List of American state and local politicians convicted of crimes

This list includes American politicians at the state and local levels who have been convicted of crimes they committed in office. Not everyone who works in government is a politician save those who meet the requirements of Notability in the English Wikipedia. Private citizens, businessmen and family should not be included, unless they relate to the crime as co-defendants.

The list does not include scandals, accusations, arrests or indictments that have not led lead to convictions. At the bottom of the article are links to related articles which deal with politicians who are involved in scandals (political and sex), as well as differentiating among federal, state and local convictions. Also excluded are crimes which occur outside the politician's tenure in office unless they specifically stem from acts during his time of service.

Entries are arranged by date, from most current to less recent, and by state.

2010–2016

Alabama

• Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives Mike Hubbard (R) was convicted on 12 of 23 felony charges. (2016)^[1]
• State Representative Cam Ward (R) was arrested and pleaded guilty to DUI. (2015)^[2]
• State 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)^[3]
• State Representative Terry Spicer (D) pleaded guilty to accepting more than $3000 per month in bribes. (2011)^[4]

Arizona

• State Representative Richard Miranda (D) pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion.^[5] (2012)
• State Representative Ben Arredondo (D) was charged with bribery, fraud and extortion. He was sentenced to 18 months of house arrest. (2012)^[6][7]
• State Senator Scott Bundgaard (R) agreed to participate in domestic violence classes for six months after assaulting his girlfriend. (2011)^[8]
• State Representative David Burnell Smith (R), was found guilty of violating state campaign laws and was removed from office.(2006)^[9][10]

Local

• Nogales Mayor Octavio Garcia Von Borstel (D), was arrested on fraud, theft and money laundering charges. He was ultimately convicted of bribery charges and received a three and a half year prison term. He was sentenced to seven years probation on the fraud charges. (2014)^[11][12]

Arkansas

• State Representative Steven B. Jones (D) convicted of bribery. (2015)^[13]
• State Senator Paul Bookout (D) pleaded guilty to mail fraud. (2014)^[14]
• State Treasurer Martha Shoffner (D) convicted on the charges of extortion and bribery and sentenced to 30 months. (2014)^[15]
• State Representative Hudson Hallum (D) pleaded guilty to voter bribing. (2012)^[16]

California

• State Senator Ron Calderon (D) brother of Tom was convicted of money laundering. (2016)^[17]
• State Assemblyman Tom Calderon (D) brother of Ron was convicted of money laundering. (2016)^[18]
• State Senator Leland Yee (D) charged with bribery, public corruption and gun trafficking.(2014)^[19][20]
• State 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)^[21]
• State Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi (D) She 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.^[22][23] She was sentenced to $180 fine and three years probation and was ordered to stay more than 50 feet from the store. (2011)

Local

• Mayor 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)^[24]

Colorado

• State 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)^[25][26][27]
• State 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)^[28][29]

Connecticut

• State Representative Victor Cuevas (D) convicted of bank fraud. (2016)^[30]
• State Senator Ernie Newton (D) was sentenced to six months in prison for three counts of illegal practices in campaign financing.^[31] 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)^[32]
• State Senator Thomas Gaffey (D), arrested for larceny.^[33] He resolved the criminal charges by agreeing to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, resign his state senate seat effective January 5, 2011, and serve 100 hours of community service. (2011)

Local

• Mayor 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)^[34]

Florida

Local

• Port St. Lucie Mayor Patricia Christensen (D) was convicted of theft of campaign funds. In a guilty plea agreement, she was sentenced to probation. (2011)^[35]
• North Miami Mayor Lucie Tondreau (D) was convicted in December, 2014 on felony charges of participating in an $11 million mortgage fraud scheme. She faces up to 30 years in prison for conspiracy and wire fraud convictions. Her sentencing is scheduled for March 20, 2015.^[36]

Georgia

• State Senator Charles Walker (D), was convicted of 127 felony charges related to various schemes. Walker paid $698,047 in restitution and another $200,000 in fines and court fees. (2013)^[37]

Local

• Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Lasseter (R) resigned and pleaded guilty to bribery. (2012)^[38]

Hawaii

Local

• Honolulu City Councillor Rod Tam (D) jailed for theft.^[39][40]

Idaho

• State 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.^[41] McGee pled quilty to DUI and was sentenced to 180 days, serving 5 in jail, plus community service, 175 days probation, plus fines and restitution. (2011)^[42]

Illinois

• State Representative Keith Farnham (D) convicted of distributing child pornography. (2014)^[43]
• State Representative Derrick Smith (D) was arrested and convicted of accepting a $7000 bribe. (2014)^[44]
• State Representative La Shawn K. Ford (D) pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour tax charge. (2014)^[45][46][47]
• State Representative Constance A. Howard (D) convicted of mail fraud. (2013)^[48][49]

Local

• East Chicago City Councillor Robert Battle (D) convicted of murder. (2015)^[50]
• Alderman of Chicago, William Beavers (D) convicted of tax fraud. (2013)^[51]
• Alderman of Chicago, Sandi Jackson (D) pleaded guilty to one count of filing false tax returns. (2013)^[52]
• Comptroller and Treasurer of Dixon, Rita Crundwell (D)^[53] was sentenced to 19 years and 7 months in prison for fraud. (2013)^[54]
• Alderman of Chicago, Isaac Carothers (D) convicted of corruption. (2010)^[55]

Indiana

• Secretary of State Charlie White (R) was convicted of 6 of 7 felony charges including perjury, theft and voter fraud. (2012)^[56]

Local

• Mayor 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)^[57]

Iowa

• State Senator Kent Sorenson (R) pleaded guilty to one count of falsely reporting expenditures and one count of obstruction of justice. (2013)^[58]

Kansas

• State 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)^[59]
• State Representative Phil Hermanson (R) pled guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of prescription drugs. After he was found guilty he resigned his position as Inspector General of KanCare after ongoing investigations of lack of experience and bankruptcy. (2009)^[60][61]

Local

• District Judge Timothy Henderson (R) was suspended for “repeated inappropriate and offensive remarks” to female staff members and female prosecutors” and was suspended for 90 days without pay(2015)^[62][63]

