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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: Campaign Finance</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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Sapp"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Earl Sapp (1859-1912) — also known as Charles E. Sapp — of Crescent Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky.; Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born in Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/02-15.html">February 15, 1859</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/KY.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/KY.html">1900</a>; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 5th Kentucky District, 1899-1901. Republican boss of Louisville, allied with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#267.63.72">William S. Taylor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a>, with two others, in March 1902, on federal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/extortion.html">extorting</a> payments from federal employees for political contributions; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> in March 1903, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> $500 plus costs. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">double pneumonia</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/03-10.html">March 10, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 24 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms00479">Cave Hill Cemetery</a>, Louisville, Ky. <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 to Nellie Williamson.</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/146409702">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: Louisville Courier-Journal, March 11, 1912</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4H0fAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA238"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/361/64.02.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="Truman H. Newberry"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Truman Handy Newberry (1864-1945) — also known as Truman H. Newberry — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/11-05.html">November 5, 1864</a>. Republican. Paymaster and agent, Detroit, Bay City and Alpena <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a>, 1885-87; president and treasurer, Detroit <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Steel</a> and Spring Co., 1887-1901; director, Cleveland-Cliffs <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Iron</a> Co.; director, Grace <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/MI.html">1892</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Navy</a>, 1908-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Michigan</a>, 1919-22. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Tried</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in 1921 of overspending on his campaign (federal laws at that time set an unrealistically low limit); his conviction was reversed by Supreme Court; following an investigation, the Senate declared him entitled to his seat but <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">expressed disapproval</a> of the sum spent on his election; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> under pressure. Died in Grosse Pointe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/10-03.html">October 3, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 332 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms00088">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Detroit, 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nevin-newel.html#249.27.49">John Stoughton Newberry</a> and Helen Parmelee (Handy) Newberry; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/02-07.html">February 7, 1888</a>, to Harriet Josephine Barnes; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#526.11.22">Carol Newberry Brooks</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/10897.html">Newberry family</a> of Detroit, Michigan.</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/king7.html#471.43.30">Paul H. King</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=N000062">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408150">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman Handy Newberry">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/947/000208323">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: American Review of Reviews, March 1922</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> Harvey Parnell (1880-1936) — of Dermott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CH-lived.html">Chicot County</a>, Ark. Born near Orlando, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CV-born.html">Cleveland County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/02-28.html">February 28, 1880</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/sthse.html">Arkansas state house of representatives</a>, 1919-22; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/stsen.html">Arkansas state senate</a>, 1923-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas</a>, 1927-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arkansas</a>, 1928-33. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Southern Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. In 1928, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with violating the Corrupt Practices Act (early campaign finance law) by spending more than $5,000 on his campaign; the charges were later dropped. Died, following two <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attacks</a>, in St. Vincent's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Infirmary</a>, Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-died.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/01-16.html">January 16, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 322 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-buried.html#cms01933">Roselawn Memorial Park</a>, Little Rock, Ark. <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/williamson.html#223.99.54">Lamar Williamson</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/harvey-parnell/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey Parnell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/348/000206727">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19655">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> Walter Ellsworth Brehm (1892-1971) — also known as Walter E. Brehm — of Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HC-lived.html">Hocking County</a>, Ohio; Millersport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Ohio. Born in Somerset, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/PE-born.html">Perry County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/05-25.html">May 25, 1892</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1938-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 11th District, 1943-53. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/psi-omega.html">Psi Omega</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Convicted</a> in 1951 of illegally accepting campaign contributions from a clerk in his office, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> $5,000. Died in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-died.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/08-24.html">August 24, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 91 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 Gilbert M. Brehm and Lucy E. (Lenhart) Brehm; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/09-20.html">September 20, 1923</a>, to Lucille Fountain.