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1State Representative Oliver Robinson (D) was convicted of bribery. (2017)[3]
2Governor of Alabama Robert J. Bentley (R) resigned after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor charges: failing to file a major contribution report, in violation of Code of Alabama § 17-5-8.1(c); and knowingly converting campaign contributions to personal use, in violation of Code of Alabama § 36-25-6." (2017)[4]
3Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives Mike Hubbard (R) was convicted on 12 of 23 felony charges. (2016)[5]
4State Representative Greg Wren (R) pleaded guilty to an ethics violation. He resigned from the Alabama Legislature as a condition of his plea deal and was given a 12-month suspended sentence and ordered to pay $24,000. (2014)[6]
5State Representative Terry Spicer (D) pleaded guilty to accepting more than $3,000 per month in bribes. (2011)[7]
6Arizona
7State Senator Frank Antenori (R) convicted of trespassing. (2016)[8]
8State Representative Ceci Velasquez (D) was convicted of theft. (2016)[9]
9State Representative Richard Miranda (D) pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion.[10] (2012)
10State Representative Ben Arredondo (D) was charged with bribery, fraud and extortion. He was sentenced to 18 months of house arrest. (2012)[11][12]
11State Senator Scott Bundgaard (R) agreed to participate in domestic violence classes for six months after assaulting his girlfriend. (2011)[13]
12Arkansas
13State Representative Hank Wilkins (D) convicted of bribery. (2018)[14]
14State Senator Jake Files (R) was convicted of fraud. (2018)[15]
15State Representative Jon Woods (R) convicted of bribery. (2018)[16]
16State Representative Eddie Cooper (D) convicted of embezzlement. (2018)[17]
17State Representative Micah Neal (R) was convicted of bribery. (2017)[18][19]
18State Representative Steven B. Jones (D) convicted of bribery. (2015)[20]
19State Senator Paul Bookout (D) pleaded guilty to mail fraud. (2014)[21]
20State Treasurer Martha Shoffner (D) convicted on the charges of extortion and bribery and sentenced to 30 months. (2014)[22]
21State Representative Hudson Hallum (D) pleaded guilty to voter bribing. (2012)[23]
22California
23State Senator Ron Calderon (D), brother of Tom, was convicted of money laundering. (2016)[24]
24State Assemblyman Tom Calderon (D), brother of Ron, was convicted of money laundering. (2016)[25]
25State Senator Leland Yee (D) pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering (2015)[26] and was sentenced to five years in prison (2016).[27]
26State Senator Roderick Wright (D) was convicted of eight counts of perjury and voter fraud. He was sentenced to 90 days and barred him from ever holding public office again and will be required to perform 1,500 hours of community service and three years' probation under the terms of his conviction. (2014)[28] Wright was pardoned in 2018.[29]
27State Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi (D) was charged with felony grand theft after being caught on video surveillance allegedly shoplifting $2,445 worth of merchandise from San Francisco's Neiman Marcus store.[30][31] She was sentenced to $180 fine and three years' probation and was ordered to stay more than 50 feet from the store. (2011)
28Local
29District Attorney for Contra Costa County Mark Peterson (D) convicted of perjury. (2017)[32]
30Los Angeles County Sheriff of Los Angeles Lee Baca (R) convicted of obstructing the FBI. (2017)[33]
31Mayor of Gardena Paul Tanaka (R) convicted of civil rights abuses. (2016)[34]
32Sheriff of San Francisco Ross Mirkarimi (D) convicted of false imprisonment. (2013)[35]
33Mayor of San Diego Bob Filner (D) given three months of house arrest, three years' probation, and partial loss of his mayoral pension after pleading guilty to state charges of false imprisonment and battery. (2013)[36]
34Colorado
35State Representative Timothy J. Leonard (R) was found guilty of Contempt of Court and sentenced to 14 days in jail. (2016)[37][38]
36State Senator Steve King (R) pleaded guilty to embezzlement of public property and misdemeanor first-degree official misconduct. Sentenced to serve two years' probation and complete 80 hours of useful public service. (2015)[39][40][41]
37State Representative Douglas Bruce (R), was convicted on four counts of felony criminal activity including, money laundering, attempted improper influence of a public official, and tax fraud. He was sentenced on February 13, 2012, to a total of 180 days in jail, $49,000 in fines, and six months of probation which included extensive disclosure requirements. (2011)[42][43]
38Secretary of State Scott Gessler (R) was found guilty of violating Colorado's ethics laws by using state money to attend a Republican event in Florida (2012)[44]
39Connecticut
40State Representative Victor Cuevas (D) convicted of bank fraud. (2016)[45]
41State Senator Ernie Newton (D) was sentenced to six months in prison for three counts of illegal practices in campaign financing.[46] Newton had also been sentenced to four years for federal charges of accepting a $5,000 bribe, evading taxes and pilfering campaign contributions to pay for personal expenses. (2015)[47]
42State Representative Christina Ayala (D) convicted of election fraud. (2014)[48]
43State Senator Thomas Gaffey (D) convicted of larceny. (2011)[49]
44Local
45Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut Eddie Perez (D), was sentenced to eight years, suspended after three years, with three years in prison, to be followed by three years of probation for corruption. (2010)[50]
46Florida
47State Representative Daisy Baez (D) convicted of perjury. (2017)[51]
48State Representative Erik Fresen (R) convicted of tax evasion. (2017)[52]
49State Representative Dwayne L. Taylor (D) convicted of fraud. (2017)[53]
50State Representative Reggie Fullwood (D) convicted of fraud. (2016)[54]
51State Senator M. Mandy Dawson (D) convicted of fraud. (2011)[55]
52Georgia
53State Representative Tyrone Brooks (D) convicted of tax fraud. (2015)[56]
54Hawaii
55State Senator Rod Tam (D) convicted of theft. (2011)[57]
56Idaho
57State Senator John McGee (R) pleaded guilty to probation violation and a disturbing the peace charge related to sexual harassment that had occurred at the Idaho State Capital Building and was jailed for 44 days. (2012) He had previously been arrested for grand theft auto and driving under the influence.[58] McGee pleaded guilty to DUI and was sentenced to 180 days, serving 5 in jail, plus community service, 175 days' probation, plus fines and restitution. (2011)[59]
58Illinois
59State Representative Keith Farnham (D) convicted of distributing child pornography. (2014)[60]
60State Representative Derrick Smith (D) was arrested and convicted of accepting a $7,000 bribe. (2014)[61]
61State Representative Constance A. Howard (D) convicted of mail fraud. (2013)[62][63]
62State Representative La Shawn Ford (D) convicted of fraud. (2012)[64][65][66]
63State Representative Ron Stephens (R) was found guilty of repeated drug abuse and DUI (2010)[67][68]
64Local
65Alderman of Chicago Willie Cochran (D) convicted of fraud. (2019)[69]
66Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools Barbara Byrd-Bennett (D) convicted of bribery. (2015)[70][71][72]
67Alderman of Chicago William Beavers (D) convicted of tax fraud. (2013)[73]
68Alderman of Chicago Sandi Jackson (D) pleaded guilty to one count of filing false tax returns. (2013)[74]
69Comptroller and Treasurer of Dixon, Rita Crundwell (D)[75] was sentenced to 19 years and 7 months in prison for fraud, having embezzled $53 million. (2013)[76]
70Alderman of Chicago Isaac Carothers (D) convicted of corruption. (2010)[77]
71Indiana
72Secretary of State Charlie White (R) was convicted on 6 of 7 felony charges including perjury, theft and voter fraud. (2012)[78]
73Local
74Mayor of East Chicago George Pabey (D) was convicted by a federal court jury on September 24, 2010, of conspiracy and theft of government funds. (2010)[79]
75Iowa
76State Senator Kent Sorenson (R) pleaded guilty to one count of falsely reporting expenditures and one count of obstruction of justice. (2013)[80]
77Kansas
78State Representative Trent K. LeDoux (R) pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud. He was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison for defrauding Farmers and Merchants Bank of Colby, Kan., of more than $460,000. (2014)[81]
79Local
80Kentucky
81State Representative Keith Hall (D) was convicted of bribery and sentenced to 7 years in prison. (2016)[82]
82State Representative Ben Waide (R) convicted of campaign violations. (2016)[83]
83Commissioner of Agriculture Richie Farmer (R) was convicted of corruption and sentenced to 27 months in prison. (2014)[84]
84Louisiana
85State Representative Girod Jackson, III (D) convicted of tax evasion. (2013)[85]
86Local
87Mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin (D) was found guilty on 20 counts of bribery and was sentenced to ten years in federal prison. (2014)[86]
88Mayor of Mandeville Eddie Price III (R) was sentenced to 60 months on charges of income tax evasion and corruption. (2010)[87]
89Maine
90State Representative David R. Burns (R) pleaded guilty to misdemeanor forgery and theft charges and was sentenced to 6 months. (2012)[88][89]
91State Representative Frederick Wintle (R), pleaded guilty to a concealed weapons charge (2011).[90][91][92][93]
92Maryland
93State Senator Nathaniel T. Oaks (D) was convicted of corruption and sentenced to 3 1/2 years. (2018)[94]
94State Delegate Michael L. Vaughn (D) was convicted of bribery. (2017)[95]
95State Delegate Tiffany Alston (D) was convicted of embezzlement. (2013)[96]
96State Delegate Don H. Dwyer Jr. (R) was operating a motorboat when it collided with another vessel injuring 5 others. Dwyer pleaded guilty, but appealed his 30-day jail sentence. The sentence was ultimately upheld after another incident in which Dwyer was stopped and arrested for a DUI and received an additional 30-day sentence, for a total of 60 days. (2012)[97][98][99]
97Local
98Police Commissioner of Baltimore Darryl De Sousa (D) convicted of tax crimes. (2019)[100]
99Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold (R) convicted of misconduct in office. (2013)[101]
100Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson (D) pleaded guilty to extortion and, witness and evidence tampering.[102] He was sentenced to seven years and three months in Butner federal prison in North Carolina. He was also fined $100,000. (2011)[103]
101Prince George's County Councillor Leslie Johnson (D), was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for political corruption. (2011)[104]
102Mayor of Baltimore Sheila Dixon (D) was convicted of fraudulent misappropriation and was sentenced to four years of probation. (2010)[104]
103Massachusetts
104State Representative Carlos Henriquez (D) was convicted of two counts assault and battery charges and sentenced to 2½ years, with six months to be served in the Middlesex County House of Correction and Jail in Billerica, Massachusetts and the remaining two years to be spent on probation.[105] (2014)
105State Representative Stephen Stat Smith (D) pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of deprivation of rights under color of law for his role in a voter fraud scheme.[106] (2012)
106Speaker of the House Salvatore DiMasi (D) was found guilty of using his position to secure multimillion-dollar state contracts for Cognos, a business intelligence software company, in exchange for kickbacks.[107] (2011)
107State Senator Anthony D. Galluccio (D) was given one year in prison after failing a sobriety test and violating his probation from a previous hit and run accident. (2010)[108]
108Local
109Boston Councillor Chuck Turner (Green Party) was expelled from the Boston City Council on December 1, 2010, following his conviction on federal bribery charges. (2010)[109]
110Michigan
111State Senator Bert Johnson (D) was convicted of fraud. (2018)[110]
112State Representative Brian Banks (D) was convicted of fraud for filing false financial statements (2017)[111]
113State Senator Virgil Smith, Jr. (D) was convicted of assault and was sentenced to 10 months in jail, five years of probation and not be allowed to hold public office. (2015)[112]
114Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court Diane Hathaway (D) was sentenced to 366 days in prison for criminal mortgage fraud. (2013)[113]
115Local
116Detroit City Councillor Charles Pugh (D) was sentenced to 5 1/2 to 15 years for sex with a teenage boy under the age of 16. (2016)[114]
117Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III (D) convicted of misconduct. (2016)[115]
118Mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick (D) was sentenced to 18 months to 5 years in prison for violating his probation in 2010. In 2013 he was sentenced to 28 years in prison for federal charges including racketeering and extortion. (2013)[116]
119Detroit City Councillor Monica Conyers (D) pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bribery[117] and served just over 27 months at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp in West Virginia. (2010)[118]
120Mississippi
121State Senator Chris Massey (R) was arrested for aggravated assault with a shovel for an argument with two maintenance workers. He was found guilty and given 6 months' probation. (2016)[119][120][121]