Kentucky

• State Representative Keith Hall (D) was convicted of bribery and sentenced to 7 years in prison. (2016)^[64]
• Commissioner of Agriculture Richie Farmer (R) was convicted of corruption and sentenced to 27 months in prison. (2014)^[65]

Louisiana

• State Representative Girod Jackson, III (D) convicted of tax evasion. (2013)^[66]

Local

• New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin (D) was found guilty on 20 counts of bribery and was sentenced to ten years in federal prison. (2014)^[67]
• Mayor of New Roads Thomas "Tommy" Nelson (D) was convicted of racketeering. (2010)^[67]

Maine

• State Representative David R. Burns (R) pleaded guilty to misdemeanor forgery and theft charges and was sentenced to 6 months. (2012)^[68][69]
• State Representative Frederick Wintle (R), pleaded guilty to a concealed weapons charge (2011).^{[70][71][72][73]}

Maryland

Local

• Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold (R) convicted of misconduct in office. (2013)^[74]
• Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson (D) pleaded guilty to extortion and, witness and evidence tampering.^[75] He was sentenced to seven years and three months in Butner federal prison in North Carolina. He was also fined $100,000. (2011)^[76] (2011)
• Prince George's County Councillor Leslie Johnson (D), was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for political corruption. (2011)^[77]
• Mayor of Baltimore Sheila Dixon (D) was convicted of fraudulent misappropriation and was sentenced to four years of probation. (2010)^[77]

Massachusetts

• State Representative Carlos Henriquez (D) was convicted of two counts assault and battery charges and sentenced to 2.5 years, with six months to be served in the Billerica County House of Correction and the remaining two years to be spent on probation.^[78] (2014)
• State 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.^[79] (2012)
• Speaker 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.^[80] (2011)
• State 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)^[81]

Local

• East Longmeadow Selectman Enrico "Jack" Villamaino (R) pleaded guilty to charges of voter fraud during his state representative campaign in which he admitted to changing 280 party affiliations from Democrat to un-enrolled. He was sentenced to one year in the house of corrections and one year probation. (2012)^[82][83]
• Boston Councillor Chuck Turner (Green Party) was expelled from the Boston City Council on December 1, 2010 following his conviction on federal bribery charges. (2010)^[84]

Michigan

• State Senator Virgil Smith, Jr. (D) was convicted of assault and was sentenced to 10 months in jail and to serve five years of probation where he will not be allowed to hold public office. (2015)^[85]
• Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court Diane Hathaway (D) was sentenced to 366 days in Prison for criminal mortgage fraud. (2013)^[86]

Local

• Mayor 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)^[87]
• Detroit City Council member Monica Conyers (D) pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bribery^[88] and served just over 27 months at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp in West Virginia. (2010)^[89]

Mississippi

• Judge Bobby DeLaughter (D) pleaded guilty of one count of lying to the FBI and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. (2010)^[90]

Missouri

• Governor of Missouri Roger B. Wilson (D), on May 12, 2012, was fined $2,000 by the Missouri Ethics Commission.^[91] In July he was sentenced to two years of probation on the money laundering charge.^[92] (2012)
• Speaker 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)^[93][94]

Montana

• State Senator Art Wittich (R) was found guilty of campaign violations by coordinating with and taking illegal corporate contributions from, the Western Tradition Partnership. (2014)^[95][96]
• State Representative Tony Belcourt (D) was convicted of four federal corruption charges involving projects on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation. He was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison. (2014)^[97]
• State Representative Mike Miller (R) was found guilty of accepting unlawful contributions from Western Traditional Partnership and agreed to pay a $4,000 fine and not run for public office for four years. (2010)^[98]
• State Representative Joel Boniek (R) was found guilty of "quid pro quo corruption" in taking $9,060 in contributions from Western Tradition Partnership. (2010)^[99]

Nevada

• State Assemblyman Steven Brooks (D) convicted of making threats to kill. (2013)^[100]

Local

• Clark County Recorder Frances Deane (R), was found guilty of 3 felony counts of theft & misconduct and sentenced to 5 yrs probation (2010)

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New Jersey

• Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Bill Baroni (R) convicted over the Fort Lee lane closure controversy (2016)^[103]
• State Assemblyman Alberto Coutinho (D) convicted of theft and falsifying records. (2013)^[104]
• State Assemblyman Neil M. Cohen (D) jailed for child pornography. (2010)^[104]
• State Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone (D) jailed for filing false campaign finance reports. (2010)^[104]

Local

• Mayor 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)^[105] He was sentenced to nearly five years in prison.^[104]
• Mayor of Hamilton John Bencivengo (R) was sentenced to 38 months in prison for corruption (2013)^[106][107]
• Mayor 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.^[108] sentenced to 6 and a half years for federal corruption. (2011)^[109]

New Hampshire

• State Representative Albert 'Max' Abramson (R) was found guilty in 2012 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)^[110][111]
• State Representative Gary Wheaton (R) after being arrested for speeding and driving on a suspended license for the second time, Wheaton pleaded guilty to recklessly endangerment.(2011) .^[112][113]

New Mexico

• Secretary of State of New Mexico Dianna Duran (R) was convicted of fraud. (2015)^[114]

New York

• Majority Leader of the New York State Senate Dean Skelos (R) convicted of federal corruption charges. (2015)^[115][116]
• Speaker of the New York State Assembly Sheldon Silver (D) convicted of federal corruption. (2015)^[117]
• Deputy Majority Leader of the New York Senate Tom Libous (R) was convicted of lying to FBI. (2015)^[118]
• Minority Leader of the New York State Senate John L. Sampson (D) was convicted of obstructing justice and making false statement. (2015)^[119]
• Majority Leader of the New York 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)^[120]
• State Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa (D) sentenced to a year in jail for entering into a sham marriage in order to gain U.S. citizenship. (2014)^[121]
• State Assemblyman William Boyland, Jr. (D) convicted of bribery (2014)^[122]
• State Assemblyman Eric Stevenson (D) found guilty of bribery, conspiracy and other related charges. (2014)^[123]
• State Assemblyman Nelson Castro (D) convicted of perjury (2013)^[124]
• State Senator Shirley Huntley (D) convicted of mail fraud.^[125] She was sentenced to one year and a day in prison. (2013)^[126][127]
• State Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez (D) fined $330,000 after groping, intimidating and manipulating young female staffers. (2013)^[128]
• Majority Leader of the New York 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. (2012)^[129]
• State 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)^[130][131]
• State Senator Nicholas Spano (R), convicted of federal income tax evasion. Spano pleaded guilty to the single felony. He was sentenced to 12 to 18 months in federal prison. (2012)^[132]
• New 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)^[133]
• State Senator Carl Kruger (D) resigned his seat and pleaded guilty to charges of corruption and bribery. (2011)^[134]
• State 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)^[135]
• State Health Commissioner Antonia Novello (R) pleaded guilty to costing the taxpayers $48,000 by making her staff carry out personal chores for her such as taking her shopping and picking up her dry cleaning. Her plea deal calls for 250 hours of community service at an Albany health clinic, $22,500 in restitution and a $5,000 fine. (2009)^[136][137]

