Politicians in Trouble or Disgrace
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Politicians in Trouble or Disgrace
Politicians in Trouble or Disgrace: Colorado
in chronological order
George Thomas Bardwell (1901-1947) —
also known as George Bardwell; Thomas George
Bardwell —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Lake City, Hinsdale
County, Colo., October
18, 1901.
Son of George D. Bardwell (1866-1908) and Hannah J. (Cunningham)
Bardwell (1873-1924).
Communist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1934; arrested
and prosecuted
in the 1930s in connection with a strike;
acquitted.
Died in a hospital,
Denver,
Colo., January
19, 1947 (age 45 years, 93
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo.
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Felix L. Sparks —
of Colorado.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; one of the heroes of
the Anzio beachhead in 1944; on April 29, 1945, he captured the
Dachau concentration camp, and under orders to permit no one in or
out, refused
entry to a brigadier general from another unit; court-martial
charges
were drawn up, and Sparks was arrested;
the charges were dismissed by General Patton; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1956.
Still living as of 1957.
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Richard George Luxford (1917-1986) —
also known as Richard G. Luxford —
of Littleton, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Colorado, March 20,
1917.
Son of George
Alfred Luxford and Maude (Robinson) Luxford.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1950; in 1981, his law
license was suspended
by the Colorado Supreme Court, over three counts of professional
misconduct involving the cashing of bad checks and failing to
repay loans from clients.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in January, 1986
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Grove (c.1924-1999) —
of Colorado.
Born about 1924.
Member of Colorado
state house of representatives.
Sponsored legislation to create Colorado's prison work release
program. Served ten years on Colorado's State Adult Parole Board
before being fired in
1984 over allegations of sexual
harassment; later reinstated; the sexual harassment allegations
were never substantiated.
Died of bone
cancer, September
13, 1999 (age about 75
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gary Warren Hart (b. 1936) —
also known as Gary Hart; Gary Warren
Hartpence —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Ottawa, Franklin
County, Kan., November
28, 1936.
Son of Carl Riley Hartpence and Nina (Pritchard) Hartpence.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1975-87; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1984,
1988;
his presidential campaign was derailed in 1987 by the scandal
over disclosure of an extramarital
affair with model Donna Rice.
Still living as of 2009.
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