122State Representative Greg Davis (R) was indicted on state charges of embezzlement, false pretense and making fraudulent statements. He was convicted and sentenced to serve 2½ years in state prison. (2012)[122][123]
123Judge Bobby DeLaughter (D) pleaded guilty of one count of lying to the FBI and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. (2010)[124]
124Missouri
125State Representative Steve Webb (D) convicted of theft. (2013)[125]
126Governor of Missouri Roger B. Wilson (D) was fined $2,000 by the Missouri Ethics Commission.[126] In July he was sentenced to two years of probation on the money laundering charge.[127] (2012)
127State Representative Ray Salva (D) convicted of fraud. (2011)[128]
128Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives Rod Jetton (R) was arrested for "recklessly causing serious physical injury" to an unnamed woman during sadomasochistic sex and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault. He was sentenced to probation and fined. (2010)[129][130]
129Local
130County Executive of St. Louis County Steve Stenger (D) convicted of bribery. (2019)[131]
131Montana
132State Senator Jason Priest (R) pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and resisting arrest. (2014)[132][133]
133State Representative Tony Belcourt (D) was convicted of four federal corruption charges involving projects on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation. He was sentenced to 7½ years in prison. (2014)[134]
134State Representative Joel Boniek (R) was found guilty of "quid pro quo corruption" in taking $9,060 in contributions from the Western Tradition Partnership. (2010)[135][136][137]
135State Representative Mike Miller (R) admitted to accepting “unlawful corporate contributions” from Western Tradition Partnership, was found guilty, was fined $4K and agreed not run for public office for four years. (2010)[138][139]
136State Senator Scott Sales (R) from Bozeman, was accused of accepting unlawful contributions from Western Traditions Partnership. He pled guilty, was fined and forced to “express regret” in settling the accusations. (2010)[140][141]
137State Senator Art Wittich (R) was found guilty of campaign violations by coordinating with and taking illegal corporate contributions from, the Western Tradition Partnership. (2014)[142][143]
138Nevada
139State Senator Kelvin Atkinson (D) convicted of fraud. (2019)[144]
140State Assemblyman Steven Brooks (D) convicted of making threats to kill. (2013)[145]
141New Jersey
142Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Bill Baroni (R) convicted over the Fort Lee lane closure controversy (2016)[146]
143State Assemblyman Alberto Coutinho (D) convicted of theft and falsifying records. (2013)
144State Assemblyman Robert Schroeder (R) pled guilty to misconduct and theft (2012)[147][148]
145State Assemblyman Neil M. Cohen (D) jailed for child pornography. (2010)
146State Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone (D) jailed for filing false campaign finance reports. (2010)
147Local
148Mayor of Trenton Tony F. Mack (D) was indicted for bribery, fraud, extortion and money laundering on February 7, 2014, he was convicted on all counts. (2014)[149] He was sentenced to nearly five years in prison.[150]
149Mayor of Hamilton John Bencivengo (R) was sentenced to 38 months in prison for corruption (2013)[151][152]
150Mayor of Perth Amboy Joseph Vas (D) and his longtime top mayoral aide, Melvin Ramos, were indicted by a federal grand jury for mail fraud, misapplication of funds, and making false statements to the Federal Election Commission.[153] sentenced to six-and-a-half years for federal corruption. (2011)[154]
151New Hampshire
152State Representative Thomas Katsiantonis (D) convicted of tax evasion. (2018)[155]
153State Representative Kyle Tasker (R) was charged with three drug offenses and one count of using a computer to lure a teen. The teen was actually a police officer working undercover. He was sentenced to 3–10 years. (2016)[156][157][158][159][160]
154State Representative Albert 'Max' Abramson (R) was found guilty of one felony count of reckless conduct for shooting a firearm. He received a suspended jail sentence and was ordered to pay a fine and complete community service. (2012)[161][162]
155State Representative Gary Wheaton (R) was arrested for a second offense of speeding and driving on a suspended license. He pled guilty to recklessly endangerment. (2011).[163][164]
156State Representative James E. Ryan (D) stole checks from contributors that were intended for the Committee to Elect House Democrats. He pled guilty to felony charges of theft, forgery and issuing bad checks. (2009)[165]
157New Mexico
158State Senator Phil Griego (D) was convicted of corruption. (2017)[166]
159Secretary of State Dianna Duran (R) was convicted of fraud. (2015)[167]
160New York
161State Senator George D. Maziarz (R) pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for offering a false instrument for filing to avoid five felony counts and a trial for filing false campaign expenditure reports. (2018)[168]
162State Senator Marc Panepinto (D) convicted of sexual harassment. (2018)[169]
163State Assemblywoman Pamela Harris (D) pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud, one count of making false statements to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and one count of witness tampering. Sentenced to $10,000 restitution, 6 months in jail followed by three years of supervised release, 400 hours of community service, and restitution of $70,400. (2018)[170][171][172][173][174]
164Majority Leader of the New York State Senate Dean Skelos (R) convicted of federal corruption. (2018)[175]
165Minority Leader of the State Senate John L. Sampson (D) was convicted of obstructing justice and making false statement. (2015)[176]
166Speaker of the New York State Assembly Sheldon Silver (D) was convicted on federal corruption charges (2015).[175]
167Majority Leader of the State Senate Malcolm Smith (D) was found guilty in federal court of conspiracy, wire fraud, bribery and extortion for trying to bribe a Republican Party official to let him onto the Republican ballot in the 2013 New York City mayoral race. (2014)[177]
168State Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa (D) sentenced to a year in jail for entering into a sham marriage in order to gain U.S. citizenship. (2014)[178]
169State Assemblyman William Boyland, Jr. (D) convicted of bribery (2014)[179]
170State Assemblyman Eric Stevenson (D) found guilty of bribery, conspiracy and other related charges. (2014)[180]
171State Assemblyman Nelson Castro (D) convicted of perjury (2013)[181]
172State Senator Shirley Huntley (D) convicted of mail fraud.[182] She was sentenced to one year and a day in prison. (2013)[183][184]
173Majority Leader of the State Senate Pedro Espada Jr. (D) On May 14, 2012, a federal jury found Espada guilty of embezzling money from federally funded healthcare clinics, after 11 days of deliberation he was sentenced to five years in prison. (2012)[185]
174State Senator Vincent Leibell (R) found guilty of felony bribery, tax evasion, and obstruction of justice charges related to $43,000 in cash kickbacks he took from 2003 to 2006. (2012)[186][187]
175State Senator Nicholas Spano (R), Spano pleaded guilty to a single count of tax evasion. He was sentenced to 12 to 18 months in federal prison. (2012)[188]
176New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi (D), was convicted on charges surrounding a "pay to play" scheme regarding the New York State Pension Fund, and was sentenced to 1–4 years. (2011)[189]
177State Senator Carl Kruger (D) resigned his seat and pleaded guilty to charges of corruption and bribery. (2011)[190]
178State Senator Efrain Gonzalez Jr. (D) was convicted of fraud and embezzling $400,000 from the West Bronx Neighborhood Association Inc. and was sentenced to seven years in federal prison (2010)[191]
179State Health Commissioner Antonia Novello (R) pleaded guilty to depriving the taxpayers of $48,000 by making her staff do personal chores for her, such as taking her shopping and picking up her dry cleaning. Her plea deal called for 250 hours of community service at an Albany health clinic, $22,500 in restitution and a $5,000 fine. (2009)[192][193]
180Local
181New York City Council member Ruben Wills (D) convicted of fraud. (2017)[194]
182New York City Council member Dan Halloran (R) convicted of taking bribes and orchestrating payoffs. (2014)
183New York City Council member Larry Seabrook (D) On February 9, 2010, a federal grand jury indicted Seabrook on 13 counts of money laundering, extortion, and fraud.[195] Seabrook was convicted on 9 charges (2012).[196]
184President of the New York City Council Andrew Stein (D) was convicted of tax evasion regarding a Ponzi scheme (2010).[197]
185North Carolina
186State Senator Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr. (R) convicted of fraud for misusing campaign contributions and falsely labeling them as expenses. Sentenced to 8 months. (2016)[198][199]
187State Representative Deb McManus (D) resigned her State House seat and plead guilty to a tax charge. (2013)[200][201]
188State Representative Stephen LaRoque (R) convicted on 12 counts including theft, money laundering and filing false tax returns. (2013)[202][203]
189Governor Mike Easley (D) was convicted of a federal campaign law felony. (2010).[204]
190Local
191Mayor of Charlotte Patrick Cannon (D) charged with accepting bribes. (2014)[205]
192Mayor of High Point Bernita Sims (D) convicted of a worthless check charge. (2014)[205]
193Ohio
194State Representative Ron Gerberry (D) found guilty of charge of unlawful compensation of a public official. (2015)
195State Representative Steve Kraus (R) convicted of a fifth-degree felony. (2015)[206]
196State Representative Peter Beck (R) convicted of perjury. (2015)[207]
197State Representative Dale Mallory (D) found guilty to a first-degree misdemeanor count of filing a false disclosure form and a fourth-degree misdemeanor charge of improper gratuities and was sentenced to a total of $600 in fines and a year of probation. (2014)[208]
198State Representative Sandra Williams (D) convicted of filing a false report. (2014)[209]
199State Representative Clayton Luckie (D) convicted of corruption. (2013)[210]
200State Representative W. Carlton Weddington (D) was convicted on bribery charges and sentenced to three years in prison. (2012)[211]
201Local
202Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Lance Mason (D) convicted of domestic abuse and assault. He was sentenced to two years in prison.(2015)[212][213]
203Oklahoma
204State Senator Ralph Shortey (R) convicted of child sex trafficking. (2018)[214]
205State Representative Gus Blackwell (R) was accused of perjury and embezzlement for using both state funds and campaign funds to pay for the same trips. In a plea bargain he pled guilty and agreed to pay restitution. (2017)[215][216]
206State Senator Bryce Marlatt (R) convicted of sexual battery and was sentenced to 90 days probation, fined $500, plus court costs. (2017)[217][218][219][220]
207State Senator Kyle Loveless (R) was sentenced to three years of probation and restitution after pleading guilty to embezzling campaign funds. (2017)[221][222]
208State Representative Rick Brinkley (R) was convicted of fraud. (2015)[223]
209State Senator Debbe Leftwich (D) was found guilty of bribery in connection with the 2010 Oklahoma political corruption investigation. (2013)[224]
210State Representative Randy Terrill (R) was found guilty of bribery in connection with the 2010 Oklahoma political corruption investigation. Terrill was sentenced to one year in prison. (2013)[225]
211President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate Mike Morgan (D) was found guilty of accepting $12,000 in bribes (2012)[226]
212Pennsylvania
213State Representative Vanessa L. Brown (D) convicted of bribery.(2018)[227]
214Treasurer of Pennsylvania Barbara Hafer (D) convicted of lying to the FBI. (2017)[228]
215State Representative Marc Gergely (D) convicted of conspiracy. (2017)[229]
216State Representative Leslie Acosta (D) convicted of embezzlement. (2016)[230]
217Attorney General of Pennsylvania Kathleen Kane (D) was convicted of perjury. (2016)[230]
218State Representative Louise Bishop (D) was convicted of corruption. (2016)[231]
219State Representative Michelle Brownlee (D) was convicted of a conflict of interest. (2015)[232]
220State Representative Harold James (D) was convicted of corruption. (2015)[233]
221State Representative Ronald Waters (D) was convicted of bribery. (2015)[233]
222Treasurer of Pennsylvania Rob McCord (D) pleaded guilty to two counts of extortion. (2015)[234][235]
223State Senator LeAnna Washington (D) was convicted of conflict of interest. (2014)[236]
224Turnpike Commission CEO Joe Brimmeier (D) pleaded guilty to felony conflict of interest charges. (2014)[237]
225Turnpike Commission Chief Operating Officer George Hatalowich (D) pleaded guilty to felony conflict of interest charges. (2014)[175]
226Turnpike Commission Chairman Mitchell Rubin (D) was sentenced to 24 months of probation for his plea to commercial bribery. (2014)[238]
227State Representative Jose Miranda (D) was convicted of fraud. (2013)[239]
228Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin (R) was convicted in February 2013, on six of seven corruption charges including theft of services, criminal conspiracy, and misappropriation of state property. (2013)[240]
229State Senator and Republican Majority Whip Jane Orie (R) was convicted in March 2012, of 14 counts of forgery, conflict of interest and theft of services, which included five felonies. (2012)[241]