Local

• Mayor of Mount Vernon Ernie Davis (D) was convicted on federal misdemeanor tax evasion. (2014)^[138]
• New York City Council member Dan Halloran (R) convicted of taking bribes and orchestrating payoffs. (2014)
• New 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.^[139] Seabrook was convicted on 9 charges (2012).^[140]
• President of the New York City Council Andrew Stein (D) was convicted of tax evasion regarding a Ponzi scheme (2010).^[141]

North Carolina

• State Representative Deb McManus (D) resigned her State House seat and plead guilty to a tax charge.(2013)^[142][143]
• State Representative Stephen LaRoque (R) convicted on 12 counts including theft, money laundering and filing false tax returns. (2013)^[144][145]
• Governor of North Carolina Mike Easley (D) was convicted of a federal campaign law felony (2010).^[146]

Local

• Mayor of Charlotte Patrick Cannon (D) charged with accepting bribes (2014)^[147]
• Mayor of High Point Bernita Sims (D) convicted of a worthless check charge. (2014)^[147]

Ohio

• State Representative Ron Gerberry (D) found guilty of charge of unlawful compensation of a public official. (2015)
• State Representative Steve Kraus (R) convicted of a fifth-degree felony. (2015)
• State Representative Peter Beck (R) convicted of perjury. (2015)
• State 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 1 year of probation. (2014)^[148]
• State Representative Sandra Williams (D) convicted of filing a false report. (2014)
• State Representative Clayton Luckie (D) convicted of corruption. (2013)
• State Representative W. Carlton Weddington (D) was convicted on bribery charges and sentenced to three years in prison. (2012)^[149]

Oklahoma

• State Representative Rick Brinkley (R) was convicted of fraud. (2015)
• State Senator Debbe Leftwich (D) was found guilty of bribery in connection with the 2010 Oklahoma political corruption investigation. (2013)^[150]
• State 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)^[151]
• President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate Mike Morgan (D) as found guilty of accepting $12,000 in bribes (2012)^[152]

Pennsylvania

• State Representative Leslie Acosta (D) convicted of embezzlement. (2016)^[153]
• Attorney General of Pennsylvania Kathleen Kane (D) was convicted of perjury. (2016)^[154]
• State Representative Louise Bishop (D) was convicted of corruption. (2016)^[155]
• State Representative Michelle Brownlee (D) was convicted of a conflict of interest. (2015)^[156]
• State Representative Harold James (D) was convicted of corruption. (2015)^[157]
• State Representative Ronald Waters (D) was convicted of bribery. (2015)^[157]
• State Representative Cherelle Parker (D) lost her appeal of a drunk driving conviction and began serving her sentence of 3 days in jail, a $1000 fine, and a 1-year license suspension. (2015)^[158]
• Treasurer of Pennsylvania Rob McCord (D) pleaded guilty to two counts of extortion. (2015)^[159][160]
• State Senator LeAnna Washington (D) was convicted of conflict of interest. (2014)^[161]
• Turnpike Commission CEO Joe Brimmeier (D) pleaded guilty to felony conflict of interest charges. (2014)^[117]
• Turnpike Commission Chief Operating Officer George Hatalowich (D) pleaded guilty to felony conflict of interest charges. (2014)^[117]
• Turnpike Commission Chairman Mitchell Rubin (D) was sentenced to 24 months of probation for his plea to commercial bribery. (2014)^[162]
• State Representative Jose Miranda (D) was convicted of fraud. (2013)^[163]
• Pennsylvania 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)^[164]
• State Senator and Republican Majority Whip of the Pennsylvania Senate 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)^[165]
• State Senator and Democratic Minority Floor Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate Bob Mellow (D) pleaded guilty to using Senate staffers for campaigns. (2012)^[166]
• State 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.^[167] He was later convicted on both the DUI and assault charges.^[168] (2012)
• Secretary of Revenue of Pennsylvania Stephen Stetler (D) convicted of using state resources. (2012)^[169]
• State 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)^[170][171]
• State 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)^[172]

Local

• Mayor of the City of Harrisburg Stephen R. Reed (D) was charged with charges on nearly 500 counts of theft, fraud and corruption. (2015)^[173][174]
• Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Michael Lowry (D) was convicted of tax evasion and was sentenced to one and a half years in prison. (2015)^[173][174]
• Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Willie Singletary (D) was convicted of lying to the FBI and sentenced to two years in prison. (2015)^[175]
• Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Thomasine Tynes (D) was convicted of bribery and sentenced to two years in prison. (2014)^[175]
• Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Robert Mulgrew (D) was convicted of fraud and tax evasion and was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. (2014)^[175]

Rhode Island

• Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Gordon Fox (D) 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)^[176]
• State Representative Christopher Maselli (D) convicted of bank fraud. (2010)^[177]

South Carolina

• Speaker 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)^[178]
• State Representative Thad Viers (R) convicted of money laundering, sentenced to 3 years in federal prison. (2015)^[179][180] 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.^{[179][181][182]}
• State Representative Kristopher Crawford (R) was convicted by a jury of four misdemeanor counts of failure to file his taxes. (2012) fined $10,000.^[183]
• Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina Ken Ard (R) resigned his position and pleaded guilty to 7 counts of mis-use of campaign funds. He was sentenced to five years probation, fined $5,000 and required to work 300 hours of community service. (2011)^[184]