</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=B000794">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401751">Govtrack.us page</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 Everett Adams (1922-1983) — also known as William E. Adams — of Tonawanda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Kenmore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Knightstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HN-born.html">Henry County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/12-25.html">December 25, 1922</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <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 Erie County 2nd District, 1957-64; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1966-70 (61st District 1966, 53rd District 1967-70); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in December 1969 on charges of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">lying to a grand jury</a> when he testified that he returned a cash campaign contribution from a medical services company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> in 1970 and found not guilty. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu.html">Sigma Nu</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, and died a week later, in Albany <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-died.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/04-14.html">April 14, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 110 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-buried.html#cms00001">Albany Rural Cemetery</a>, Menands, 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 Joshua Adams and Lucy Frances (Ramsey) Adams; married to Jacquela Devlin.</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/mcfarland.html#871.52.18">James T. McFarland</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/149689613">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> Maurice Hubert Stans (1908-1998) — also known as Maurice H. Stans — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Shakopee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SC-born.html">Scott County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/03-22.html">March 22, 1908</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Accountant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Commerce</a>, 1969-72. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> in 1973, along with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell5.html#634.62.28">John N. Mitchell</a>, for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">perjury</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/obstruction.html">obstruction</a> over a contribution from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/organized-crime.html">fugitive financier</a> Robert Vesco to President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard M. Nixon</a>'s re-election campaign; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> and acquitted; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to five violations of campaign finance laws and paid a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fine</a> of $5,000. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, and died five days later, at Huntington Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Pasadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/04-14.html">April 14, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 23 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 J. Hubert Stans and Mathilda (Nyssen) Stans; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/09-07.html">September 7, 1933</a>, to Kathleen Carmody.</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/sears.html#108.48.25">Harry L. Sears</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.nndb.com/people/304/000167800">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> John Newton Mitchell (1913-1988) — also known as John N. Mitchell — of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/09-15.html">September 15, 1913</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Attorney General</a>, 1969-72. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. A central figure in the Watergate <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandal</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> in 1973, along with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell5.html#634.62.28">Maurice Stans</a>, for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">perjury</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/obstruction.html">obstruction</a> over a contribution from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/organized-crime.html">fugitive financier</a> Robert Vesco to President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard M. Nixon</a>'s re-election campaign; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> and acquitted. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Convicted</a> in February 1975 of conspiracy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/obstruction.html">obstruction of justice</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">perjury</a>, over his role in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/burglary.html">Watergate break-in</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to two and a half to eight years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; served 19 months. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, and died later the same day, at George Washington University <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/11-09.html">November 9, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 55 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <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 Joseph Charles Mitchell and Margaret Agnes (McMahon) Mitchell; married to Martha Beall.</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/stanly-stansel.html#471.17.89">Maurice H. Stans</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sears.html#108.48.25">Harry L. Sears</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/John N. Mitchell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/574/000055409">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 John Mitchell: James Rosen, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385508646/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385508646&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Strong Man: John Mitchell and the Secrets of Watergate</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> George Bradford Cook (b. 1936) — also known as G. Bradford Cook — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/index.html">1936</a>. Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1973; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned under fire</a> from the SEC, following disclosure that he had <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/obstruction.html">modified</a> a commission complaint to delete references to a secret $200,000 campaign contribution to President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard Nixon</a>'s re-election campaign from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/organized-crime.html">fugitive financier</a> Robert Vesco; admitted that he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">testified falsely</a> to a Senate committee and to a grand jury investigating the matter; his license to practice law in Illinois and Nebraska was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">suspended</a> for three years. Still living as of 1975. <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 George Brash Cook; married to Jo Anne Thatcher and Laura Armour.</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 Oswald Mills (1924-1973) — also known as William O. Mills — of Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/TA-lived.html">Talbot County</a>, Md. Born in Bethlehem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CR-born.html">Caroline County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/08-12.html">August 12, 1924</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 1st District, 1971-73; died in office 1973; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/MD.