230State Senator and Democratic Minority Floor Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate Bob Mellow (D) pleaded guilty to using Senate staffers for campaigns. (2012)[242]
231State Representative Joseph F. Brennan (D) announced that he was withdrawing his reelection bid after allegations that he assaulted his wife and then drove drunk from the scene of the incident.[243] He was later convicted on both the DUI and assault charges.[244] (2012)
232Secretary of Revenue of Pennsylvania Stephen Stetler (D) convicted of using state resources. (2012)[245]
233State Representative John M. Perzel (R), pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges, including two counts of conflict of interest, two counts of theft, and four counts of conspiracy, concerning a scheme to spend millions of taxpayer dollars on computer technology from Aristotle, Inc. for the benefit of Republican political campaigns. (2011)[246][247]
234State Representative Brett Feese (R) sentenced to 4 to 12 years in state prison, an additional 2 years of probation, a $25,000 fine, and $1 million in restitution for his role in the Computergate state government corruption scandal. (2011)[248]
235Local
236Sheriff of Philadelphia John Green (D) convicted of bribery. (2019)[249]
237Mayor of Allentown Ed Pawlowski (D) convicted of corruption. (2018)[250]
238Mayor of Reading Vaughn Spencer (D) convicted of corruption, bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy. (2018)[251]
239Upland Borough City Councilman Edward M. Mitchell (R) convicted of bribery, conspiracy, theft by deception, and restricted activities. (2018)[252]
240Assistant City Solicitor, Allentown Dale Wiles convicted of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. (2018)[253]
241District Attorney of Philadelphia R. Seth Williams (D) convicted of bribery. (2017)[254]
242Mayor of Harrisburg Steven R. Reed (D) pleaded guilty to theft of public funds. (2017)[255]
243Tax Collector, York County Melissa Ann Arnold convicted of theft of public funds. (2015)[256]
244Tax Collector, Delaware County, Robert Henry Park (R) pleaded guilty to theft. (2014)[257]
245Tax Collector, Berks County, Jodie Mae Keller pleaded guilty to two counts of theft. (2013)[258]
246Rhode Island
247State Senator James Doyle II (D) from the 8th district, was being investigated for a check kiting scheme to defraud three local banks of more than $74 million. He was charged and pled guilty to 31 counts of bank fraud and tax evasion. (2018)[259][260][261][262]
248State Representative John Carnevale (D) convicted of perjury. (2018)[263]
249State Representative Raymond Gallison (D) was convicted of fraud. (2017)[264]
250State Representative Gordon Fox (D) and Speaker of the House, plead guilty to wire fraud, bribery and filing a false tax return. Fox used $108,000 from his campaign account for personal expenses, accepted a $52,000 bribe to push for the issuance of a liquor license for a Providence restaurant in his role as a member of the Board of Licenses, and failed to declare these illegal sources income on his tax returns. (2015)[265]
251State Representative Joseph Almeida (D) was given a $1,000 fine and a year on probation for mis-using funds. (2015)[266]
252State Senator Patrick McDonald (D) convicted of embezzlement. (2014)[267]
253State Representative John McCauley Jr (D) convicted of tax evasion. (2013)[267]
254State Representative Leo Medina (D) convicted of stealing life insurance. (2013)[268]
255State Senator Christopher Maselli (D) convicted of bank fraud. (2010)[269]
256South Carolina
257State Senator John E. Courson (R) was convicted of misconduct and illegal use of campaign funds. Courson had paid Richard Quinn & Associates $247,829 of campaign money over six years and got back $132,802 for personal use. (2017)[270][271][272]
258State Representative James “Jim” Harrison (R) convicted of corruption. (2018)[273]
259State Representative Rick Quinn (R) convicted of corruption. (2018)[274]
260State Representative Jim Merrill (R) convicted of corruption. (2017)[270]
261State Representative Chris Corley (R) pled guilty to first-degree domestic violence for beating his wife and threatening to kill her with a gun. (2017)[275][276][277]
262Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives Bobby Harrell (R) pleaded guilty to illegally using campaign funds for his own use. He was sentenced to a one-year prison term. (2014)[278]
263State Representative Nelson Hardwick (R) pled guilty to assault and battery in the third degree for sexual harassment of a female employee. He was ordered to resign and fined. (2015)[279][280][281]
264State Representative Thad Viers (R) convicted of money laundering, sentenced to 3 years in federal prison. (2015)[282][283] Previously arrested in 2012 on charges of harassing a 28-year-old woman described as an ex-girlfriend. He subsequently withdrew his bid for GOP nomination to the US Congress from South Carolina's 7th congressional district, citing "personal reasons." He was sentenced in 2014 to 60 days in jail for second-degree harassment.[282][284][285]
265State Secretary of the Department of Transportation, Robert St. Onge (R) arrested and convicted of having twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system. He was forced to resign due to the state’s no tolerance laws.(2014)[286][287]
266Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina Ken Ard (R) resigned his position and pleaded guilty to 7 counts of misuse of campaign funds. He was sentenced to five years' probation, fined $5,000 and required to work 300 hours of community service. (2011)[288]
267State Representative Kris Crawford (R) from Florence County, was charged with seven counts of willfully failing to pay taxes and found guilty.(2010)[289][290][291][292]
268Tennessee
269State Representative Joe E. Armstrong (D) convicted of falsifying tax returns. (2016)[293]
270State Representative Curry Todd (R) from Collierville, pled guilty to possessing a loaded gun while DUI. He was sentenced to 48 hours in jail, one year of probation, fined, given community service, alcohol training, alcohol car locking device and ordered to participate in MADD. (2011)[294][295][296]
271Local
272Mayor of Nashville Megan Barry (D) pleaded guilty to felony theft related to an affair she had with the police officer who ran her security detail. (2018)[297]
273Sheriff of Rutherford County Robert F. Arnold (R) pleaded guilty to wire fraud, honest services fraud, and extortion in a scheme to distribute cigarettes to jailed prisoners. (2016)[298][299]
274Texas
275State Representative Carlos Uresti (D) convicted of fraud and money laundering. (2017)
276State Representative Ron Reynolds (D) was convicted of battery and was sentenced to one year in jail. (2015)[300]
277State Representative Joe Driver (R) pleaded guilty to using tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to reimburse himself for travel expenses that his campaign had already funded. (2011)[301][302]
278Local
279Mayor of Dallas Dwaine Caraway (D) convicted of corruption (2019)[303]
280City Councillor of Dallas Carolyn Davis (D) was convicted of bribery. (2019)[304]
281State District Judge Angus Kelly McGinty (R) was arrested because he solicited and accepted bribes in exchange for favorable rulings. He pleaded guilty to a charge of honest services fraud and was given a two-year prison sentence (2014)[305][306][306][307]
282Vermont
283State Senator Norman McAllister (R) pleaded guilty to a violation of a prohibited act of prostitution. He was sentenced to a work crew for 25 days and served nine to twelve months on probation.(2015)[308][309][310]
284Virginia
285State Delegate Ron Villanueva (R) was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 2 and a half years in federal prison. (2019)[311]
286State Delegate Phil Hamilton (R) sentenced to 9½ years in prison for federal bribery and extortion.[312] (2010)
287Washington, D.C.
288District of Columbia Councillor Michael Brown (D) was convicted of bribery and sentenced to 39 months. (2013)[313][314]
289Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia Kwame R. Brown (D) was convicted of bank fraud. (2012)[315]
290District of Columbia Councillor Harry Thomas, Jr. (D) was convicted of felony counts of theft of government funds and falsifying tax returns. (2012)[315]
291Washington
292Auditor of Washington Troy Kelley (D) was convicted of fraud. (2018)[316]
293Wisconsin
294State Representative Bill Kramer (R) was sentenced to five months in jail, after pleading no contest to two charges of sexual assault with three years' probation. (2014)[317][318]
295State Representative Jeff Wood, (R), has pleaded no contest to fifth-offense OWI charge which is a felony. He has been sentenced to spend nine months in jail, with three years' probation. (2011)[319]
296West Virginia
297Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Allen Loughry (R) pleaded guilty to fraud. (2019)[320]
298Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Menis Ketchum (D) pleaded guilty to wire fraud. (2018)[321]
2992000–2009
300Alabama
301State Representative Suzanne L. Schmitz (D) was found guilty on 7 out of 8 counts of federal fraud charges. (2009)[322][323]
302State Senator Edward McClain (D) was convicted[324] on 48 counts of money laundering, mail fraud, bribery and conspiracy. (2009)[325]
303Governor of Alabama Don Siegelman (D) was found guilty of bribery, mail fraud and obstruction of justice on June 29, 2006, and sentenced to 88 months. (2006)[326]
304Local
305Mayor of Birmingham Larry Langford (D) was sentenced on March 5, 2010, to 15 years in prison for conspiracy, bribery, fraud, money laundering, and filing false tax returns in connection with a long-running bribery scheme. (2010)[327] He was also fined more than $119,000.[328]
306Alaska
307Alaska political corruption probe in which VECO Corporation an oilfield service corporation, was investigated by the IRS, FBI and Department of Justice. Veco executives Bill Allen and VP Rick Smith pleaded guilty to federal charges of extortion, bribery, and conspiracy to impede the Internal Revenue Service.[329] The charges involved bribing Alaska lawmakers who came to be known as the "Corrupt Bastards Club"[330] to vote in favor of an oil tax law favored by VECO that was the subject of vigorous debate in 2006,[331] and were part of a larger probe of political corruption in Alaska by federal authorities.
308State Representative Thomas Anderson (R), Found guilty of seven felony counts of extortion, bribery, conspiracy, and money laundering. Sentenced on October 15, 2007, to a term of 60 months in prison.[332]
309State Representative Pete Kott (R), found guilty on three charges of bribery and sentenced to six years in prison and fined $10,000. (2007)[333]
310State Representative Vic Kohring (R), convicted on November 1, 2007, of three counts of bribery by the Veco Corporation. In May 2008, he was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison.[334]
311State Representative Bruce Weyhrauch (R), main charges dismissed by Supreme Court, given probation on state charges.[335][336]
312State Senator John Cowdery (R), pleaded guilty to lesser charges.(2009)[337] Sentenced to six months' house arrest and a $25,000 fine.
313State Representative Beverly Masek (R), was sentenced to six months on September 23, 2009. [150]
314Arizona
315Corporation Commissioner Jim Irvin (R) was found guilty of trying to influence a corporate bidding war and fined $60K. (2003)[338][339][340]
316California
317State Senator Tom Berryhill (R) was found guilty of money laundering by Judge Jonathan Lew and the California Fair Practices Commission of deliberately trying to conceal, deceive or mislead the transfer of $40,000 to the Republican Central Committee of Stanislaus County and the Republican Central Committee of San Joaquin County, which then passed it to the campaign of Bill Berryhill, his brother, thus circumventing California's contribution limits of $3,600 per donation. (2008)[341][342][343]
318Local
319Sheriff of Orange County Mike Carona (R) convicted of witness tampering. (2008)[344][345]
320Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Ed Jew (D), was sentenced to 64 months in federal prison for extortion, and a year in county jail for perjury. (2008)[346]
321Member of San Diego City Council Ralph Inzunza (D) was convicted of corruption. (2005)[347]
322Connecticut
323Governor of Connecticut John G. Rowland (R) was convicted of one-count of deprevation of honest services. (2004)[348][349] He served ten months in a federal prison followed by four months' house arrest, ending in June 2006.[350]
324State Treasurer of Connecticut Paul J. Silvester (R) was convicted of fraud. (2004)[351]
325Local
326Mayor of Bridgeport Joseph Ganim (D), was convicted of leveraging his position to receive kickbacks from city contractors for more than $500,000 in cash, meals, clothing, wine and home renovations.[352] (2003)
327Mayor of Waterbury Philip Giordano (R) While investigating municipal corruption,[353][354] the FBI discovered phone records and pictures of Giordano with a prostitute, as well as with her 10-year-old niece and her eight-year-old daughter.[355] He was arrested on July 26, 2001, and, in March 2003, was convicted of 14 counts of using an interstate device,[356] his cellphone, to arrange sexual contact with children.[357] He was also convicted of violating the girls' civil rights. He was sentenced to 37 years in prison.