Tennessee

• State Representative Joe E. Armstrong (D) convicted of falsifying tax returns. (2016)^[185]
• State Senator Jim Summerville (R) was arrested for stalking and assault. He had already been charged with public intoxication. (2014)^[186]

Texas

• State Representative Ron Reynolds (D) was convicted of barratry and was sentenced to one year in jail. (2015)^[187]
• State Representative Naomi Gonzalez (D) convicted of drunken driving, sentenced to 15 days in jail. (2014)^[188]

Utah

• State Representative Brent Parker (R) pleaded guilty to soliciting sex from a male undercover police officer. (2003)^[189]

Virginia

• State Delegate Joe Morrissey (D) resigned his seat after he was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. (2014)^[190][191]
• Governor of Virginia Bob McDonnell (R) On January 21, 2014, McDonnell and his wife, Maureen were indicted on federal corruption charges. They were convicted of 11 counts of corruption for accepting $165,000 in gifts and loans in exchange for official government favors. He was sentenced to two years in prison, two years of supervision and 6000 hours of community service. (2014)^[192][193]
• State Delegate Phil Hamilton (R) sentenced to 9 1/2 years in prison for federal bribery and extortion.^[194] (2010)

Washington, D.C.

• District of Columbia Councillor Michael Brown (D) was convicted of bribery and sentenced to 39 months. (2013)^[195][196]
• Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia Kwame R. Brown (D) was convicted of bank fraud. (2012)^[197]
• District of Columbia Councillor Harry Thomas, Jr. (D) was convicted of felony counts of theft of government funds and falsifying tax returns. (2012)^[197]

Wisconsin

• State 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)^[198][199]
• State 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)^[200]

Local

• Mayor of Racine Gary Becker (D) was convicted of attempted child seduction, child pornography, and other child sex crimes.^[201] (2010)

2000–2009

Alabama

• State Representative Suzanne L. Schmitz (D) was found guilty on 7 out of 8 counts of federal fraud charges. (2009)^[202][203]
• State Senator Edward McClain (D) was convicted^[204] on 48 counts of money laundering, mail fraud, bribery and conspiracy. (2009)^[205]
• Governor 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)^[206]

Local

• Mayor 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)^[207] He was also fined more than $119,000.^[208]

Alaska

• Alaska 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.^[209] The charges involved bribing Alaska lawmakers who came to be known as the "Corrupt Bastards Club"^[210] to vote in favor of an oil tax law favored by VECO that was the subject of vigorous debate in 2006,^[211] and were part of a larger probe of political corruption in Alaska by federal authorities.
  1. State 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.^[212]
  2. State Representative Pete Kott (R),. Found guilty on three charges of bribery and sentenced to six years in prison and fined $10,000. (2007)^[213]
  3. State 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.^[214]
  4. State Representative Bruce Weyhrauch (R), was sentenced to five years.^[215]
  5. State Senator John Cowdery (R), pleaded guilty to lesser charges on 3/10/09.^[216] Sentenced to six months house arrest and a $25,000 fine.
  6. State Representative Beverly Masek (R), was sentenced to six months on September 23, 2009.

California

Local

• Mayor of Inglewood Roosevelt F. Dorn (D) pleaded guilty on January 25, 2010, to a misdemeanor conflict-of-interest charge, He was placed on probation for two years, was fined $2,000 and was barred from ever holding public office again. (2009)^[217]
• Member 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)^[218]

Connecticut

• Governor of Connecticut John G. Rowland (R) Rowland resigned from office during a corruption investigation, and later pleaded guilty to one-count of deprevation of honest services. (2004)^[219][220] He served ten months in a federal prison followed by four months house arrest, ending in June 2006.^[221]

Local

• Mayor 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.^[222] (2003)

Florida

• State Representative Bob Allen (R) was convicted for trying to perform fellatio on an undercover male police officer.^{[223][224][225][226]} Allen was convicted on November 9, 2007, and sentenced to six months' probation, and was fined $250. (2007)^[227]
• State 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)^[228][229]

Local

• Mayor 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)^[230][231]

Georgia

• State Senator Charles Walker (D) convicted of charges including tax evasion, mail fraud and conspiracy (127 counts, in all),^[232] He was sentenced to 10 years. (2005)^[233]
• Schools Superintendent Linda Schrenko (R) sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzlement of federal education funds. (2004)^[234]
• State Representative Robin Williams (R) was convicted of campaign fraud. (2004)^[235]

Hawaii

• State Representative Galen Fox (R) was convicted of sexual misconduct when he improperly touched a woman flying next to him. (2006)^[236]
• State Representative Nathan Suzuki (D) was found guilty of tax fraud. (2004)^[237]
• State Senator Marshall Ige (D) convicted of corruption. (2002)^[238]

Local

• Honolulu City Councillor Rene Mansho (D) jailed for theft.^[239]

Illinois

• Governor 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.^[240] On August 17, 2010, he was convicted on just one of 24 federal charges.^[241] In a retrial in 2011, he was found guilty on 17 other counts and sentenced to 14 years in prison.^{[242][243][244][245]} (2011)
• Governor of Illinois George H. Ryan (R) was convicted of 18 counts of corruption and sentenced to 6 years and six months. (2006)^[246]
• State Representative Patricia Bailey (D) was convicted of perjury and fraud. (2005)^[247][248]

Local

• Chicago Alderman Arenda Troutman (D) was convicted of bribery. (2005)^[249]

Indiana

• State Representative Dennie Oxley (D) convicted of impersonating a public servant. (2009)^[250]

Louisiana

• State Senator Derrick Shepherd (D), sentenced to 37 months for corruption. (2008)^[251]
• Governor of Louisiana Edwin Edwards (D) convicted of extortion, mail fraud and money laundering. (2000)^[252]
• Insurance Commissioner James H. "Jim" Brown (D) convicted of lying to FBI investigators. (2000)^[253]

Massachusetts

• State 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.^[254][255] (2008)
• State 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)^[256]
• Speaker of the House Thomas Finneran (D) pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of justice and received 18 months probation.^[257](2004)