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. The Washington Post reported that his campaign was under <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigation</a> for receiving $25,000 from secret funds of President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard Nixon</a>'s re-election committee, and failed to report the contribution as required by law; this tied him to the Watergate <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandal</a>; a day later, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">killed himself</a>, by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, at his Mulberry Hill farm, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/TA-died.html">Talbot County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/05-24.html">May 24, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 285 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CR-buried.html#cms04495">Hillcrest Cemetery</a>, Federalsburg, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000779">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407757">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William O. Mills">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/754/000118400">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> Harry Shuler Dent (1930-2007) — also known as Harry S. Dent — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-lived.html">Richland County</a>, S.C. Born in St. Matthews, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CA-born.html">Calhoun County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/02-21.html">February 21, 1930</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/SC.html">South Carolina Republican state chair</a>, 1965-68; special counsel and political advisor to President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard M. Nixon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> in 1974 to a federal campaign finance violation, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to one month <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">probation</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-alpha.html">Pi Kappa Alpha</a>. Died, from complications of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">Alzheimer's disease</a>, in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-died.html">Richland County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/09-28.html">September 28, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 219 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 Hampton N. Dent and Sallie P. Dent; married to Betty Francis.</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.nndb.com/people/839/000164347">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> Nelson Gerard Gross (1932-1997) — also known as Nelson G. Gross — of Hackensack, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J.; Saddle River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/01-09.html">January 9, 1932</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Bergen County, 1962-63; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> District 13, 1965; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/NJ.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-parties.html">chair of Bergen County Republican Party</a>, 1969; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NJ.html">New Jersey Republican state chair</a>, 1969; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1970; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate developer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/restaurant.html">restaurant owner</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> in May 1973 on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of falsifying a $5,000 contribution to the 1969 campaign of Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caesar-caillavet.html#607.68.35">William T. Cahill</a>, conspiring to commit <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/tax-evasion.html">tax evasion</a> by disguising the contribution as a business expense, and counseling a witness to commit <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">perjury</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in March 1974, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to two years <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">jail</a>; served six months. Kidnapped in Edgewater, N.J., robbed of $20,000, taken to New York, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stabbing.html">stabbed</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">death</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/1997/09-17.html">September 17, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 251 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 Albert Gross.</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 Brown Stansbury (1923-1985) — also known as William B. Stansbury — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born in Corydon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HR-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/03-18.html">March 18, 1923</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-parties.html">chair of Jefferson County Democratic Party</a>, 1968-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/louisville.html">mayor of Louisville, Ky.</a>, 1977-81; in 1978, during a firemen's strike, he left the city, saying that he was going to a conference in Atlanta; instead, he went to New Orleans for a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">tryst</a> with his administrative assistant; the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandal</a> led to an effort to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">impeach</a> him; soon after, a city official pleaded guilty to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/extortion.html">extorting</a> $16,000 from local businessmen; when questioned by a federal grand jury as to whether this money came to his campaign or to him personally, Stansbury refused to answer, claiming the Fifth Amendment right against <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">self-incrimination</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-upsilon.html">Delta Upsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. While crossing Bardstown Road to enter St. Francis of Assisi <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/churches.html">Church</a>, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">hit by a car</a>, and died soon after, in Humana <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>-University, Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/04-04.html">April 4, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 17 days</a>); His mother was killed in the same accident, and his wife was injured. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms05162">Calvary Cemetery</a>, Louisville, Ky. <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 James Bernard Stansbury and Alliene (Brown) Stansbury; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/">1983</a> to Mary Ellen Farmer.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">William B. Stansbury <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Park</a> (established 1900, received current name 1985), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-names.html">Louisville, Kentucky</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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 B. Stansbury">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> Daniel John Flood (1903-1994) — also known as Daniel J. Flood — of Wilkes-Barre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-lived.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa. Born in Hazleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-born.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/11-26.html">November 26, 1903</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 11th District, 1945-47, 1949-53, 1955-80; defeated, 1946, 1952. <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/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Charged</a> in 1979 with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">taking bribes</a>; a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">trial</a> resulted in a hung jury; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> from the House in 1980; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> in February 1980 to a lesser charge of conspiracy to violate federal campaign finance laws, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to one year <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">probation</a>. Died in Wilkes-Barre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-died.