328Florida
329State Senator Alberto Gutman (R), was convicted of corruption in a Medicare fraud scheme. Gutman, his wife and 23 others were sentenced to 5 years in federal prison, 3 years' probation and fined $50,000. (2000)[358][359]
330Local
331Sheriff of Broward County Ken Jenne (D) convicted of fraud. (2007)[360]
332Mayor of Orlando Ernest Page (D) was convicted of bribery and official misconduct during a temporary stint as mayor. He was subsequently sentenced to 42 months in prison. (2006)[361][362]
333Georgia
334State Senator Walter Ronnie Sailor Jr. (D) pled guilty to laundering money (2007)[363]
335State Senator Charles Walker (D) convicted of charges including tax evasion, mail fraud and conspiracy (127 counts, in all),[364] He was sentenced to 10 years. (2005)[365][366]
336Schools Superintendent Linda Schrenko (R) sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzlement of federal education funds. (2004)[367]
337State Representative Robin L. Williams (R) was convicted of campaign fraud. (2004)[368]
338Hawaii
339State Representative Galen Fox (R) was convicted of sexual misconduct when he improperly touched a woman flying next to him. (2006)[369]
340State Representative Nathan Suzuki (D) was found guilty of tax fraud. (2004)[370]
341State Senator Marshall Ige (D) convicted of corruption. (2002)[371]
342Illinois
343Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich (D) was charged with conspiracy to commit mail, wire fraud and solicitation of bribery. He was impeached and removed from office by 59–0 votes of the Illinois Senate.[372] On August 17, 2010, he was convicted on just one of 24 federal charges.[373] In a retrial in 2011, he was found guilty on 17 other counts and sentenced to 14 years in prison.[374][375][376][377] (2011)
344Governor of Illinois George H. Ryan (R) was convicted of 18 counts of corruption and sentenced to 6 years and six months. (2006)[378]
345State Representative Patricia Bailey (D) was convicted of perjury and fraud. (2005)[379]
346Local
347Alderman of Chicago Arenda Troutman (D) was convicted of bribery. (2005)[380]
348Alderman of Chicago Edward Vrdolyak (D) was convicted of fraud. (2008)[381]
349City Clerk of Chicago James Laski (D) was convicted of fraud. (2006)[381]
350Mayor of Cicero, Betty Loren-Maltese (R) was convicted of an insurance fraud. She was sentenced to 8 years in prison (2002)[382]
351Indiana
352State Representative Dennie Oxley (D) convicted of impersonating a public servant. (2009)[383]
353Kansas
354State Representative Phil Hermanson (R) while being investigated, Hermanson pled guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of prescription drugs. (2009)[384][385]
355Louisiana
356State Senator Derrick Shepherd (D), sentenced to 37 months for corruption. (2008)[386]
357Governor of Louisiana Edwin Edwards (D) convicted of extortion, mail fraud and money laundering. (2000)[387]
358Insurance Commissioner James H. "Jim" Brown (D) convicted of lying to FBI investigators. (2000)[388]
359Massachusetts
360State Senator J. James Marzilli, Jr. (D) pleaded guilty to all charges against him, including resisting arrest and disorderly conduct and was sentenced to three months in prison.[389][390] (2008)
361State Senator Dianne Wilkerson (D) was video taped by the FBI stuffing bribe money into her bra. Wilkerson pleaded guilty to eight counts of attempted extortion. (2008)[391]
362Speaker of the House Thomas Finneran (D) pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of justice and received 18 months' probation.[392](2004)
363Maryland
364State Senator Thomas L. Bromwell (D) was sentenced to seven years in prison for racketeering, corruption and fraud to benefit construction company Poole and Kent.[393] (2007)
365State Delegate Robert A. McKee (R) pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was sentenced to a 37-month term.[394][395] (2006)
366Missouri
367State Senator Jeff Smith (D) convicted of two counts of obstruction of justice. He was sentenced to one year and a day of prison and was fined $50,000. (2009)[396]
368State Representative Nathan Cooper (R) convicted on two felony counts of immigration fraud. (2007)[397][398]
369Nebraska
370State Treasurer Lorelee Byrd (R) pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge of misconduct. (2003)[399]
371State Senator Ray Mossey (R) was found guilty and pled no contest to prescription drug charges and was sentenced to 2 years' probation. He was also sentenced to one year's probation for drunken driving when Mossey's blood-alcohol level tested at twice the legal limit. In addition, he was fined $14,000 for using campaign finance funds to pay an online dating service and a tattoo parlor. (2005)[400]
372Regent David Hergert (R) of the University of Nebraska was arrested soon after his election for violating campaign finance laws. He pled guilty to false reporting and obstruction and was sentenced to 5 years' probation and fined $654,000 (2005)[401][402][403][404]
373Nevada
374State Controller Kathy Augustine (R) was impeached and convicted of using state personnel and property for her re-election campaign, but not removed from office. She was fined $15,000. (2004)[405]
375State Representative Brent Parker (R) pleaded guilty to soliciting sex from a male undercover police officer. He was ordered to attend a 10-week therapy class or face up to 180 days in jail (2003).[406]
376Local
377Operation G-Sting or Strippergate was an FBI probe into bribes taken by County Commissioners in Clark County, Nevada and City Council members in San Diego, California. It was the result of strip club owners Rick Rizzolo and Mike Galardi trying to remove a "no touch" law affecting the girls in their clubs. The investigation resulted in the convictions of 17 defendants including:[407]
378Clark county Commissioner Lynette Boggs McDonald (R) pled no contest to filing a false statement and campaign funding irregularities (2009)[408][409]
379Clark County Commissioner Mary Kincaid-Chauncey (D) was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, fined $7,600 and ordered to forfeit $19,000 in assets (2006)[410]
380Clark County Commissioner Dario Herrera (D) was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison, fined $15,000 and ordered to forfeit $60,000 in assets (2006)
381Clark County Commissioner Erin Kenny (D) was sentenced to 2½ years in prison (2006)
382Clark County Commissioner Lance Matthew Malone (R) pleaded guilty to violating federal racketeering laws for bribing commissioners(2006)[411]
383New Jersey
384New Jersey Operation Bid Rig: An FBI sting operation indicted 44 New Jersey officials and several Rabbis, mainly for bribery, counterfeiting of intellectual property, money laundering, organ harvesting, and political corruption. Arrested were:
385Assemblyman Daniel M. Van Pelt (R) Resigned after indictment for bribery.[412]
386State Senator Wayne R. Bryant (D) was convicted of bribery. (2007)[413]
387State Senator Joseph Coniglio (D) indicted for abusing state grants, mail fraud and extortion. (2008)[414]
388State Senator Sharpe James (D) On April 16, 2008, James was convicted of five counts of fraud by a federal jury. On July 29, 2008, he was sentenced by Judge William J. Martini to 27 months in prison.[415]
389State Senator John A. Lynch, Jr. (D) convicted of mail fraud and tax evasion. (2006)
390Assemblyman Anthony Impreveduto (D) convicted of corruption. (2004)
391Local
392New Jersey Operation Bid Rig:
393Mayor of Hoboken Peter Cammarano (D) was convicted of corruption. (2009)
394Mayor of Secaucus Dennis Elwell (D) was convicted of corruption. (2009)
395Commissioner and Chairwoman of the Jersey City Housing Authority Lori Serrano (D) was convicted of corruption. (2009)
396Mayor of Passaic Samuel Rivera (D) convicted of bribery. (2008)[313] Rivera was sentenced to 21 months in prison.[416]
397County Executive of Hudson County Robert C. Janiszewski (D) was convicted of bribery. (2005)
398Chief Executive of Essex County James W. Treffinger (R) was convicted of corruption and fraud and ordered to pay $30,000 in restitution and serve 13 months in jail. (2003)[417]
399Mayor of Camden Milton Milan (D) was convicted of corruption. (2000)[418]
400Mayor of Marlboro Matthew Scannapieco (R) pled guilty to tax evasion and corruption involving $245K in bribes paid by a real estate developer (2005)[419][420]
401New Mexico
402State Treasurer Robert Virgil (D) was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 37 months in prison and fined $97,000. (2007)[421]
403State Treasurer Michael Montoya (D) was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 40 months in prison and a $40,000 fine. (2007)[421]
404New York
405State Health Commissioner Antonia Novello (R) pled guilty to misuse of staff by spending $48,000 of public money making them carry out her personal chores, such as taking her shopping and picking up her dry cleaning. She was convicted and ordered to perform 250 hours of community service, pay $22,500 in restitution plus a $5,000 fine. (2009)[422][423]
406State Senator Kevin Parker (D) was charged with felony assaulting and menacing and two misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief for attacking a New York Post photographer. He was found guilty and served three years probation for the misdemeanors but was acquitted of the felony charge. (2009)[424][425]
407State Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio (D) pleaded guilty to taking large sums of money from hospitals through a consulting firm while still a member of the New York State Assembly. His appeal was never heard but his conviction was abated due to death. (2009)[426][427]
408Supreme Court Justice Thomas J. Spargo (R), was convicted by a federal jury of attempted extortion and attempted soliciting of a bribe for pressuring a lawyer to give $10,000 to his defense fund. (2009)[428][429]
409State Senator Efrain Gonzalez (D) was sentenced to 84 months (7 years) in prison, followed by two years' supervised release, following pleading guilty to two conspiracy counts and two wire fraud counts. (2009)[430]
410State Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin (D) was arrested in 2008 and sentenced to ten years in prison for racketeering. (2009)[431]
411State Senator Hiram Monserrate (D), convicted of one count of misdemeanor assault, and acquitted of two counts of felony assault and one other count of misdemeanor assault. (2009)[432][433][434]
412State Senator Diane Gordon (D) was convicted of receiving bribes. (2008)[435]
413State Assemblyman Chris Ortloff (R) while serving on the State Parole Board, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of online enticement of minors. He was sentenced to 150 months in federal prison (2008)[436][437][438]
414Supreme Court Justice Gerald Garson (D) was sentenced to 3.5 to 10 years in prison for accepting expensive gifts in exchange for fixing divorce cases. (2005)[439]
415State Assemblyman Clarence Norman Jr. (D) was sentenced to 9 years in jail for falsifying records. (2005)[435]
416State Assemblywoman Gloria Davis (D) was sentenced to 90 days in jail and five years' probation for bribery. (2003)[440]
417State Senator Guy Velella (R) was indicted for bribery and conspiracy for accepting at least $137,000 in exchange for steering public-works contracts to the paying parties.[441] He ultimately pleaded guilty to one count and received a year in jail.[442] He served 182 days. (2002)
418Local
419New York City Councillor Miguel Martinez (D) pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy two days later. He admitted to stealing $106,000 that was for children's art programs and low-income housing.[443] He was convicted on three felonies, and was sentenced to five years in prison. (2009)[444]
420NY City Councilman Dennis P. Gallagher (R) resigned from office and pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a woman in his district office while he was intoxicated. (2007)[445]
421North Carolina
422State Representative James B. Black (D) pleaded guilty to a federal charge of public corruption and was sentenced to five years in prison. (2007)[446]
423State Representative Paul Miller (D), was sentenced to a year's probation and fined $1,000 for fraud. (2006)[447][447][448]
424Commissioner of Agriculture Meg Scott Phipps (D) pleaded guilty to campaign finance charges and served three years in prison. (2003)[449]
425State Representative Michael P. Decker (R) pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit extortion, honest services mail fraud, and money laundering. Decker, a Republican, solicited Democrats and agreed to accept $50,000 and other gifts in return for switching parties. (2002)[447][447][448]
426State Representative Thomas Wright (R), was found guilty of three counts of felony fraud. He was sentenced to 6 to 8 years(2007)[450][451][452]
427Local
428Cabarrus County Commissioner Coy C. Privette, (R) pled guilty to aiding and abetting prostitution. (2007)[453]
429Northern Marianas Islands
430Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands Timothy Villagomez (CP) was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for misuse of government funds. (2009)[454]