Maryland

• State Senator Thomas L. Bromwell (D) was sentenced to seven years in prison for racketeering, corruption and fraud to benefit construction company Poole and Kent.^[258] (2007)
• State Delegate Robert A. McKee (R) pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was sentenced to a 37-month term.^[259][260] (2006)

Minnesota

• State Representative Mark D. Olson (R) was convicted of one of two fifth degree domestic assault charges.(2006)^[261]

Missouri

• State 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)^[262]
• State Representative Nathan Cooper (R) convicted on two felony counts of immigration fraud. (2007)^[263][264]

Nebraska

• State Treasurer Lorelee Byrd (R) pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge of misconduct. (2003)^[265]

Nevada

• State 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)^[266]

Local

• Clark county Commissioner Lynette Boggs McDonald (R) pled no contest to filing a false statement and campaign funding irregularities. (2009)^[267][268]

• Clark 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 an FBI investigation called Operation G-Sting (2006)^[269]
• Clark County Commissioner Dario Herrera (D) was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison, fined $15,000 and ordered to forfeit $60,000 in assets as part of an FBI investigation called Operation G-Sting(2006)
• Clark County Commissioner Erin Kenny (D) was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison as part of an FBI investigation called Operation G-Sting (2006)
• Clark County Commissioner Lance Matthew Malone (R) pleaded guilty to violating federal racketeering laws for bribing commissioners as part of an FBI investigation called Operation G-Sting(2006)^[270]

New Jersey

• New 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:
  1. Assemblyman Daniel M. Van Pelt (R) Resigned after indictment for bribery.^[271]
  2. State Senator Wayne R. Bryant (D) was covicted of bribery. (2007)^[272]
  3. State Senator Joseph Coniglio (D) indicted for abusing state grants, mail fraud and extortion. (2008)^[273]
  4. State 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.^[274]
• State Senator John A. Lynch, Jr. (D) convicted of mail fraud and tax evasion. (2006)
• Assemblyman Anthony Impreveduto (D) convicted of corruption. (2004)

Local

• New Jersey Operation Bid Rig:
  1. Mayor of Hoboken Peter Cammarano (D) was convicted of corruption. (2009)
  2. Mayor of Secaucus Dennis Elwell (D) was convicted of corruption. (2009)
  3. Commissioner and Chairwoman of the Jersey City Housing Authority Lori Serrano (D) was convicted of corruption. (2009)
• Mayor of Passaic Samuel Rivera (D) convicted of bribery. (2008)^[195] Rivera was sentenced to 21 months in prison.^[275]
• Mayor of Guttenberg David Delle Donna (D) and his wife both received lengthy sentences for corruption.^[276] (2007)
• County Executive of Hudson County Robert C. Janiszewski (D) was convicted of bribery. (2005)
• Chief 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)^[277]
• Mayor of Camden Milton Milan (D) was convicted of corruption. (2000)^[278]

New Mexico

• State Senator Manny Aragon (D) was found guilty of three counts of conspiracy to defraud 4.4 million from the State of New Mexico. (2009)^[279]
• State Treasurer Robert Virgil (D) was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 37 months in prison and fined $97,000. (2007)^[280]
• State Treasurer Michael Montoya (D) was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 40 months in prison and a $40,000 fine. (2007)^[280]

New York

• State 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)^[281][282]
• Supreme 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)^[283][284]
• State 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)^[285]
• Majority Leader of the New York State Senate Joseph Bruno (R) was convicted on two counts of wire fraud. (2009)^[286]
• State Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin (D) was arrested in 2008 and sentenced to ten years in prison for racketeering.(2009)^[287]
• State 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)^{[288][289][290]}
• State Senator Diane Gordon (D) was convicted of receiving bribes. (2008)^[291]
• State 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)^{[292][293][294]}
• State Assemblyman Clarence Norman Jr. (D) was sentenced to 9 years in jail for falsifying records. (2005)^[291]
• State Assemblywoman Gloria Davis (D) was sentenced to 90 days in jail and five years probation for bribery. (2003)^[295]
• State 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.^[296] He ultimately pleaded guilty to one count and received a year in jail.^[297] He served 182 days. (2002)

Local

• New York City Councillor Miguel Martinez (D) pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy two days later. Martinez admitted to stealing $106,000 that was for children's art programs and low-income housing.^[298] Martinez was convicted on three felonies, and was sentenced to five years in prison. (2009)^[299]

North Carolina

• State Representative James B. Black (D) pleaded guilty to a federal charge of public corruption and was sentenced to five years in prison.(2007)^[300]
• State Representative Paul Miller (D), was sentenced to a year's probation and fined $1,000 for fraud. (2006)^{[301][301][302]}
• Commissioner of Agriculture Meg Scott Phipps (D) pleaded guilty to campaign finance charges and served three years in prison.(2003)^[303]
• State 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)^{[301][301][302]}

Local

• Cabarrus County Commissioner Coy C. Privette, (R) pled guilty to aiding and abetting prostitution.(2007)^[304]

Northern Marianas Islands

• Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands Timothy Villagomez (CP) was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for misuse of government funds. (2009)^[305]
• Northern Marianas Islands Commerce Secretary James A. Santos (R) was sentenced to 87 months in prison for misuse of government funds.(2009)^[306][307]

Oklahoma

• State Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan (D) convicted of accepting bribes.^[308] (2008)
• Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher (D) convicted for corruption and sentenced to 14months. (2006)
• State 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)^[309]

Ohio

• Governor of Ohio Bob Taft (R) pleads no contest and is convicted on four misdemeanor ethics violations. He was fined $4000 and ordered to apologize to the people of Ohio. (2005)^[310]

Oregon

• State Representative Dan Doyle (R) resigned from office and was sentenced to 15 months in jail for finance violations. (2005)^{[311][312][313][314]}