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/05-28.html">May 28, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 183 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-buried.html#cms03827">St. Mary's Cemetery</a>, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, 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 Patrick F. Flood and Sarah (McCarthy) Flood.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The Daniel J. Flood <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a> (opened 1967), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-names.html">Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=F000209">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404164">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/4937">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 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/embezzlement.html">embezzling</a> campaign funds; <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> 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 false campaign report, 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/embezzlement.html">lending state money</a> 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> James Leroy Usry (1922-2002) — also known as James L. Usry — of Atlantic City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-lived.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J. Born in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-born.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/02-02.html">February 2, 1922</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">Professional basketball</a> player, 1946-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/atlanticcity.html">mayor of Atlantic City, N.J.</a>, 1984-90; defeated, 1982; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/NJ.html">1988</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a>, on July 28, 1989, along with thirteen others, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribery</a>; he later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to improper reporting of campaign contributions. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died in Absecon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-died.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/02-25.html">February 25, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 23 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-buried.html#cms08119">Atlantic County Veterans Cemetery</a>, Estell Manor, 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James L. Usry">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11855919">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> Arch Alfred Moore Jr. (1923-2015) — also known as Arch A. Moore, Jr. — of Moundsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MH-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, W.Va.; Glen Dale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MH-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, W.Va. Born in Moundsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MH-born.html">Marshall County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/04-16.html">April 16, 1923</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Marshall County, 1953-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 1st District, 1957-69; defeated, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/WV.html">1960</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/WV.html">1972</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1984/WV.html">1984</a> (delegation chair); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WV.html">Republican National Committee from West Virginia</a>, 1963-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of West Virginia</a>, 1969-77, 1985-89; defeated, 1980, 1988; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from West Virginia</a>, 1978. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Pleaded guilty</a> in 1990 to five <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">felonies</a>, over findings that he had accepted illegal contributions to his 1984 and 1988 election campaigns, had <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/extortion.html">extorted</a> over $500,000 from a coal company, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/obstruction.html">obstructed</a> the investigation; served two years and eight months in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-died.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2015/01-07.html">January 7, 2015</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 266 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MH-buried.html# ">Riverview Cemetery</a>, Moundsville, W.Va. <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 Arch A. Moore and Genevieve (Jones) Moore; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/08-11.html">August 11, 1949</a>, to Shelley S. Riley; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#332.77.82">Shelley Moore Capito</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/ballam-bancroft.html#737.84.36">Wade H. Ballard III</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=M000892">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407864">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/arch-a-moore/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch A. Moore, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/696/000121333">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/141035904">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> Robert Jerry Dryfoos (1942-2006) — also known as Robert J. Dryfoos — of Forest Hills, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/08-11.html">August 11, 1942</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/1972/NY.html">1972</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NY.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/NY.html">1988</a>; chief counsel for New York Lt. Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kribbs-krzycki.html#159.40.93">Mary Ann Krupsak</a>, 1975; member, New York City Council, 1980-91; retired from office while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">under investigation</a> over alleged campaign finance and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/tax-evasion.html">federal tax</a> violations, but no charges were filed; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lobbyist.html">lobbyist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jewish-comm.html">American Jewish Committee</a>. Died, from complications of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-accidents.html">head injury</a>, in New York-Presbyterian <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>/Weill Cornell <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/03-02.html">March 2, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 203 days</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> 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/embezzlement.html">misusing</a> campaign 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> Carl Christopher Perkins (b. 1954) — also known as Carl C. Perkins; Chris Perkins — of Leburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KO-lived.html">Knott County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/08-06.html">August 6, 1954</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1981-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 7th District, 1985-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> in 1994 to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bank-fraud.html">bank fraud</a> in connection with the House banking <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandal</a>; he wrote overdrafts totaling about $300,000 (covered