431Northern Marianas Islands Commerce Secretary James A. Santos (R) was sentenced to 87 months in prison for misuse of government funds. (2009)[455][456]
432Oklahoma
433State Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan (D) convicted of accepting bribes.[457] (2008)
434Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher (D) convicted for corruption and sentenced to 14 months. (2006)
435State Senator Gene Stipe (D) pleaded guilty to federal charges of perjury, conspiracy to obstruct a Federal Election Commission investigation, and conspiracy to violate the Federal Election Campaign Act. (2003)[458]
436Ohio
437Governor of Ohio Bob Taft (R) pleads no contest and is convicted on four misdemeanor ethics violations. He was fined $4,000 and ordered to apologize to the people of Ohio. (2005)[459]
438Oregon
439State Representative Dan Doyle (R) resigned from office and was sentenced to 15 months in jail for finance violations. (2005)[460][461][462][463]
440State Senator John Mabrey (R) was convicted of insurance fraud. (2002)[464][465][466]
441Pennsylvania
442State Senator Vince Fumo (D) was found guilty of 139 counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and filing a false tax return. Two staffers were also arrested and indicted on charges of destroying electronic evidence, including e-mail related to the investigation. (2009)[467]
443Secretary of Revenue of Pennsylvania Stephen Stetler (D) sentenced to 1½–5 years in prison, fined $35,000, order to pay $466,621 restitution for multiple corruption convictions. (2009)[468]
444State Representative Milton Street (D) convicted of tax evasion and was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison. (2008)[469] Street appealed, but his conviction was affirmed by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.[470]
445State Representative Linda Bebko-Jones (D) and her chief-of-staff were charged with forging some of the signatures on their nominating petitions. They were both sentenced to 12 months' probation and fined $1,500 with community service. (2007)[471]
446State Representative & Democratic Whip of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Mike Veon (D), convicted of misusing state funds and sentenced to 6–14 years in jail. (2007)[472]
447State Representative and Democratic Leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Bill DeWeese (D) found guilty of five of the six felony counts with which he was charged and sentenced to 30–60 months.[473] (2007)
448State Representative Jeffrey Habay (R) was convicted of 21 counts of harassment, solicitation for perjury and intimidation. (2007).[474][475][476][477]
449State Representative Frank LaGrotta (D) pleaded guilty to two counts of corruption for giving away $26,000 of state funds in the 2006 Pennsylvania General Assembly bonus controversy. Sentenced to six months' house arrest, probation, and fines. (2007)[478][479][480][481][482]
450State Representative Thomas W. Druce (R) was convicted in 2000 of a 1999 hit and run that killed a man. (2000)[483][484]
451State Representative R. Tracy Seyfert (R) pleaded guilty to Theft of Federal Property by acquiring a $160,000 dollar, 10 ton generator for her own use if the power grid had failed on the Millennium. She was sentenced to five years in federal prison and assessed a $5,000 fine. (2001)[485]
452State Senator Bill Slocum (R) pleaded guilty to six criminal misdemeanor charges for filing false reports to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and discharging 3.5 million gallons of raw sewage into Brokenstraw Creek while he was a sewage plant manager in Youngsville, Pennsylvania.[486] (2000)
453State Representative Frank Gigliotti (D) was convicted and sentenced in 2000 to 46 months' incarceration for extortion, mail fraud, and filing a false income tax return.[487] (2000)
454State Representative Jeffrey Habay (R) was found guilty on December 12, 2005, of conflict of interest.[488][489] he resigned and was sentenced to 6 to 12 months of prison followed by four years of probation.[490]
455State Senator F. Joseph Loeper (R) pleaded guilty in federal court of falsifying tax-related documents to conceal more than $330,000 in income he received from a private consulting firm while serving in the Senate.[491][492] He resigned his senate seat on December 31, 2000,[493] and was later released from federal prison at Fort Dix, New Jersey, after serving 6 months.[494](2000)
456Local
457President Judge of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Mark Ciavarella (D) sentenced to 28 years in federal prison for his involvement in the kids for cash scandal. (2009)[495]
458Senior Judge Michael Conahan (D) sentenced to 17½ years in federal prison for his involvement in the Kids for cash scandal. (2009)[495]
459Puerto Rico
460Speaker of the House Edison Misla Aldarondo (R) was convicted of extortion, money laundering and witness tampering and sentenced to 71 months in prison. See sex scandals. (2007)[496]
461Jose Omar Cruz-Mercado was the Associate Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Education when he aided an extortion and kickback scheme that involved fraudulent payments of more than $4.3 million in cash and property from PRDE contractors.[497]
462Deputy Secretary of State Angel Ocasio Ramos received 18 months in prison for making illegal payments to Rangel in exchange for government contracts.[498]
463Puerto Rico Senator Freddy Valentin, Puerto Rican was sentenced to 33 months in prison for money laundering and extortion in a corruption case involving public-housing contracts in the U.S. territory, a former pro-statehood senator, pleaded guilty in March to the two charges. (2002)[499]
464Rhode Island
465State Representative and House Majority Leader Gerard M. Martineau (D) was given 37 months in prison for influence peddling in Operation Dollar Bill. (2008)[500]
466State Senator John A. Celona (D) was found guilty of accepting $320,000 in bribes from the Roger Williams Medical Center and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison. (2007)[501][502]
467State Representative Thomas W. Pearlman (R) was charged with fee-gouging and providing incompetent counsel. He was found guilty of misconduct, suspended and ordered to pay restitution. (2004)[503][504][505]
468Local
469Mayor of Providence Buddy Cianci (R). His first administration ended in 1984 when he pleaded guilty to assault. His second stint as mayor ended when he was forced to resign following his conviction for racketeering conspiracy named Operation Plunder Dome served four years in federal prison.[506]
470South Carolina
471State Treasurer Thomas Ravenel (R) convicted on cocaine charges. (2007)[507]
472State Senator Charles Tyrone "Ty" Courtney (R) was convicted of bank fraud, mail fraud and making false statements on a loan application. (2000)[508][509]
473Agriculture Commissioner Charles Sharpe (R) was found guilty of charges of extortion, money laundering and lying to federal investigators, stemming from an illegal cockfighting ring. He served two years in prison. (2004)[510][510][511]
474South Dakota
475State Representative Ted Klaudt (R) was found guilty on all four counts of second-degree rape as well as witness tampering. He was sentenced to 54 years in prison. (2008)[512]
476Tennessee
477Operation Tennessee Waltz: an FBI sting operation between 2003 and 2007 in which a number of state and local representatives were arrested including;[513]
478State Senator John Ford (D) Sentenced to 66 months for bribery.
479State Senator Kathryn Bowers (D) pleaded guilty to one count of bribery.
480State Senator Ward Crutchfield (D) pleaded guilty to one count of bribery.[514]
481State Senator Roscoe Dixon (D) pleaded guilty to bribery
482State Representative Chris Newton (R) pleaded guilty to bribery.
483State Representative Ronald 'Ronnie' Davis (R) pled guilty to four felony charges of conspiring to sell fake passports and to supplying drugs to his girlfriend (2002)[515][516]
484Local
485Tax Assessor of Putnam County Byron Looper (R), was convicted of the murder of State Senator Tommy Burks (D). (2000)[517][518][519]
486Juvenile Court Judge, Darrell Catron (R) was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 18 months probation.(2007)[520]
487Utah
488State Representative Brent Parker (R) pleaded guilty to soliciting sex from a male undercover police officer. (2003)[521][522]
489Judge of the 3rd State District Ray M. Harding Jr. (R) was found guilty of possession of cocaine and heroin and sentenced to 120 days in jail, 2 years probation, community service and fined. (2002)[523][524]
490Virginia
491State Secretary of Finance John Forbes (R) was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he admitted embezzling $4 million in tobacco-region economic development money. He was sentenced to 120 months in prison (2009)[525][526]
492State Delegate Fenton Bland (D) pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud; sentenced to 57 months in prison and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution (2005)[527]
493State Republican Party Director Edmund Matricardi III (R) pled guilty to one count of interception of a wire communication by illegally eavesdropping on a protected Democratic phone call. During sentencing Matricardi was forced to resign, spend three years on probation and fined $10,000.(2003)[528][529][530]
494West Virginia
495State Representative Lisa D. Smith (R) pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and one count of mail fraud. She was sentenced to two years in prison, three years of probation and fined $1,000,000.[531]
496Wisconsin
497State Assemblyman Scott Jensen (R) convicted of misuse of public workers. (2006)[532]
498State Assemblyman Steven Foti (R) convicted of ethics violations. (2006)[532]
499State Senator Gary George (D) was convicted of fraud. (2004)[533]
500State Assemblywoman Bonnie Ladwig (R) convicted of ethics violations. (2004)[532]
501State Senator Brian Burke (D) was sentenced to six months in county jail for misconduct in office and obstructing an officer for using state workers for his campaign.[534] (2003)
502State Senator Charles Chvala (D) sentenced to serve 9 months in prison for campaign violations including coordination violations. [151] (2002)
503Local
504Member of the Milwaukee Common Council Michael McGee, Jr. (D) was convicted of corruption. (2008)[535]
5051990–1999
506Alabama
507Governor of Alabama H. Guy Hunt (R) was convicted of improperly using campaign money and was sentenced to 5 years' probation and fined $211,000. (1993).[536][537][538]
508Alaska
509State Senator George Jacko (D) was found guilty of sexual harassment of a 17-year-old page (1993)[539][540]
510Arizona
511State Representative Sue Laybe (D) was found guilty of bribery and given 6 months during the AZSCAM investigation (1990)[541]
512State Representative Donald Kenney (R), was convicted in the AZSCAM investigation for taking a bribe of $55,000 in a gym bag and was sentenced to five years in prison. (1990)[542]
513State Representative James Hartdegen (R), pleaded guilty to violating three campaign laws and was forced to resign as part of the AZSCAM investigation. (1990)[543][544]
514State Representative James Meredith (R), was found guilty of making false campaign contributions during the AZSCAM investigation (1990)[545]
515State Representative Bobby Raymond (D), investigated in the AZSCAM investigation, stated his favorite line was, "What's in it for me?" Found guilty of conspiracy and bribery and sentenced to two years in prison, with seven years of probation (1990)[546][547][548]
516State Senator Jesus Chuy Higuera (D), guilty of taking a $4,000 bribe and demanding a shrimp and fax concession in all future casinos. Sentenced to 2 months in prison and 4 years' probation (1990)[549][550]
517Arkansas
518Governor of Arkansas Jim Guy Tucker. (D) As part of the Whitewater investigation run by Kenneth Starr, Tucker was convicted of fraud and conspiracy and sentenced to four years' probation. (1996)[551]
519Secretary of State Bill McCuen (D) pleaded guilty to bribery, kickbacks, tax evasion and trading in public office. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison and fined (1996)[552]
520State Senator Carolyn Walker (D) was convicted of accepting payoffs for pledging to support gambling legislation as part of the AZSCAM Investigation. Sentenced to 4 years in prison (1991)[553][554][555][556]
521California
522State Representative Brian Setencich (R) was convicted of tax evasion connected to his 1996 re-election campaign. (2000)[557]
523The FBI's Bribery and Special Interest sting operation (BRISPEC, or "Shrimpscam") targeted corruption in the California legislature. Five convictions were obtained.
524State Senator Alan Robbins (D) resigned on November 21, 1991, in advance of pleading guilty to federal racketeering charges in connection with insurance-industry bribes.
525State Senator Joseph Montoya (D) was convicted in April 1990 of rackeetering, extortion and money laundering and was sentenced to 6½ years in prison.