Pennsylvania

• State 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)^[315]
• Secretary of Revenue of Pennsylvania Stephen Stetler (D) sentenced to 1.5–5 years in prison, fined $35,000, order to pay $466,621 restitution for multiple corruption convictions. (2009)^[316]
• President 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)^[317]
• Senior Judge Michael Conahan (D) sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison for his involvement in the Kids for cash scandal. (2009)^[318]
• State Representative Milton Street (D) convicted of tax evasion and was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison. (2008)^[319] Street appealed, but his conviction was affirmed by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.^[320]
• State 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)^[321]
• State Representative & Democratic Whip of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Mike Veon (D), convicted of mis-using state funds and sentenced to 6–14 years in jail. (2007)^[322]
• State 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.^[323] (2007)
• State Representative Jeffrey Habay (R) was convicted of 21 counts of harassment, solicitation for perjury and intimidation. (2007) .^{[324][325][326][327]}
• State 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)^{[328][329][330][331][332]}
• State Representative Thomas W. Druce (R) was convicted in 2000 of a 1999 hit and run that killed a man. (2000)^[333][334]
• State 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 Millenia. She was sentenced to five years in federal prison and assessed a $5,000 fine. (2001)^[335]
• State 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.^[336] (2000)
• State 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.^[337] (2000)
• State Representative Jeffrey Habay (R) was found guilty on December 12, 2005 of conflict of interest.^[338][339] he resigned and was sentenced to 6 to 12 months of prison followed by four years of probation.^[340]
• State 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.^[341][342] He resigned his senate seat on December 31, 2000,^[343] and was later released from federal prison at Fort Dix, New Jersey, after serving 6 months.^[344](2000)

Puerto Rico

• Speaker 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)^[345]
  1. Victor Fajardo, Education Secretary under former Progressive Party Gov. Pedro Rosselló, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on federal charges of shaking down Education Department contractors in a $4.3 million kick-back scheme. Prosecutors said that $1 million of the $4.3 million went to Progressive Party campaign coffers.(2003)
  2. Jose Omar Cruz-Mercado was the Associate Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) 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.^[346]
  3. María de los Angeles Angie Rivera Rangel, an aide to Rosselló, for receiving $125,000 from contractors for setting up meetings with government Cabinet members.
  4. Deputy Secretary of State Angel Ocasio Ramos received 18 months in prison for making illegal payments to Rangel in exchange for government contracts.^[347]
• Puerto 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)^[348]

Rhode Island

• State Representative and House Majority Leader Gerard M. Martineau (D) was given 37 months in prison for influence peddling in Operation Dollar Bill. (2008)^[349]
• State 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)^[350][351]
• State Representative Leo Medina (D) was found guilty of unlawful appropriation of funds and sentenced to three years in prison for stealing a life insurance settlement from its rightful recipient.(2012)^[352]

Local

• Mayor 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.^[353]

South Carolina

• State Treasurer Thomas Ravenel (R) convicted on cocaine charges. (2007)^[354]
• State Senator Charles Tyrone ``Ty'' Courtney (R) was convicted of bank fraud, mail fraud and making false statements on a loan application.(2000)^[355][356]

South Dakota

• State 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)^[357]

Tennessee

• Operation Tennessee Waltz: an FBI sting operation between 2003 and 2007 in which a number of state and local representatives were arrested including;^[358]
  1. State Senator John Ford (D) Sentenced to 66 months for bribery.
  2. State Senator Kathryn Bowers (D) pleaded guilty to one count of bribery.
  3. State Senator Ward Crutchfield (D) pleaded guilty to one count of bribery.^[359]
  4. State Representative Chris Newton (R) Sentenced to one year for bribery.

West Virginia

• State 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.^[360]

Wisconsin

• State Assemblyman Scott Jensen (R) convicted of misuse of public workers. (2006)^[361]
• State Assemblyman Steven Foti (R) convicted of ethics violations. (2006)^[361]
• State Senator Gary George (D) was convicted of fraud. (2004)^[362]
• State Assemblywoman Bonnie Ladwig (R) convicted of ethics violations. (2004)^[361]
• State 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.^[363] (2003)
• State Senator Charles Chvala (D) sentenced to serve 9 months in prison for campaign violations including coordination violations. (2002)

Local

• Member of the Milwaukee Common Council Michael McGee, Jr. (D) was convicted of corruption. (2008)^[195]

1990–1999

Alabama

• Alabama Governor H. Guy Hunt (R) was convicted of improperly using campaign money and was sentenced to 5 years probation and fined $211,000. (1993) .^{[364][365][366]}

Arizona

• Governor of Arizona John Fife Symington III (R) was convicted on charges of extortion, making false financial statements, and of bank fraud in 1997.^[367] The conviction was overturned in 1999 by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Before retrial, he was pardoned by President Bill Clinton.^[368]

Arkansas

• Governor 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)^[369]

California

• State Representative Brian Setencich (R) Speaker of the California Assembly, was convicted of tax evasion connected to his 1996 re-election campaign. (2000)^[370]
• The FBI's Bribery and Special Interest sting operation (BRISPEC, or "Shrimpscam") targeted corruption in the California legislature. Five convictions were obtained.
  1. State Senator Alan Robbins (D) resigned on November 21, 1991, in advance of pleading guilty to federal racketeering charges in connection with insurance-industry bribes.
  2. State Senator Joseph Montoya (D) was convicted in April 1990 of rackeetering, extortion and money laundering and was sentenced to 6 ¹⁄₂ years in prison.
  3. State Senator Frank Hill (R) and his aid were found guilty of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 46 months in prison. (1994)
  4. California Board of Equalization member Paul B. Carpenter (D) was found guilty of 11 counts of obstruction of justice and money laundering. (1993)
  5. State Assemblyman Pat Nolan (R) served 29 months for bribery in the FBI's BRISPEC sting operation.^[371]

Local

• Mayor of Compton Walter R. Tucker III (D) was convicted of charges of extortion and income tax fraud. Sentenced to 27 months in prison.(1996)^[372]

Connecticut

• State Treasurer Paul J. Silvester (R) was sentenced to 21 months in prison for racketeering and money laundering. (1999)^[373][374]

Local

Mayor 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)^[375][376]

Guam

• Governor 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)^[377]

Illinois

• State Treasurer Jerome Cosentino (D) was convicted of bank fraud and sentenced to nine months home confinement. (1991)^[378]
• State 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)^[379]
• State 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)^[380]
• State Senator Bruce A. Farley (D) sentenced to 18 months in prison for mail fraud (1999)^[381]
• State Senator John A. D'Arco, Jr. (D) served about three years in prison for bribery and extortion (1995)^[382]

Hawaii

• State Representative Daniel J. Kihano (D) was sentenced to one year for one count of mail fraud. (1992)^[383]

Kentucky

• FBI 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)^[384][385] Legislators convicted as a result of Operation Boptrot included:
• House 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.
• Rep. 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.
• Rep. Clay Crupper (D) pleaded guilty after 1992 indictment and was fined $10,000 on charges of interstate travel in aide of racketeering.
• Sen. 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.
• Sen. John Hall (D) pleaded guilty to conspiracy and other charges stemming from 1992 indictment in Operation BopTrot.
• Rep. 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.
• Sen. 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.
• Rep. Bill McBee (D) was sentenced to a 15-month prison term for his role in Operation BopTrot.
• Sen. 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.
• Sen. 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.
• Sen. 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.
• Sen. 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.
• Rep. 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.
• Rep. 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.
• Sen. 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.