by the House bank) and made false statements to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bank-fraud.html">obtain loans</a> from commercial banks; also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to charges of filing false statements with the Federal Election Commission and false <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/disclosure.html">financial disclosure</a> reports; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to 21 months in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; in March 2000, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/contempt.html">criminal contempt of court</a> for lying to a federal probation officer about his income; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">minister</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#963.19.68">Carl Dewey Perkins</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=P000229">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408632">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl C. Perkins">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/287/000129897">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> Mary Rose Oakar (b. 1940) — of Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/03-05.html">March 5, 1940</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 20th District, 1977-93; defeated, 1992; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008 /committees.html">Rules Committee</a>, Democratic National Convention, 2008. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. She and two nephews were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in 1995 over a scheme to evade campaign finance limits and put money into her campaign under the names of fake donors; she was also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with obtaining money through bad checks on the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bank-fraud.html">House bank</a>; pleaded not guilty to seven felonies, and challenged the validity of the charges; in 1998, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to two misdemeanor campaign finance violations. 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=O000001">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408313">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/892/000129505">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> Jay C. Kim (b. 1939) — also known as Chang-Jun Kim — of Diamond Bar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Seoul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/KS-born.html">South Korea</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/03-27.html">March 27, 1939</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 41st District, 1993-99; defeated in primary, 1998 (41st District), 2000 (42nd District). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/asian-pacific.html">Korean</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Pleaded guilty</a> in 1997 to a misdemeanor <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charge</a> of accepting more than $250,000 in illegal campaign contributions; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to two months of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">home detention</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000181">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406343">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay Kim">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/579/000207955">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> Melvin Jay Reynolds (b. 1952) — also known as Mel Reynolds — of Illinois. Born in Mound Bayou, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/BO-born.html">Bolivar County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/01-08.html">January 8, 1952</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">University professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 2nd District, 1993-95; defeated in primary, 1988, 1990; resigned 1995. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Convicted</a> in 1995 on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">sexual misconduct</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/obstruction.html">obstruction of justice</a> charges and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to five years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Convicted</a> in federal court in 1997 of 15 counts of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bank-fraud.html">bank fraud</a>, wire fraud, and lying to the Federal Election Commission; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to 78 more months in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000178">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409154">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/857/000088593">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> Charles Quackenbush (b. 1954) — also known as Chuck Quackenbush — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/index.html">1954</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 22nd District, 1986-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/insco.html">California insurance commissioner</a>, 1995-2000; resigned 2000; news media in 2000 reported that he had received large campaign contributions from the insurance companies <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/conflict-of-interest.html">his office regulated</a>; rather than fine companies who underpaid claims following the 1994 Northridge earthquake, he persuaded them to donate to an "educational fund" which promoted his own political ambitions; under <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">threat of impeachment</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">recall</a>, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a>, and left office in July 2000. Still living as of 2000. <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/Chuck Quackenbush">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> Earl Frederick Hilliard (b. 1942) — also known as Earl F. Hilliard — of Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala. Born in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/04-09.html">April 9, 1942</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1975-81; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/stsen.html">Alabama state senate</a>, 1981-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 7th District, 1993-2003; defeated in primary, 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/AL.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/AL.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/AL.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-bar-assoc.html">National Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-phi-alpha.html">Alpha Phi Alpha</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Rebuked</a> by the House Ethics Committee in June, 2001 over three campaign finance violations. 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=H000621">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400502">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/878/000094596">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> Aníbal Acevedo=Vilá (b. 1962) — of San Juan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-lived.html">San Juan Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico. Born in Hato Rey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-born.html">San Juan Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/02-13.html">February 13, 1962</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/ofc/hrep.html">Puerto Rico House of Representatives</a>, 1991-2001; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/ofc/rescom.html">Resident Commissioner to U.S. Congress from Puerto Rico</a>, 2001-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Puerto Rico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/PR.