526State Senator Frank Hill (R) and his aid were found guilty of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 46 months in prison. (1994)
527California Board of Equalization member Paul B. Carpenter (D) was found guilty of 11 counts of obstruction of justice and money laundering. (1993)
528State Assemblyman Pat Nolan (R) served 29 months for bribery in the FBI's BRISPEC sting operation.[558]
529Local
530Treasurer-Tax Collector of Orange County, California Robert Citron (D) convicted of fraud. (1995)[559]
531Connecticut
532State Treasurer Paul J. Silvester (R) was sentenced to 21 months in prison for racketeering and money laundering. (1999)[560][561]
533Local
534Mayor of Waterbury Joseph J. Santopietro (R) was found guilty of taking a $25,000 payoff in return for $1 million in city pension funds. (1991)[562][563]
535Florida
536Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Bolley Johnson (D) was convicted of tax evasion. (1999)[564]
537State Representative Marvin Couch (R) was arrested in Orlando for soliciting sex and pled guilty to unnatural or lascivious acts and exposure of his sexual organs. (1996)[565][566][567][568]
538Local
539Mayor of Miami Beach Alex Daoud (D) convicted of bribery. (1991)[569]
540Georgia
541State Senator Ralph David Abernathy III (D) convicted of fraud. (1997)[570]
542Guam
543Governor of Guam Ricardo Bordallo (D) was convicted on ten counts of corruption and was sentenced to nine years in prison and fined more than $100,000, but committed suicide the day before he was scheduled to begin serving his prison sentence (1990)[571]
544Illinois
545State Senator Bruce A. Farley (D) sentenced to 18 months in prison for mail fraud (1999)[572]
546State Senator John A. D'Arco, Jr. (D) served about three years in prison for bribery and extortion (1995)[573]
547State Representative James DeLeo (D) caught in the "Operation Greylord" investigation of corruption in Cook County. He was indicted by a federal grand jury for taking bribes and negotiated guilty plea on a misdemeanor tax offense, and was placed on probation (1992)[574]
548State Representative Joe Kotlarz (D) convicted and sentenced to jail for theft and conspiracy for pocketing in about $200,000 for a sale of state land to a company he once served as legal counsel (1997)[575]
549State Treasurer Jerome Cosentino (D) was convicted of bank fraud and sentenced to nine months' home confinement. (1991)[576]
550Local
551Mayor of Markham, Illinois, Roger Agpawa (D) was convicted of mail fraud (1999)[577][578]
552Alderman of Chicago Percy Giles (D) convicted of bribery. (1999)[381]
553Alderman of Chicago Virgil Jones (D) convicted of bribery. (1998)[381]
554Alderman of Chicago Lawrence Bloom (D) convicted of fraud. (1998)[381]
555Alderman of Chicago John Madryzk (D) convicted of fraud. (1998)[381]
556Alderman of Chicago Jesse Evans (D) convicted of racketeering. (1997)[381]
557Alderman of Chicago Joseph Martinez (D) convicted of fraud. (1997)[381]
558Alderman of Chicago Alan Streeter (D) convicted of bribery. (1996)[381]
559Alderman of Chicago Ambrosio Medrano (D) convicted of bribery. (1996)[381]
560Alderman of Chicago Fred Roti (D) convicted of bribery. (1996)[381]
561Mayor of Chicago Heights Charles Panici (R) guilty of racketeering, bribery and extortion. Sentenced to 10 years.(1992)[579][580]
562Hawaii
563State Representative Daniel J. Kihano (D) was sentenced to one year for one count of mail fraud. (1992)[581]
564Kentucky
565FBI Operation Boptrot was an investigation into bribery and the horse racing industry. Approximately 10% of Kentucky's legislature, both the house and senate, was implicated in this scandal, some taking bribes for as little as $100. (1992)[582][583] Legislators convicted as a result of Operation Boptrot included:
566House Speaker Don Blandford (D) pleaded guilty after 1992 indictment on charges of extortion, racketeering and lying. He was sentenced to 64 months in prison and was fined $10,000.
567State Representative Jerry Bronger (D) was indicted in 1992 and later pleaded guilty to charges that he accepted $2,000 in exchange for blocking legislation that would hurt harness race tracks. He was sentenced to 10 months in prison.
568State Representative Clay Crupper (D) pleaded guilty after 1992 indictment and was fined $10,000 on charges of interstate travel in aide of racketeering.
569State Senator Helen Garrett (D) was charged in 1992 with taking a $2,000 bribe from a track in exchange for helping pass legislation. She pleaded guilty and received four years' probation.
570State Senator John Hall (D) pleaded guilty to conspiracy and other charges stemming from 1992 indictment in Operation BopTrot.
571State Representative Ronny Layman (R) was indicted in 1992 on charges of conspiracy to commit extortion and making false statements to the FBI. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months of home detention and community service.
572State Senator David LeMaster (D) was indicted in 1993, and acquitted of extortion and racketeering, but convicted of lying. He was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $30,000, but served just one day after resigning from the legislature.
573State Representative Bill McBee (D) was sentenced to a 15-month prison term for his role in Operation BopTrot.
574State Senator Virgil Pearman (D) pleaded guilty after 1993 indictment charging that he took an illegal $3,000 campaign contribution. He was sentenced to three months in a halfway house, probation and was fined $5,000.
575State Senator John Rogers (R), then the Minority Leader in the Kentucky Senate, was sentenced in 1994 to 42 months in prison after conviction on charges of extortion, conspiracy, attempted extortion, mail fraud and lying to the FBI.
576State Senator Art Schmidt (R) pleaded guilty to a 1993 indictment for withholding the fact that he took a $20 cash payment from another senator tied to Operation BopTrot. He was sentenced to probation and fined $2,500.
577State Senator Landon Sexton (R) pleaded guilty after 1994 indictment charging that he took an illegal $5,000 cash campaign contribution. He was sentenced to 15 consecutive weekends in jail, home detention for two months and probation for two years. In addition he was fined $5,000.
578State Representative Bill Strong (D) pleaded guilty after 1993 indictment charges that he took an illegal $3,000 campaign contribution and did not deposit the money into his campaign fund. He was sentenced to three months in a halfway house, probation and was fined $3,000.
579State Representative Richard Turner (R) plead guilty to a 1993 charge that he filed a false campaign finance report. Charges that he took an illegal $3,000 cash campaign contribution were dropped.
580State Senator Patti Weaver (D) pleaded guilty after 1993 indictment charging that she was promised help finding a job in exchange for support of legislation. She was sentenced to weekend incarceration, probation and community service and was fined $10,000.
581Louisiana
582State Senator Melvin Irvin (D) convicted of bribery. (1991)[584]
583Insurance Commissioner Doug Green (D) convicted of bribery. (1991).[584]
584Massachusetts
585State Representative Charles Flaherty (D) pleaded guilty to felony tax evasion for submitting false receipts regarding his business expenses and to violations of the state conflict of interests law.[585] (1996)
586Local
587Essex County Sheriff Charles Reardon (D) pleaded guilty to taking kickbacks from process servers. (1996)[586]
588Minnesota
589State Senator Sam Solon (DFL) Pleaded guilty to telecommunications fraud for letting his ex-wife make $2,430 in calls on his State Senate telephone line. (1995)[587]
590State Representative Robert Johnson (R) was convicted of three drunk driving arrests in a seven-week period. He was sentenced to a year in prison. (1995)[588][589]
591State Representative Randy Staten (DFL) pled guilty to writing bad checks and was given a suspended sentence of 90 days, then probation. (1986)[590][589]
592State Senator Harold Finn (DFL) was found guilty of stealing $1KK from the Leech Lake Band of Chippewa. Sentenced to 5 years. (1995)[591][592]
593Missouri
594Secretary of State Judith Moriarty (D) was impeached for misconduct involving back-dating of her son's election paperwork to hide a missed filing deadline, and convicted by the state supreme court.[593]
595Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives Bob F. Griffin (D), Griffin pleaded guilty on the second day of the second trial, to two counts of bribery and mail fraud in conjunction with the original highway scheme. He was sentenced to 48 months in prison, a $7,500 fine, and a $100 special penalty assessment.[594] (1995)
596Missouri Attorney General William L. Webster (R), pleaded guilty to embezzlement charges and was sentenced to two years in prison. (1993)[595] (1993)
597Nebraska
598State Treasurer Frank Marsh (R) convicted of misdemeanor charges for making personal, long-distance telephone calls. (1991)[596][597][598]
599New York
600Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals Sol Wachtler (R), was investigated for extortion and harassment. He pleaded guilty to one charge of threatening to kidnap a teenage girl and served 15 months. (1993)[599][600][601]
601State Senator Andrew Jenkins (D) convicted of illegal banking, sentenced to 1 year and 1 day (1990)[602]
602North Carolina
603Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina James C. Green (D), was convicted of income tax fraud and was sentenced to 33 months of house arrest. (1997)
604Ohio
605State Senator Jeff Johnson (D), was convicted of three counts of extortion. (1990)[603]
606Oklahoma
607Governor of Oklahoma David Lee Walters (D) pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor election law violation. (1993)[604]
608Pennsylvania
609State Representative Frank Serafini (R), was convicted of perjury (1999)[605][606][607]
610Supreme Court Justice Rolf Larsen (D) convicted of conspiracy. (1992)[608]
611Attorney General Ernie Preate (R) pleaded guilty to mail fraud. (1995)[609]
612State Senator William G. Stinson (D) was found guilty of voter fraud and his election was reversed. (1994)[610][611]
613State Senator William Lee Slocum, Jr. (R) pleaded guilty to federal charges of violating the Clean Water Act between 1983 and 1995, when he operated the Youngsville Sewage Treatment Plant and allowed repeated pollution discharges of raw sewage. Sentenced to one month in jail, five months of home detention, and fined $15,000.[612][613]
614State Senator Dan S. Delp (R), pleaded guilty to buying a 19-year-old prostitute liquor and food using state money (1998)[614][615][616]
615Rhode Island
616Governor of Rhode Island Edward Daniel DiPrete (R) pleaded guilty to bribery and racketeering charges and served one year in prison. (1998)[617]
617South Carolina
618State Representative Paul Wayne Derrick (R) was convicted of accepting $1,000 in cash for his support of a gambling proposal being investigated in the FBI Operation, Lost Trust. (1991)[618]
619State Representative Rick Lee (R) pleaded guilty to violating the Hobbs Act during the FBI Operation, Lost Trust. (1990)[619]
620State Representative Daniel E. Winstead (R) from Charleston, pled guilty to accepting bribes. (1990)[620]
621State Senator Robert Albert Kohn (R) State Senator from Charleston, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and bribery, and served seven months in prison.[621][622]
622Texas
623Attorney General of Texas Dan Morales (D) pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion in relation to a $17 million tobacco industry settlement with the State of Texas in 1998. He was sentenced to four years in a federal prison for mail fraud and tax evasion in a case involving Texas' $17 billion settlement with the tobacco industry in 1998. He was released in 2007.[623][624]
624State Senator Drew Nixon (R) was arrested on a charge of soliciting sex from an undercover Austin police officer which led to another charge of carrying an unlicensed, loaded gun for which he did not have a proper permit. The jury recommended probation on the prostitution charge, but jail time on the weapons charge. He was sentenced to 6 months in prison and fined $6K. (1997)[625][626]
625Vermont
626Lieutenant Governor of Vermont Brian D. Burns (D), was convicted of three counts of fraud for having claimed to be working full-time for a public policy association while he also claimed to be attending Harvard University full-time.[627] He appealed but his conviction was affirmed.[628] (1995)
627Virginia
628State Senator Robert E. Russell Sr. (R) was convicted of embezzling $6,750 from a nonprofit cycling club. (1995)[629]
629West Virginia
630Governor of West Virginia Arch A. Moore Jr (R) guilty of mail fraud, tax fraud, extortion and obstruction of justice, (1990).[630]
631District of Columbia
632Mayor of the District of Columbia Marion Barry (D) caught on videotape using drugs in an FBI sting (1990)[631]
