.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leakin-leaver.html#832.53.53">Daniel J. Leary</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mackenzie-macksey.html#818.14.79">Harry E. Mackenzie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cranfill-cravalho.html#778.89.05">John H. Crary</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williamson.html#647.20.82">Charles E. Williamson</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lawrence J. Murray Jr. (1910-2000) — of Haverstraw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RO-lived.html">Rockland County</a>, N.Y.; Pearl River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RO-lived.html">Rockland County</a>, N.Y.; Nyack, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RO-lived.html">Rockland County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/06-20.html">June 20, 1910</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Rockland County, 1938-40; removed 1940; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a>, in January 1940, with embezzling $49,102 from Miss May Dunnigan, his mentally incompetent law client (also sister-in-law to U.S. Postmaster General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farley.html#271.60.14">James A. Farley</a>); the money was lost in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/gambling.html">gambling</a> on horse races; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> on all counts, and hence automatically <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">disbarred</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">removed from office</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to five to ten years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; his sentence was commuted in 1942; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> in 1952, along with other bookmakers, for illegally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/gambling.html">taking bets</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/03-15.html">March 15, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 269 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Lawrence J. Murray and Emma (Brennan) Murray.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Kenneth Romney (1885-1952) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Missoula, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MI-born.html">Missoula County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/10-20.html">October 20, 1885</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper correspondent</a>; Sergeant-at-Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1931-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in 1947 of concealing a shortage of about $121,000 in House bank accounts, and sentenced to one to three years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; released in 1949. Died in Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-died.html">Arlington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/04-06.html">April 6, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 169 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/RA-buried.html#cms02599">Riverview Cemetery</a>, Hamilton, Mont. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Hiram Thomas Gaskell Romney and Anna (Wood) Romney; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#838.65.96">Miles Romney</a>; married to Edna Romney; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#227.41.03">Miles J. Romney Jr.</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#177.76.30">Vernon Romney</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#577.46.53">Marion George Romney</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#607.70.38">George Wilcken Romney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#996.78.92">Vernon Bradford Romney</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#653.21.32">George Scott Romney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#902.25.17">Willard Mitt Romney</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdaniel.html#011.63.59">Ronna Romney McDaniel</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#877.00.00">Craig Romney</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11871.html">Romney family</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/85264383">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Parnell Thomas (1895-1970) — also known as J. Parnell Thomas — of Allendale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Born in Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-born.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/01-16.html">January 16, 1895</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of Allendale, N.J., 1926-30; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Bergen County, 1935-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 7th District, 1937-50; defeated, 1954. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Pleaded no contest</a> to payroll padding; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> from Congress and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>, 1950. Died in St. Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PI-died.html">Pinellas County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/11-19.html">November 19, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 307 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-buried.html#cms00084">Elm Grove Cemetery</a>, Mystic, Stonington, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000175">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410756">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J. Parnell Thomas">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/355/000129965">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) — also known as Harold G. Hoffman — of South Amboy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J. Born in South Amboy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/02-07.html">February 7, 1896</a>. Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a> columnist and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">radio</a> commentator; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Middlesex County, 1923-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/southamboy.html">mayor of South Amboy, N.J.</a>, 1925-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 3rd District, 1927-31; New Jersey Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Jersey</a>, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1940, 1946; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NJ.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>); colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pat-ord-sons-am.html">Patriotic Order Sons of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Suspended</a> in 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation system for an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigation</a> of financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his written <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">confession</a> of embezzlement schemes was disclosed. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in his room at the Blake <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/06-04.html">June 4, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 117 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-buried.html#cms03575">Christ Church Cemetery</a>, South Amboy, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frank Hoffman and Ada Crawford (Thom) Hoffman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/09-10.html">September 10, 1919</a>, to Lillie Moss.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000685">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405538">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/harold-giles-hoffman/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5989013">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Orville E. Hodge — of Illinois. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/aud.html">Illinois state auditor of public accounts</a>, 1953-56. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Convicted</a> of embezzling state funds; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Marvin Lewis Kline (1903-1974) — also known as Marvin L. Kline — of Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn.; Excelsior, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in Brunswick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/AN-born.html">Antelope County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/08-09.html">August 9, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/architect.html">Architectural</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/MN.