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/PR.html">2008</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Puerto Rico</a>, 2005-09; defeated, 2008. In March, 2008, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with 19 counts of campaign finance corruption; in August, 2008, five more <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">counts</a> were added; fifteen counts were dismissed in December; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> on the remaining nine charges; found not guilty in March, 2009. 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=A000359">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400002">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/anibal-acevedo-vila/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anibal Acevedo Vila">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/322/000032226">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> Michael Francis Easley (b. 1950) — also known as Mike F. Easley — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BN-lived.html">Brunswick County</a>, N.C. Born near Rocky Mount, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NS-born.html">Nash County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/03-23.html">March 23, 1950</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from North Carolina</a>, 1990; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/attygn.html">North Carolina state attorney general</a>, 1993-2001; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of North Carolina</a>, 2001-09; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/NC.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NC.html">2008</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> in 2010 to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/disclosure.html">failing to report</a> a 2006 helicopter ride in his campaign finance filings. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</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://www.nga.org/governor/michael-f-easley/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike Easley">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/405/000044273">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> John Reid Edwards (b. 1953) — also known as John Edwards; Johnny Reid Edwards; "Silk Pony"; "The Breck Girl" — of North Carolina. Born in Seneca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/OC-born.html">Oconee County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/06-10.html">June 10, 1953</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from North Carolina</a>, 1999-2005; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NC.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/NC.html">2004</a>; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/index.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/index.html">2008</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 2004; in August 2008, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">acknowledged</a> an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">extramarital affair</a> with filmmaker Rielle Hunter, though at first he denied having fathered her baby; this revelation <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">discredited</a> him and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">ended his political career</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. In June, 2011, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in federal court on campaign finance charges, based on the argument that the donations he received in 2007-08 to cover up his affair were illegal contributions to his presidential campaign. 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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/07-30.html">July 30, 1977</a>, to Mary Elizabeth Anania.</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=E000286">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=300039">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Edwards">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/306/000024234">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1685647">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=294">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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 by John Edwards: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743244974/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743244974&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Four Trials</a> (2003) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586483145/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1586483145&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Our Plan for America: Stronger at Home, Respected in the World</a>, with John Kerry (2004)</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Critical books about John Edwards: Bernard Goldberg, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060761288/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060761288&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is #37)</a> — Andrew Young, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031264065X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=031264065X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Politician: An Insider's Account of John Edwards's Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal That Brought Him Down</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 Louis Jackson Jr. (b. 1965) — also known as Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GR-born.html">Greenville County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/03-11.html">March 11, 1965</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/IL.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/IL.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/IL.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/IL.html">2008</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/speakers.html">1988</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 2nd District, 1995-2012; resigned 2012; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigated</a> by federal prosecutors in 2012 over misuse of campaign funds, amounting to about $750,000 spent on personal items, such as <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/attire.html">cashmere capes</a> and a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/attire.html">fedora</a>; in February 2013, following his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resignation</a> from Congress, he his wife <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a>; he was sentenced to 30 months in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">federal prison</a>; released in 2015. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omega-psi-phi.html">Omega Psi Phi</a>. Still living as of 2021. <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 Jacqueline (Brown) Jackson and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson5.html#133.20.66">Jesse Louis Jackson</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=J000283">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400198">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse Jackson, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/399/000039282">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1056912">Internet Movie Database profile</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 by Jesse Jackson, Jr.: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156649186X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=156649186X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A More Perfect Union</a>, with Frank E. Watkins</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> Duncan Duane Hunter (b. 1976) — also known as Duncan D. Hunter — of Lakeside, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif.; Alpine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. Born in San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-born.