6331980–1989
634Alaska
635State Senator Paul Fischer (R), pled guilty to misuse of state funds and taking illegal campaign contributions from an oil-field construction company. (1989)[554][632]
636State Senator George Hohman (D) State Senator, bribed to obtain a water-bomber aircraft for the state. Sentenced to 3 years and fined $30,000. (1982)[633][634]
637Arizona
638Governor of Arizona Evan Mecham (R) was found guilty of obstruction of justice and misuse of government funds. (1988)[635]
639Arkansas
640State Representative Preston Bynum (R) convicted of bribery. (1980)[636][637]
641California
642Chief Administrative Officer of San Francisco Roger Boas (D) convicted of rape. (1988)[638][639]
643Florida
644State Representative Don Gaffney (D) convicted of extortion. (1989)[640]
645Hawaii
646State Representative Clifford Uwaine (D) convicted of conspiracy. (1982)[641]
647Illinois
648Governor of Illinois Dan Walker (D) was convicted of improprieties stemming from loans from a Savings and Loan. He served 18 months in prison. (1987)[642][642]
649State Senator Edward Nedza (D) convicted of fraud. (1987)[643][644]
650Attorney General of Illinois William J. Scott (R) was convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to a year in prison. (1980)[645]
651Local
652Alderman of Chicago Marian Humes (D) convicted of bribery. (1989)[381]
653Alderman of Chicago Perry Hutchinson (D) convicted of bribery. (1988)[381]
654Alderman of Chicago Chester Kuta (D) convicted of bribery. (1987)[381]
655Alderman of Chicago Wallace David Jr (D) convicted of bribery. (1987)[381]
656Alderman of Chicago Clifford Kelley (D) convicted of corruption. (1987)[381]
657Alderman of Chicago Louis Farina (D) convicted of extortion. (1983)[381]
658Alderman of Chicago Tyrone Kenner (D) convicted of bribery. (1983)[381]
659Alderman of Chicago William Carothers (D) convicted of extortion. (1983)[381]
660Alderman of Chicago Stanley Zydlo (D) convicted of extortion. (1980)[381]
661Louisiana
662President of the Louisiana State Senate Michael Hanley O'Keefe, Sr. (D) jailed for mail fraud. (1983)[646] In February 1983, he was convicted of mail fraud and two counts of obstruction of justice.[647]
663State Agriculture Commissioner Gil Dozier (D) was convicted of extortion and racketeering and jury tampering. (1982)[648]
664State Senator Gaston Gerald (D) convicted of bribery. (1981)[648]
665Maine
666State Representative Donald F. Sproul (R) was sentenced to 10 days in prison for ballot tampering.[649]
667Massachusetts
668Transportation Secretary Barry Locke (D) was convicted of conspiring to take payoffs as part of a kickback scheme at the MBTA. (1982)[650]
669Michigan
670State Senator Jerry C. Diggs (D) accepting bribes to kill taxes on race track revenue; He was tried, convicted, and sentenced (1983)[651]
671Nebraska
672Attorney General Paul L. Douglas (R) was convicted of perjury and resigned. (1984)[652][653]
673State Senator James Pappas (R) from North Platte was charged with circulating a petition in a county in which he was not qualified and lying about it. He was found guilty, fined and placed on probation for 2 years. (1986)[654][655]
674New Hampshire
675State Representative Vincent Palumbo (R) pled guilty to bank fraud and tax evasion. He was sentenced to more than a year (1989)[656][657][658]
676New Jersey
677Local
678Mayor of Newark Kenneth A. Gibson (D) was convicted of bribery and for stealing funds from a school construction. (1986)[659]
679President of the Philadelphia City Council George X. Schwartz (D) was convicted of taking bribes. (1985)[659]
680Member of the Philadelphia City Council Harry Jannotti (D) was convicted of taking bribes. (1985)[659]
681Member of the Philadelphia City Council Louis Johanson (D) was convicted of taking bribes. (1985)[659]
682New York
683State Senator Richard E. Schermerhorn (R) was convicted of income-tax evasion, obstruction of justice and filing a false statement. Sentenced to 18 months in prison. (1989)[660]
684State Senator William C. Brennan (D) convicted of bribery. (1984)[661][662]
685State Senator Joseph R. Pisani (R) was convicted of multiple counts of fraud and tax evasion, most of which were overturned on appeal. The Appeals Court upheld one conviction for taking money from an escrow account from his client. (1983)[663] In 1986, Pisani pleaded guilty to other charges of tax evasion, and was sentenced to one year in prison.[664]
686Oregon
687State Senator Bill Olson (R) plead guilty to second-degree sex abuse with a 13-year-old female. (1988)[665][666]
688Pennsylvania
689Pennsylvania Auditor General Al Benedict (D) convicted of racketeering. (1988)[667]
690State Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer (R) was convicted of bribery. (1987)[668][669]
691Tennessee
692FBI investigation Operation Rocky Top concerned the illegal sale of charity bingo licenses which resulted in over 50 convictions.[670] Two targets of the investigation committed suicide: Tennessee Secretary of State Gentry Crowell (D) (in December 1989, just before he was scheduled to testify for a third time before a federal grand jury) and long-time State Representative Ted Ray Miller (D) (after being charged with bribery). (1986)
693Governor Leonard Ray Blanton (D) was convicted of mail fraud, conspiracy and extortion for selling liquor licenses. (1982) He served 22 months in a federal penitentiary.[671]
694State Representative Emmitt Ford (D) was convicted of fraud. (1981)[672]
695State Representative Tommy Burnett (D) jailed for 10 months for tax evasion. (1983)[673]
696State Representative Robert J. Fisher (R), was convicted of soliciting a $1,000 bribe from Carter County Sheriff George Papantoniou to kill a state bill the sheriff opposed. Fisher was given a $500 fine and a 30-day suspended sentence and was expelled from the State Senate by a vote of 92–1 (1980)[674][675]
697Texas
698State Representative Mike Martin (R) from Longview, hired his cousin to shoot him as a publicity stunt. He pleaded guilty to perjury and paid a $2,000 fine on the condition that he also resign. (1982)[676]
699Vermont
700Local
701Assistant Judge Jane Wheel of Chittenden County was convicted of three counts of falsifying court records so she could claim pay for days she had not actually worked. She was sentenced to one to three years in prison on each count, with all but 45 days suspended, plus 1,500 hours of community service.(1987)[677][677] Wheel's investigation was part of a larger investigation into possible corruption among members of the Vermont Supreme Court.[677] (1988) (See also Vermont vs Hunt (1982).)
702Washington
703State Senator Gordon Walgren (D) convicted of violating the Travel Act during the investigation called GAMSCAM. (1980)[678][679]
704State Representative John A. Bagnariol (D) was convicted of racketeering charges during the investigation called GAMSCAM. (1980[680]
705Wisconsin
706State Senator Richard Shoemaker (D) convicted of receiving illegal money. (1988)[532]
707State Assemblyman Walter L. Ward, Jr. (D) convicted of sexual assault. (1980)[532]
708West Virginia
709State Senator Dan R. Tonkovich (D) pleaded guilty to extorting $5,000 from gambling interests. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison. (1989)[681][682]
710State Senate Larry Tucker (D) extorted $10,000 from a lobbyist, resigned and pleaded guilty. (1989)[683][684]
7111970–1979
712Alabama
713State Treasurer Melba Till Allen (D) was convicted of using her office to obtain bank loans to build a theme park and of failing to make full disclosure of her personal finances. She was sentenced to six years in jail and three-and-a-half years of probation. (1978)[685]
714Arkansas
715State Senator Guy H. Jones (D) convicted of tax evasion in 1973, he was expelled from the senate in 1974.[686]
716Illinois
717State Representative Walter C. McAvoy (R) convicted of taking a bribe. (1978)[687]
718The Illinois concrete industry was investigated for bribery and six politicians were found guilty. (1976)[688][689]
719State Rep. Pete Pappas (R), the chief conspirator who turned government informant and pleaded guilty; got probation.
720State Rep. Louis F, Capuzi (R) – (Chicago) guilty
721State Rep, Robert Craig (D), guilty, 3-year sentence, $5,000 fine.
722State Sen. Kenneth W. Course (D), guilty, 3-year sentence, $5,000 fine.
723State Rep. Frank P. (Pat) North (R), guilty, 3-year sentence, $5,000 fine.
724State Sen. Jack E. Walker (R), guilty, 3-year sentence, $5,000 fine.
725State Sen. Donald D. Carpentier (R), guilty, 3-year sentence, $5,000 fine.
726State Representative John Wall (R) was convicted of conspiracy to extort money from employees of Crown Personnel, Inc., connected with the labor department's program to find jobs for Vietnam veterans through private employment agencies. (1971)[690][691][692]
727Governor Otto Kerner, Jr. (D) After serving two terms, Kerner was appointed to the Seventh District Court when he was convicted on 17 counts of bribery, conspiracy, perjury and related charges.[693] He was sentenced to three years in federal prison.[693] (1973)
728Secretary of State Edward Barrett (D) was convicted of bribery, mail fraud, and income tax evasion. (1973)[687]
729Local
730Alderman of Chicago Edward Scholl (D) convicted of bribery. (1975)[381]
731Alderman of Chicago Donald Swinarski (D) convicted of bribery. (1975)[381]
732Alderman of Chicago Paul Wigoda (D) convicted of bribery. (1974)[381]
733Alderman of Chicago Thomas Keane (D) convicted of fraud. (1974)[381]
734Alderman of Chicago Frank Kuta (D) convicted of bribery. (1974)[381]
735Alderman of Chicago Joseph Potempa (D) convicted of bribery. (1973)[381]
736Alderman of Chicago Casimir Staszcuk (D) convicted of bribery. (1973)[381]
737Alderman of Chicago Joseph Jambrone (D) convicted of bribery. (1973)[381]
738Alderman of Chicago Fred Hubbard (D) convicted of embezzlement. (1972)[381]
739Louisiana
740Attorney General Jack P. F. Gremillion (D) was sentenced to three years in prison for perjury for covering up his dealings with a failed savings and loan. (1972)[694][695]
741Maryland
742State Representative George Santoni (D) was convicted of extortion and served 43 months in prison. (1977)[696][697]
743Governor Marvin Mandel (D) was convicted of mail fraud and racketeering. (1977) He served nineteen months of his sentence in a federal prison before being pardoned by President Ronald Reagan. On November 12, 1987, Judge Frederic N. Smalkin overturned Mandel's conviction.[698]
744Anne Arundel County Executive Joseph Alton Jr. (R) pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit extortion. He served seven months of an eighteen-month sentence in Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex. (1974)[699]
745Massachusetts
746State Senator George Rogers (D) was convicted of conspiracy to steal and bribe. He was sentenced to two years in prison and fined $5,000. (1978)[700]
747State Senators Joseph DiCarlo (D) and Ronald MacKenzie (R) were convicted of violating the Hobbs Act, which forbids extortion by public officials, and the Travel Act, which forbids crossing state lines for the purpose of extortion. They were sentenced to one year in prison and fined $5,000. (1977)[701][702][703][704]
748State Representative David J. O'Connor (D) was convicted of willful failure to file Federal income tax returns. He was sentenced five months in jail and fined $10,000. (1970)[705][706][707]
749Michigan
750State Representative Monte Geralds (D) was expelled from the State House of Representatives, after he was convicted of embezzling $24,000 from a client. (1978)[708][709]
751New Jersey
752State Assemblyman Arnold D'Ambrosa (D) sentenced to nine months in jail after admitting to charges of embezzlement, bribery, perjury and official misconduct. (1976)[710]
753State Senator Jerome M. Epstein (R) was convicted of stealing $4 million worth of oil between 1969 and 1975 while he was in office. He was sentenced to nine years in prison (1975)[711][712][713][714]
754Secretary of the Treasury Joseph H. McCrane Jr. (R) was convicted of four counts of preparing false and fraudulent tax returns to hide political donations (1974)[715]
755State Senator James Turner (R) was convicted on charges of planting drugs in the home of his Democratic opponent, Assemblyman Kenneth Gewertz in an attempt to frame and ruin him. Senator Turner got five years in prison. (1974)[716][717][718]
756Secretary of State Robert J. Burkhardt (D) convicted of accepting $30,000 in bribes to 'fix' a bridge construction contract in 1964. He was given a suspended sentence and three years' probation. (1972)[719]
757Secretary of State Paul J. Sherwin (D)[720] was convicted of trying to fix a $600,000 state highway contract for a contractor who then kicked back $10,000 to Republican fund-raisers (1971)[721][722]
758State Assemblyman Peter Moraites (R) pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of fraud and was given a 16-month sentence. (1970)[723][724][725]
759Local