Louisiana

• State Senator Melvin Irvin (D) convicted of bribery. (1991)^[386]
• Insurance Commissioner Doug Green (D) convicted of bribery. (1991).^[386]

Massachusetts

• State 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.^[387] (1996)

Local

• Middlesex County Sheriff John P. McGonigle (D) Convicted of six counts of Tax Evasion. (1994)^[388]
• Essex County Sheriff Charles Reardon (D) pleaded guilty to taking kickbacks from process servers. (1996)^[389]

Minnesota

• State Senator Sam Solon (D) Pleaded guilty to telecommunications fraud for letting his ex-wife make $2,430 in calls on his State Senate telephone line. (1995)^[390]

Missouri

• Secretary 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.^[391]
• Speaker 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.^[392] (1995)
• Missouri Attorney General William L. Webster (R), pleaded guilty to embezzlement charges and was sentenced to two years in prison. (1993)^[393] (1993)

Nebraska

• State Treasurer Frank Marsh (Nebraska) (R) convicted of misdemeanor charges for making personal, long-distance telephone calls. (1991)^{[394][395][396]}

New York

• State Senator Randy Kuhl, Jr. (R) of the 29th District was arrested and convicted of drunk driving in 1997. His driver's license was revoked for six months.^[397]
• Chief 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)^{[398][399][400]}

North Carolina

• Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina James C. Green (D), was convicted of income tax fraud and was sentenced to 33 months of house arrest. (1997)

Ohio

• Ohio State Senator Jeff Johnson (D), was convicted of three counts of extortion in 1990.^[401]

Oklahoma

• Governor of Oklahoma David Lee Walters (D) pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor election law violation. (1993)^[402]

Pennsylvania

• Supreme Court Justice Rolf Larsen (D) convicted of conspiracy. (1992)^[403]
• Attorney General Ernie Preate (R) pleaded guilty to mail fraud. (1995)^[404]
• State Senator William G. Stinson (D) was found guilty of voter fraud and his election was reversed. (1994)^[405][406]
• State 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.^[407][408]

Rhode Island

• Governor of Rhode Island Edward Daniel DiPrete (R) pleaded guilty to bribery and racketeering charges and served one year in prison. (1998)^[409]

South Carolina

• State 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)^[410]
• State Representative Rick Lee (R) pleaded guilty to violating the Hobbs Act during the FBI Operation, Lost Trust. (1990)^[411]

Texas

• Attorney General 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.^[412][413]
• State 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 concealed carry permit. He was sentenced to 6 months in prison.(1997)^[414][415]

Vermont

• Lieutenant Governor of Vermont Brian D. Burns (D), was convicted of three counts of fraud for having claimed to be working full-time for the association while he also claimed to be attending Harvard University full-time.^[416] He appealed but his conviction was affirmed.^[417] (1995)

West Virginia

• Governor of West Virginia Arch A. Moore Jr (R) guilty of mail fraud, tax fraud, extortion and obstruction of justice, (1990).^[418]

District of Columbia

• Mayor of the District of Columbia Marion Barry (D) caught on videotape using drugs in an FBI sting (1990)^[419]

1980–1989

Florida

• State Representative Don Gaffney (D) convicted of extortion. (1989)^[420]

Hawaii

• State Representative Clifford Uwaine (D) convicted of conspiracy. (1982)^[421]

Illinois

• Governor Dan Walker (D) was convicted of improprieties stemming from loans from a Savings and Loan. He served 18 months in prison. (1987)^[422][422] The First American Savings & Loan Association of Oak Brook was declared insolvent with a deficit of $23 million^[423]
• Attorney General William J. Scott (R) served from 1968 until 1982 when he was convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to a year in prison.^[424]

Louisiana

• President of the Louisiana State Senate Michael Hanley O'Keefe, Sr. (D) jailed for mail fraud. (1983)^[425] In February 1983, he was convicted of mail fraud and two counts of obstruction of justice.^[426]
• State Agriculture Commissioner Gil Dozier (D) was convicted of extortion and racketeering and jury tampering. (1982)^[427]
• State Senator Gaston Gerald (D) convicted of bribery. (1981)^[428]

Maine

• State Representative Donald F. Sproul (R) was sentenced to 10 days in prison for ballot tampering.^[429]

Massachusetts

• Transportation Secretary Barry Locke (D) was convicted of conspiring to take payoffs as part of a kickback scheme at the MBTA. (1982)^[430]

Michigan

• State Senator Jerry C. Diggs (D) accepting bribes to kill taxes on race track revenue; He was tried, convicted, and sentenced^[431]

New Jersey

Local

• Mayor of Newark Kenneth A. Gibson (D) was convicted of bribery and for stealing funds from a school construction. (1986)^[432]
• President of the Philadelphia City Council George X. Schwartz (D) was convicted of taking bribes. (1985)^[432]
• Member of the Philadelphia City Council Harry Jannotti (D) was convicted of taking bribes. (1985)^[432]
• Member of the Philadelphia City Council Louis Johanson (D) was convicted of taking bribes. (1985)^[432]

New York

• State 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)^[433]
• Judge William C. Brennan (D) On July 25, 1985, he was indicted by a federal grand jury for taking $47,000 in bribes to fix cases in his court.^[434][435] Brennan was convicted of taking bribes and several related charges.^[436]
• State 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)^[437] In 1986, Pisani pleaded guilty to other charges of tax evasion, and was sentenced to one year in prison.^[438]