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/12-07.html">December 7, 1976</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate developer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 2009-20 (52nd District 2009-13, 50th District 2013-20); resigned 2020; in 2016, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigated</a> over his misuse of some $250,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses, including family travel, overseas hotel stays, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/attire.html">luxury clothing items</a>; he also spent campaign funds on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">extramarital affairs</a> with five women, including lobbyists and congressional staffers; in August 2018, he and his wife were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in federal court; both eventually <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a>; he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to 11 months in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; in December 2020, before he was scheduled to report for incarceration, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pardon.html">pardoned</a> by President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trump-tuck.html#306.67.48">Donald Trump</a>. Still living as of 2020. <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/hunter.html#120.14.54">Duncan Lee Hunter</a> and Lynne (Layh) Hunter; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/">1998</a> to Margaret Jankowski; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#835.82.41">Robert Olin Hunter</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/17593.html">Hunter family</a> of San Diego and Alpine, California.</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=H001048">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412283">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan D. Hunter">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/616/000180076">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=140936">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> James J. Schmitt (b. 1958) — also known as Jim Schmitt — of Green Bay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/BR-lived.html">Brown County</a>, Wis. Born in Two Rivers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-born.html">Manitowoc County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/06-07.html">June 7, 1958</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/greenbay.html">Mayor of Green Bay, Wis.</a>, 2003-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> in 2016 to misdemeanor campaign finance charges; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to a monetary forfeiture and community service; the city council's attempt to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">oust him from office</a> as mayor failed by one vote. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Still living as of 2019. <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 James Schmitt and Mary (Gleichner) Schmitt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/05-26.html">May 26, 1990</a>, to Dona Degenhardt.</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/Jim Schmitt">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> Robert Julian Bentley (b. 1943) — also known as Robert J. Bentley; "The Love Gov" — of Tuscaloosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TU-lived.html">Tuscaloosa County</a>, Ala. Born in Columbiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/SH-born.html">Shelby County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/02-03.html">February 3, 1943</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/other-health.html">dermatologist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 2003-10; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/AL.html">2008</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 2011-17; resigned 2017; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">accused</a> in 2016 of having an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">extramarital affair</a> with Rebekah Caldwell Mason, a politcal advisor on his campaign staff; an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">impeachment</a> resolution was brought; as part of an agreement with prosecutors, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to two campaign finance violations, including <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/disclosure.html">failing to disclose</a> a $50,000 personal loan to his campaign account; his sentence was suspended, but he was placed on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">probation</a>, ordered to do <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">community service</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> $7,000. Still living as of 2017. <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 David Harford Bentley and Mattie Boyd (Vick) Bentley.</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/robert-bentley/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert J. Bentley">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/562/000266761">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> Stephen Ernest Stockman (b. 1956) — also known as Steve Stockman — of Beaumont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Tex. Born in Bloomfield Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-born.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/11-14.html">November 14, 1956</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Accountant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 9th District, 1995-97; defeated, 1992 (9th District), 1996 (9th District), 2006 (22nd District); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rrco.html">Texas railroad commissioner</a>, 1998; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Texas</a>, 2014; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> in March 2017 and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> in federal court on multiple counts, including obtaining $1.25 millon <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/fraud.html">under false pretenses</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/money-laundering.html">money laundering</a>, making false statements to the FEC, not reporting income on his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/tax-evasion.html">tax return</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> starting in January 2018; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in April of 23 felonies; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to ten years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a> and ordered to pay more than $1 million <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">restitution</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>. Still living as of 2020. <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/1988/">1988</a> to Patti Ferguson.</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=S000937">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410396">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve Stockman">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/399/000168892">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=13157">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a> — <a href="https://americanloons.blogspot.com/2020/01/2302-steve-stockman.html">Encyclopedia of American Loons</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> Jeff Fortenberry (b. 1960) — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born in Baton Rouge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EB-born.html">East Baton Rouge Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/12-27.html">December 27, 1960</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">Publishing executive</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nebraska</a> 1st District, 2005-22; resigned 2022; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in October 2021 on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of receiving and concealing illegal campaign contributions from a foreign national through strawmen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in March 2022, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> from Congress. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. 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