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/minneapolis.html">mayor of Minneapolis, Minn.</a>, 1941-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in 1964 of grand larceny for illegally boosting his salary as director of a rehabilitation institute, and for diverting fundraising proceeds; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to 10 years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; released after three years. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/optimist-club.html">Optimist Club</a>. Died in Ventura, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/VE-died.html">Ventura County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/04-09.html">April 9, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 243 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/WA-buried.html# ">Cuming City Cemetery</a>, Blair, Neb. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frank R. Kline and Anna (Gunthorpe) Kline; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/11-23.html">November 23, 1929</a>, to Lucille Knight.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin L. Kline">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/66844981">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Charles Houlihan — also known as John Houlihan — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1961-66; resigned 1966; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in April 1966, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with embezzling nearly $100,000 from an estate of which he was conservator; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> as mayor as the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandal</a> developed. Still living as of 1966. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/334/22.78.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="Thomas J. Dodd"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Joseph Dodd (1907-1971) — also known as Thomas J. Dodd — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn.; West Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn.; North Stonington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Born in Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/05-15.html">May 15, 1907</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">FBI special agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/CT.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/CT.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CT.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/CT.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/CT.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 1st District, 1953-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Connecticut</a>, 1959-71; defeated, 1956, 1970 (Dodd Independent). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Censured</a> by the Senate on June 23, 1967 for financial improprieties, having diverted some $116,000 in campaign and testimonial funds to his own use. Died of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Old Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-died.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/05-24.html">May 24, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 9 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-buried.html#cms04189">St. Michael's New Cemetery</a>, Pawcatuck, Stonington, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodd.html#594.74.71">Thomas J. Dodd</a> and Abigail (O'Sullivan) Dodd; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/05-19.html">May 19, 1934</a>, to Mary Grace Murphy; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodd.html#004.47.34">Christopher John Dodd</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11233.html">Dodd family</a> of Norwich, Connecticut.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000390">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403505">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas J. Dodd">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/661/000121298">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Connecticut Register & Manual 1953</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph E. Parisi (1913-1990) — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y.; Rye, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/05-10.html">May 10, 1913</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate broker</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 16th District, 1942; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 14th District, 1945-48; defeated, 1948, 1950; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/NY.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NY.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NY.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/NY.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/NY.html">1964</a>; Chief Clerk, Criminal Term, Brooklyn Supreme Court; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in 1973, along with retired Justice <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/majors-malloney.html#225.60.31">David L. Malbin</a>, on federal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of aiding and abbetting an embezzlement scheme, involving officials of the International Production, Service and Sales Employees Union; in 1975, both men were acquitted. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">kidney disease</a>, in United <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Port Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-died.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/05-29.html">May 29, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 19 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-buried.html#cms01208">Greenwood Union Cemetery</a>, Rye, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Pietra 'Beatrice' (Calia) Parisi and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parish-parke.html#962.67.78">Gaetano Parisi</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parish-parke.html#049.47.85">Thomas G. Parisi</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parish-parke.html#571.00.99">Helen R. Manzi</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parish-parke.html#399.74.98">Leonard V. Parisi</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/07-04.html">July 4, 1935</a>, to Grace Rasulo.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/40270.html">Parisi family</a> of Brooklyn, New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph E. Parisi">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/172523469">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/225/60.31.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="David L. Malbin"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David L. Malbin — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y.; Miami, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a>, 1970; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in 1973, along with the Chief Clerk of of the Brooklyn criminal court, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parish-parke.html#039.21.97">Joseph E. Parisi</a>, on federal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of aiding and abbetting an embezzlement scheme, involving officials of the International Production, Service and Sales Employees Union; in 1975, he was aquitted on motion soon after the trial began. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Daily News, January 23, 1956</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joel Patterson — of Benton Harbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/bentonharbor.html">Mayor of Benton Harbor, Mich.</a>, 1981; defeated, 1981. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> in 1981, along with the City Attorney, on federal embezzlement and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribery</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> in connection with a housing program. Still living as of 1981. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph R. Pisani — of New Rochelle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1966-72 (100th District 1966, 91st District 1967-72); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 36th District, 1973-84. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> on federal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/tax-evasion.html">tax evasion</a> and embezzling <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/campaign-finance.html">campaign funds</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in 1984 on 18 of the 39 counts; the conviction was later reversed on appeal. Still living as of 1984. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Michael Bowen Mitchell (b. 1945) — also known as Michael B. Mitchell — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/11-07.html">November 7, 1945</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a> 39th District, 1987; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury in connection with the a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribery</a> investigation of Wedtech Corporation; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">accepting $50,000</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/obstruction.html">stop</a> the Congressional investigation of Wedtech; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to two and a half years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in 1988 of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/forgery.html">forging</a> documents to obtain $77,000 in life insurance proceeds intended for the child of a murder victim, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to six years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. Still living as of 1988. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. and Juanita Elizabeth (Jackson) Mitchell; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell2.html#540.03.16">Clarence M. Mitchell III</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell7.html#346.58.56">Parren James Mitchell</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell2.html#016.44.99">Clarence M. Mitchell IV</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell6.html#393.52.79">Keiffer Jackson Mitchell Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15982.html">Mitchell family</a> of Baltimore, Maryland.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Evan Mecham (1924-2008) — of Ajo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PI-lived.html">Pima County</a>, Ariz.; Glendale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Born in Duchesne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/DU-born.html">Duchesne County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/05-12.html">May 12, 1924</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/sthse.html">Arizona state house of representatives</a>, 1952; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/stsen.html">Arizona state senate</a>, 1960-62; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Arizona</a>, 1962 (Republican), 1992 (Independent); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arizona</a>, 1987-88; defeated, 1964, 1974, 1978, 1982. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/john-birch-soc.html">John Birch Society</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> in 1988 on six felony counts of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">perjury</a> and filing a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/campaign-finance.html">false campaign report</a>, specifically of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/disclosure.html">failing to report</a> a $350,000 loan to his campaign by Barry Wolfson, a real estate developer; later acquitted of these charges. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Impeached</a> by the Arizona House of Representatives on February 5, 1988, on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/obstruction.html">obstructing justice</a> and illegally lending state money to his business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted and removed from office</a> by the Arizona Senate on April 4, 1988. A <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">recall election</a> was scheduled against him, but it was cancelled by the Arizona Supreme Court. Died, from complications of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">Alzheimer's disease</a>, in Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-died.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/02-22.html">February 22, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 286 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/">1945</a> to Florence Lambert.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/evan-mecham/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan Mecham">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/916/000103607">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Gentry Crowell (1932-1989) — of Tennessee. Born in Chestnut Mound, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SI-born.html">Smith County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/12-10.html">December 10, 1932</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1969-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Tennessee</a>, 1977-89; died in office 1989. His office was a target of the federal "Operation Rocky Top" <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigation</a> into <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/fraud.html">fraudulent</a> charity bingo games; his administrative assistant admitted to longtime embezzlement. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot wound</a> on December 12, 1989, and died eight days later in Vanderbilt <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/12-20.html">December 20, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 10 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WL-buried.html#cms01965">Cedar Grove Cemetery</a>, Lebanon, Tenn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentry Crowell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74790979">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harold Guy Hunt (1933-2009) — also known as Guy Hunt — of Holly Pond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CU-lived.html">Cullman County</a>, Ala. Born in Holly Pond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CU-born.html">Cullman County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/06-17.html">June 17, 1933</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Baptist minister</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/stsen.html">Alabama state senate</a>, 1962; probate judge in Alabama, 1964-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1987-93; defeated in primary, 1978. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Convicted</a> in 1993 of misusing <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/campaign-finance.html">campaign</a> and inaugural funds to pay personal debts, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">removed from office</a> as Governor. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2009/01-30.html">January 30, 2009</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 227 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/archibald-armstead.html#143.85.32">Bill Armistead</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/harold-guy-hunt/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/885/000120525">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William L. Webster (b. 1953) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-lived.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/09-17.html">September 17, 1953</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a>, 1981-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/attygn.html">Missouri state attorney general</a>, 1985-93; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1992. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Pleaded guilty</a> in 1993 to embezzlement and conspiracy, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to two years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>. Still living as of 1993. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#218.94.60">Richard Melton Webster</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William L. Webster">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Paul Kolter (b. 1926) — also known as Joseph P. Kolter; Joe Kolter — of New Brighton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BA-lived.html">Beaver County</a>, Pa. Born in McDonald, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TR-born.html">Trumbull County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/09-03.html">September 3, 1926</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> 14th District, 1969-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 4th District, 1983-93; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/PA.html">1984</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-italy.html">Sons of Italy</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> in 1994 by a Federal grand jury on five felony <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of embezzlement at the U.S. House post office; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> in May 1996. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000307">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406461">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/447/000130057">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William James McCuen (c.1943-2000) — also known as Bill McCuen — of Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/GA-lived.html">Garland County</a>, Ark.; Heber Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CB-lived.html">Cleburne County</a>, Ark. Born in Fort Smith, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/SB-born.html">Sebastian County</a>, Ark., about 1943. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/laco.html">Arkansas land commissioner</a>, 1981-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Arkansas</a>, 1985-94; defeated in primary, 1994; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> 4th District, 1992. After leaving office as Secretary of State, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">admitted</a> accepting <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/kickbacks.html">kickbacks</a> from two supporters he gave jobs, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/tax-evasion.html">not paying taxes</a> on the money. He also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">admitted</a> to conspiring with a political consultant to split $53,560 embezzled from the state in a sham transaction. He was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> on corruption <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> in 1995. On January 5, 1996, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to felony counts of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/tax-evasion.html">tax evasion</a> and accepting a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/kickbacks.html">kickback</a>; he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded no contest</a> to a misdemeanor count of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/govt-for-sale.html">trading in public office</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Sentenced</a> to 17 years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a>. Released on parole (due to illness) in February 1999. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/colon-cancer.html">colon cancer</a> and a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, in Heber Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CB-died.html">Cleburne County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/09-09.html">September 9, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">about 57 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CF-buried.html#cms05886">somewhere</a> in Van Buren, Ark. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Barbara A. Bullock (born c.1939) — also known as Barbara Bullock — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born about 1939. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/DC.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/DC.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">President</a> of the Washington Teachers Union, 1994-2002; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> in 2003 to federal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of embezzlement from a labor union, over her use of a union credit card to purchase costly costly luxury items including jewelry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/attire.html">furs and clothing</a>; she and two co-conspirators also wrote union checks to themselves and to intermediaries who shared the proceeds, amounting to millions of dollars. Her chauffeur pleaded guilty to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/money-laundering.html">money laundering</a> on her behalf. Sentenced to nine years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; the sentence was later reduced to six and a half years. Still living as of 2007. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara Bullock">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank W. Ballance Jr. (b. 1942) — of Warrenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, N.C. Born in Windsor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BT-born.html">Bertie County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/02-15.html">February 15, 1942</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/librarian.html">librarian</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">college professor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1982-85; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1989-2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NC.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NC.html">2000</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 1st District, 2003-04; resigned 2004; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in federal court in September 2004 on federal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/money-laundering.html">money laundering</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> for diverting state funds through a charitable foundation; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to one count, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to four years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> $10,000, ordered to pay <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">restitution</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">disbarred</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001238">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400014">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank Ballance">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/352/000032256">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sharpe James (b. 1936) — of Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Born in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-born.html">Duval County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/02-20.html">February 20, 1936</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NJ.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/NJ.html">1988</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NJ.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NJ.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/NJ.html">2004</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/newark.html">mayor of Newark, N.J.</a>, 1986-2006; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> 29th District, 1999-2008; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in July 2007 on federal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of using city credit cards for personal expenses, and letting a girlfriend buy nine parcels of city-owned land for a small fraction of their value, without <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/disclosure.html">disclosing</a> their relationship; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in April 2008; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to 27 months in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> $100,000. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe James">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/955/000173436">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2490905">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4773">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Anthony Dryden Marshall (1924-2014) — also known as Anthony D. Marshall; Tony Marshall; Anthony Dryden Kuser — of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/05-30.html">May 30, 1924</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-consuls.html ">Istanbul</a>, as of 1958-59; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MD-diplomats.html ">Malagasy Republic</a>, 1969-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TT-diplomats.html ">Trinidad and Tobago</a>, 1972-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/KY-diplomats.html ">Kenya</a>, 1973-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SH-diplomats.html ">Seychelles</a>, 1976-77; in 1971, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">accused</a> in press reports of involvement in a supposed plot to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">overthrow</a> the President, Philibert Tsiranana; the Malagasy government declared him <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/diplomatic-offenses.html">persona non grata</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">expelled</a> him fron the country; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">theatrical producer</a>; guardian of his ailing mother, Brooke Astor; alleged to have diverted millions of dollars to his own theatrical productions, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/theft.html">removed</a> works of art from her apartment; his son Philip <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sued</a>, alleging <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/assault.html">abuse</a> and demanding his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">removal</a> as guardian; an independent investigation found no evidence for abuse, but revealed financial misconduct; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in 2007, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> on 16 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> in 2009; the trial lasted six months; ultimately <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to one to three years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; served eight weeks and was released on medical parole. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died, at New York Presbyterian <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2014/11-30.html">November 30, 2014</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 184 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Step-son of Charles H. Marshall and Vincent Astor; son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurvink-kyros.html#179.98.06">John Dryden Kuser</a> and Brooke (Russell) Marshall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/07-26.html">July 26, 1947</a>, to Elizabeth Cynthia Cryan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/12-29.html">December 29, 1962</a>, to Thelma Hoegnell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/">1992</a> to Charlene (Tyler) Gilbert; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/driver-dryzga.html#795.00.09">John Fairfield Dryden</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13343.html">Dryden-Marshall family</a> of New York City, New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/marshall-anthony-dryden ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1481790">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/139475960">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Anthony D. Marshall: Meryl Gordon, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618893733/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0618893733&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Scott Faughn (b. 1980) — of Poplar Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BT-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/index.html">1980</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/poplarbluff.html">Mayor of Poplar Bluff, Mo.</a>, 2002-04; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> in 2005 with embezzling money while Chairman of the Highway 67 Corporation, by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/forgery.html">forging</a> checks to himself and his ex-wife; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in 2007 on the forgery charges, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> $1,500. Still living as of 2007. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott Faughn">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sheila Ann Dixon (b. 1953) — also known as Sheila Dixon; Sheila Dixon-Smith — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/12-27.html">December 27, 1953</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MD.html">1988</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/MD.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/MD.html">2008</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/baltimore.html">mayor of Baltimore, Md.</a>, 2007-10; resigned 2010. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">African Methodist Episcopal</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> in January 2009, on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">perjury</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/theft.html">theft</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/misfeasance.html">misconduct</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a>, over <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">secretly accepting</a> more than $20,000 worth of gifts from developers doing business with the city, and for using gift cards intended for needy families to buy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/attire.html">furs</a> and other expensive items for herself; the charges were dismissed in May, but she was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">reindicted</a> in July; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> in fall 2009; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> on one count of embezzlement, and acquitted on other charges; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">perjury</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> as mayor, as part of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">plea agreement</a>. Still living as of 2010. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Philip Dixon, Sr. and Winona Dixon.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila Dixon">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Aaron F. Broussard (b. 1949) — of Kenner, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson Parish</a>, La. Born in Marksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/AV-born.html">Avoyelles Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/01-06.html">January 6, 1949</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/kenner.html">Mayor of Kenner, La.</a>, 1982-96; president of Jefferson Parish, La., 2003-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> in September 2012 to federal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> that, as president of Jefferson Parish, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">received bribes</a> of more than $60,000, and that he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars by creating a no-work job in the parish government for his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/nepotism.html">ex-wife</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to 46 months in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>, and ordered to pay <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">restitution</a>. Still living as of 2012. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron Broussard">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=102195">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Aaron Jon Schock (b. 1981) — also known as Aaron Schock — of Peoria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PE-lived.html">Peoria County</a>, Ill. Born in Morris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SV-born.html">Stevens County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/05-28.html">May 28, 1981</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 2005-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Republican National Convention, 2008 ; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 18th District, 2009-15; resigned 2015; in 2014, news media reported that he had misused government funds to pay for lavish redecorating, international trips, and luxury items; he also claimed mileage reimbursements on his car for many more miles than he had actually driven; following these revelations, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> from Congress; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in November 2016; pled not guilty; trial pending. Still living as of 2018. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001179">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron Schock">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Kenneth E. Rankle (c.1961-2018) — of Dayton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CA-lived.html">Campbell County</a>, Ky. Born about 1961. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Carpenter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/dayton.html">mayor of Dayton, Ky.</a>, 2003-14; defeated, 2014; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sued</a> in 2015 by the Dayton city government, alleging that he misappropriated funds. 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