760Mayor of Jersey City, Thomas J. Whelan (D) was indicted as a member of the "Hudson County Eight," and convicted of conspiracy and extortion concerning kickbacks for city and county contracts. (1971)[726]
761Mayor of Jersey City, John V. Kenny (D) In 1971, he was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and convicted, along with the then-mayor Thomas J. Whelan and former City Council president Thomas Flaherty, in federal court of conspiracy and extortion in a multimillion-dollar political kickback scheme on city and county contracts.[726]
762New York
763State Assemblyman Martin S. Auer (R) was convicted of a kickback scheme with insurance agencies (1979)[727]
764State Senator Lloyd H. Paterson (R) convicted of 20 counts of grand larceny and five counts of falsifying business records, having embezzled more than $68,000 from private estates. He was forced to give up his seat, sentenced to five years' probation and fined $18,500 (1978)[728][729]
765Local
766New York City Councilman Matthew Troy (D) plead guilty to a federal charge of filing a 1972 income tax return that failed to include $37,000 stolen from clients of his law practice (1976)[730]
767Oklahoma
768Governor David Hall (D), was convicted of extortion and conspiracy and served 19 months of a three-year sentence. (1975)[731]
769Pennsylvania
770State Senator William E. Duffield (D) was sentenced to 6 months in prison for 11 counts of mail fraud. (1975)[732]
771State Senator Henry Cianfrani (D) convicted on federal charges of racketeering and mail fraud, Cianfrani was sentenced to five years in federal prison. After serving for twenty-seven months, he was released in 1980.[733]
772Local
773Mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania John H. Nacrelli convicted of federal bribery and racketeering. (1979)[734]
774Tennessee
775Governor of Tennessee Ray Blanton (D) convicted of wire fraud and sentenced to 22 months. (1979)[735]
776Wisconsin
777State Representative James Lewis (R) attempted to persuade scientist Myron Muckerheide to create a laser gun "designed to blind people", and to sell it to Guatemalan Colonel Federico Fuentes. Lewis pleaded guilty to perjury for lying to a federal grand jury investigating the scheme and was removed from office. (1979)[736]
778State Senator James Devitt (R) was found guilty of giving felony false testimony by attempting to conceal a campaign contribution. He was also removed from office. (1974)[737]
779West Virginia
780Governor of West Virginia Wally Barron (D) was convicted of jury tampering. (1971)[738]
7811960–1969
782Alabama
783Attorney General of Alabama Richmond Flowers, Sr. (D) In 1969, Flowers was sentenced to eight years in prison for conspiring to extort payments from companies.[739][740]
784California
785Local
786Mayor of Oakland John C. Houlihan (R) was sent to prison for more than two years after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $100,000 from an estate he was handling as an attorney (1966)[741][742]
787Maryland
788State Delegate A. Gordon Boone (D) served 13 months in federal prison after his conviction on charges of mail fraud in connection with the state's savings and loan scandal. (1967)[743]
789Michigan
790Local
791Mayor of Detroit Louis Miriani (R) convicted of tax evasion. (1969)[744]
792New Jersey
793State Senator Jerome Epstein (R) was found guilty and sentenced to 9 years for stealing $4KK of fuel oil. (1968)[711][714]
794New York
795State Assemblyman Hyman E. Mintz (R) was convicted of bribery and perjury charges for trying to get insider information on a grand jury probe of the Finger Lakes Race Track. Mintz was sentenced to one year in prison. (1965)[745][746][747]
796State Assemblyman Stanley J. Bauer (R) pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion and was fined $5,000. (1962)[748]
797Oklahoma
798Associate Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court N.S. Corn (D) accepted bribes of $150K delivered in $100 bills in an armored car and was sentenced to 18 months in prison (1964)[749][750]
7991950–1959
800Illinois
801State Auditor Orville Hodge (R) embezzled more than $6 million and was indicted on 54 counts including conspiracy, forgery and embezzling. He was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison.[751][752] (1956)
802Maine
803State Senator Earle Albee (R), was found guilty of accepting money under false pretenses for working to have a drunk driving charge dismissed. He was sentenced to prison and an appeal was dismissed (1957).[753][754]
804Texas
805Texas Land Commissioner Bascom Giles (D) convicted of fraud and bribery and served three years of a six-year prison term.[755]
8061940–1949
807Massachusetts
808Local
809Mayor of Lowell George T. Ashe (D) was convicted by a jury on charges of conspiracy involving city purchases. (1942)[756] He was sentenced to a year in prison.[757]
810Sheriff of Suffolk County John F. Dowd (D) pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and soliciting and accepting gratuities. He was sentenced to two concurrent sentences of six to eight years in prison (1941).[758]
811Marlborough, Massachusetts city solicitor John J. Ginnetti pled guilty to bribery for selling two jobs in the Marlborough Fire Department. Mayor Louis Ingalls, who was indicted alongside Ginnetti, committed suicide before the trial began. Ginnetti was sentenced to six months in jail and resigned from the bar (1940).[759]
812Michigan
813State Representative Carl F. DeLano (R) was convicted of accepting bribes from naturopathic physicians, sentenced to three to five years in prison (1945)[760][761][762]
814State Senator William C. Birk (R) was convicted of accepting a bribe and sentenced to four years in prison. (1945)[763]
815State Senator Jerry T. Logie (R) was tried, convicted, and sentenced to 3–5 years in prison for bribery. (1944)[764]
816State Representative William Green (R) indicted on bribery charges, tried in 1945 and convicted; sentenced to three to five years in prison (1945)[765][766]
817State Representative Warren Green Hooper (R) pleaded guilty to taking bribes and was given immunity from prosecution in return for turning state's evidence. Four days later he was shot and killed (1945).[767][761]
818New Jersey
819Local
820Atlantic County Treasurer Enoch L. Johnson "Nucky" (R) was involved in racketeering, gambling, prostitution and bootlegging. He was arrested for failure to file income taxes. He was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years. (1941)[768][769]
821New York
822Assemblyman Lawrence J. Murray, Jr. (D) was charged with embezzling over some time a total amount of $49,102 from the accounts of a mentally incompetent client which he subsequently lost betting on horses. On April 4, 1940, he was convicted of theft,[770] and the next day sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison.[771]
8231930–1939
824Connecticut
825State Senator Nathan Spiro (R), pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe and was fined $1,500 (1938)[772][773]
826Louisiana
827Governor Richard W. Leche (D) sentenced to 10 years in prison for fraud. (1939)[774]
828Michigan
829State Representative Miles M. Callaghan (R) resigned his seat after pleading guilty to charges of legislative graft and conspiracy. (1939)[775]
830Pennsylvania
831State Senator John J. McClure (R) was convicted of vice and rum running but was overturned on appeal.[776]
8321920–1929
833Indiana
834Governor of Indiana Warren McCray (R) convicted of mail fraud and served 3 years. (1924)[777][778][779]
835Local
836Mayor of Indianapolis John Duvall (R) was convicted of bribery and jailed. (1928)[780]
837Mayor of Indianapolis Claude E. Negley (R) pled guilty to accepting bribes, fined(1927)[781]
838Massachusetts
839State Representative C. F. Nelson Pratt (R) was found guilty of simple assault after being charged with attempted felonious assault. He was fined $100. (1928)[782][783]
840Oklahoma
841Wisconsin
842State Assemblyman Clark M. Perry (R) pleaded guilty to a charge of liquor conspiracy and was sentenced to 3 years in prison. (1926)[784][785][786]
8431910–1919
844Arkansas
845State Senator Samuel C. Sims (D) was paid a bribe of $900 about legislation to regulate trading stamps and coupons. He was arrested, charged with bribery and convicted, and then expelled from the Senate. (1917)[787]
846State Senator Ivison C. Burgess (R) introduced legislation to regulate trading stamps and coupons and then accepted a bribe of $2,000 from trading-stamp interests. Guilty of bribery, then expelled from the Senate. (1917)[788]
847California
848State Senator Marshall Black, (R) was convicted for embezzlement of funds (1918)[789][790]
849Illinois
850Local
851Mayor of Rock Island, Harry M. Schriver (R) was convicted of vice protection and conspiracy.(1923)[791][792][793]-
852Massachusetts
853Lawrence, Massachusetts Mayor William P. White (R) was found guilty of bribery (1910).[794]
854State Representative Harry C. Foster (R) was found guilty of conduct unbecoming a representative for collecting money for pending legislation(1916)[795][796]
855Local
856New Hampshire
857State Representative Clifford L. Snow (R) found guilty of selling his votes to other legislators(1913)[797]
858Oklahoma
859State Insurance Commissioner Perry A. Ballard (D) was found guilty of moral turpitude and corruption. (1913)[798]
860Pennsylvania
861Auditor General of Pennsylvania William Preston Snyder (R) was convicted of conspiracy to defraud and was given a sentence of two years in jail. (1909)[799][800]
862State Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings James M. Shumaker (R) was convicted of conspiracy to defraud. Sentenced to two years in prison. (1908)[801][802]
863Wisconsin
864State Assemblyman Edmund J. Labuwi (R) was convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses. (1916)[803][804][805]
8651900–1909
866Kentucky
867State Auditor Henry Eckert Youtsey (R) State Auditor, was found guilty of conspiracy in the assassination of Governor William J. Goebel (D) and was sentenced to life in prison (1900)[806]
868Secretary of State Caleb Powers (R) was convicted as an accessory to the assassination of Democratic Governor William J. Goebel. Powers served eight years in jail. (1900) He was pardoned in 1908.[807][766][808][809]
869Massachusetts
870Local
871Boston Alderman George H. Battis (R) was convicted of larceny for overcharging the city of Boston $334.25 for trophies he purchased for the East Boston's Fourth of July celebrations in 1906 and 1907.[810] He received a three-year sentence, but was pardoned by Governor Eben Sumner Draper and the Massachusetts Governor's Council after a year-and-a-half (1909).[811]
872Michigan
873State Representative D. Judson Hammond (R) from Oakland County, convicted of soliciting a bribe of $500 to defeat a bill opposed by wholesale grocers; sentenced to two years in prison. (1903)[812][813]
874State Treasurer Frank Porter Glazier (R) convicted of embezzlement; served two years in prison (1908)[814][815]
875Missouri
876State Senator William P. Sullivan (R) convicted of accepting a bribe concerning his vote on the "pure food law" and fined $100. (1905)[816][817]
877New York
878State Assemblyman Max Eckmann (R) found guilty of conspiracy to manufacture false voting petitions, fined $500 (1906)[818][819]
879Pennsylvania
880Treasurer of Pennsylvania, William L. Mathues (R)[820] Mathues was convicted in connection to the Pennsylvania State Capitol graft scandal and sentenced to two years in prison. He died before incarceration. (1908)[821]
8811890–1899
882Maryland
883State Treasurer Stevenson Archer (D) was found guilty of embezzling $132,000 and sentenced to 5 years. (1890)[822]
884Missouri
885State Treasurer Edward T. Noland (D), following reports of his drunkenness and gambling, an investigation found a shortage in state funds of about $32,000. He was suspended from office and resigned. He was then arrested, charged with embezzlement, tried, convicted and sentenced to two years in prison.(1890)[823][824]
8861880–1889
887Kentucky
888State Treasurer James "Honest Dick" Tate (D) was convicted of fraud and theft. (1888)[825]
889Louisiana
890State Treasurer Edward A. Burke (D) was convicted of fraud and theft. (1888)[826]
8911870–1879
892Mississippi
893Lieutenant Governor Alexander K. Davis (R) was found guilty of accepting a bribe for aid in obtaining a pardon (1876)[827][828][829]
894Nebraska
895Governor David C. Butler (R) was found guilty of using $16,000 from the sale of public lands for his own private use. He was then impeached and removed from office (1871)[830][831]
896North Carolina
897Governor William Woods Holden (R) was convicted of "unlawful” arrests and recruitment of troops to quell the activities of the Ku Klux Klan in what became known as the Kirk-Holden war. Impeached, found guilty and removed from office.(1870)[446][832][833][834][835]
898South Carolina
899State Treasurer Francis Lewis Cardozo (R) was convicted of fraud, and spent seven months in prison.(1876)