Politicians in Trouble or Disgrace
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Politicians in Trouble or Disgrace
Politicians in Trouble or Disgrace: Iowa
in chronological order
George Wallace Jones (1804-1896) —
also known as George W. Jones —
of Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., April 12,
1804.
Son of John
Rice Jones (1760?-1824).
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1835-36; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1836-39; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1848-59; U.S. Minister to New Grenada, 1859-61.
In 1861, was arrested
in New York City by order of Secretary of State William
H. Seward on a charge of
disloyalty,
based on correspondence with his friend Jefferson
Davis; imprisoned
for 64 days; released by order of President Abraham
Lincoln.
Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, July 22,
1896 (age 92 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
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Dennis Aloysius Mahoney (1821-1879) —
of Jackson
County, Iowa; Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Ross, County Cork, Ireland,
January
20, 1821.
Member of Iowa state
house of representatives; elected 1848, 1858; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1862, 1864.
Catholic.
Newspaper
editor who criticized
the Civil War; arrested
in August 1862 and held until November at the Old Capitol Federal Prison in
Washington, D.C.
Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, November
5, 1879 (age 58 years, 289
days).
Interment at St.
Patrick Cemetery, Garryowen, Iowa.
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William Lloyd Harding (1877-1934) —
also known as William L. Harding —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Sibley, Osceola
County, Iowa, October
3, 1877.
Son of O. B. Harding and Emalyn (Moyer) Harding.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1907-13; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1913-17; Governor of
Iowa, 1917-21.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Censured
by legislature over pardons scandal,
and left office in disgrace
in 1921.
Died December
17, 1934 (age 57 years, 75
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Graceland
Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
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Dale Ray Andre (1889-1950) —
of Iowa.
Born in 1889.
Member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1917.
Was indicted
in 1931 for misusing
investment funds; found not guilty, but his career was wrecked.
Died in 1950
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Aspen
Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa.
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Daniel W. West —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1960,
1964
(alternate); member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1963-65 (Wayne County 6th
District 1963-64, 24th District 1965); defeated in primary, 1954
(Wayne County 6th District), 1956 (Wayne County 6th District), 1958
(Wayne County 6th District), 1960 (Wayne County 6th District), 1965
(24th District).
Convicted
of various crimes, including burglary,
larceny,
and forgery,
in Minnesota, Iowa, and Washington, D.C., and was sentenced to prison in
those places; came to Michigan and assumed the identity of a deceased
New York attorney of the same name; indicted
in late 1964 on state charges
of voter
registration fraud and federal charges
of income
tax fraud and forgery;
in January 1965, his seat in the Michigan House was declared
vacant.
Still living as of 1965.
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