Oregon

• State Senator Bill Olson (R) plead guilty to second degree sex abuse with a 13-year-old female. (1988)^[439][440]

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Auditor General Al Benedict (D) convicted of racketeering. (1988)^[441]
• State Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer (R) was convicted of bribery.(1987)^[442][443]

Tennessee

• FBI investigation Operation Rocky Top concerned the illegal sale of charity bingo licenses which resulted in over 50 convictions.^[444] 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 of Knoxville (after being charged with bribery). (1986)
• Governor 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.^[445]
• State Representative Emmitt Ford (D) was convicted of fraud. (1981)^[446]
• State Representative Tommy Burnett (D) jailed for 10 months for tax evasion. (1983)^[447]
• State Representative Ted Ray Miller (D) committed suicide on the eve of his indictment on charges of taking $30,000 in bribes to help clear the way for a Knoxville incinerator. (1989)^[448]
• Tennessee Secretary of State Gentry Crowell (D) (committed suicide just before he was scheduled to testify for a third time before a federal grand jury. (1989)^[449]

Washington

• State Senator Gordon Walgren (D) convicted of violating the Travel Act during the investigation called GAMSCAM.(1980)^[450][451]
• State Representative John A. Bagnariol (D) was convicted of racketeering charges during the investigation called GAMSCAM.(1980^[452]

Wisconsin

• State Senator Richard Shoemaker (D) convicted of receiving illegal money. (1988)^[361]
• State Assemblyman Walter L. Ward, Jr. (D) convicted of sexual assault. (1980)^[361]

West Virginia

• State Senator Dan R. Tonkovich (D) pleaded guilty to extorting $5,000 from gambling interests. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison.(1989)^[453][454]
• State Senate Larry Tucker (D) extorted $10,000 from a lobbyist, resigned and pleaded guilty. (1989)^[455][456]

1970–1979

Alabama

• State 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)^[457]

Arkansas

• State Senator Guy H. Jones (D) convicted of tax evasion in 1973, he was expelled from the senate in 1974.^[458]

Illinois

• State Representative Walter C. McAvoy (R) convicted of taking a bribe. (1978)^[459]
• The Illinois concrete industry was investigated for bribery and six politicians were found guilty.(1976)^[460][461]
  1. State Rep. Pete Pappas (R), the chief conspirator who turned government informant and pleaded guilty; got probation.
  2. State Rep. Louis F, Capuzi (R) – Chicago) guilty
  3. State Rep, Robert Craig (D), guilty, 3-year sentence, $5,000 fine.
  4. State Sen. Kenneth W. Course (D), guilty, 3-year sentence, $5,000 fine.
  5. State Rep. Frank P. (Pat) North (R), guilty, 3-year sentence, $5,000 fine.
  6. State Sen. Jack E. Walker (R), guilty, 3-year sentence, $5,000 fine.
  7. State Sen. Donald D. Carpentier (R), guilty, 3-year sentence, $5,000 fine.
• State 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)^{[462][463][464]}
• Governor 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.^[465] He was sentenced to three years in federal prison^[465] (1973)
• Secretary of State Edward Barrett (D) was convicted of bribery, mail fraud, and income tax evasion. (1973)^[459]

Louisiana

• Attorney 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)^[466][467]

Maryland

• State Senator and Anne Arundel County Executive Joseph Alton Jr. (R) (1974) pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit extortion. He served seven months of an eighteen-month sentence in Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex.^[468]
• Spiro T. Agnew (R) Governor of Maryland pled no contest to one count of income tax evasion for failing to report $29,500 in income in 1967, when he was governor. When convicted, he was serving as Vice-President of the United States under Richard Nixon. Upon his resignation as vice-president, the US Justice Department dropped charges of bribery, conspiracy and other tax law violations.(1973)^[469][470]
• State Representative George Santoni (D) was convicted of extortion and served 43 months in prison. (1977)^[471][472]
• Governor 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.^[473]

Massachusetts

• State 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)^{[474][475][476]}
• State 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)^[477]

New Jersey

• Secretary 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)^[478]
• Secretary of State Paul J. Sherwin (R)^[479] who succeeded Burkhardt, 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 with close ties to NJ Governor William T. Cahill(R).(1971)^[480][481]
• Secretary of State Robert J. Burkhardt (D) pleaded guilty in 1972 Federal Court to accepting $30,000 in bribes to 'fix' a bridge construction contract in 1964. He was given a suspended sentence and three years' probation.^[482]
• State 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)^{[483][484][485]}
• State Assemblyman Peter Moraites (R) pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of fraud and was given a 16-month sentence. (1970)^{[486][487][488]}

Local

• Mayor 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)^[489]
• Mayor 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.^[489]

Oklahoma

• Governor David Hall (D), was convicted of extortion and conspiracy and served 19 months of a three-year sentence.(1975)^[490]

Pennsylvania

• State Senator William E. Duffield (D) was sentenced to 6 months in prison for 11 counts of mail fraud. (1975)^[491]
• State 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.^[492]

Tennessee

• Governor of Tennessee Ray Blanton (D) convicted of wire fraud and sentenced to 22 months. (1979)^[493]

Texas

• State Representative John Dowdy (D) was convicted on eight counts for accepting a $25,000 bribe.(1972)^[494]

Wisconsin

• State Representative James R. Lewis (legislator) (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)^[495]

West Virginia

• Governor of West Virginia Wally Barron (D) was convicted of jury tampering. (1971)^[496]

1960–1969

Alabama

• Attorney General Richmond Flowers, Sr. (D) In 1969, Flowers was sentenced to eight years in prison for conspiring to extort payments from companies.^[497][498]

California

• Superior Court Judge Lloyd Davis (R). On October 26, 1969, stabbed his wife with a 9-inch butcher knife. He was charged with felony assault to commit murder, tried in 1970 and found not guilty by reason of insanity.^[499]

1950–1959

Illinois

• State 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.^[500][501] (1956)

Maine

• State 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).^[502][503]

Texas

• Texas Land Commissioner Bascom Giles (D) convicted of fraud and bribery and served three years of a six-year prison term.^[504]

1940–1949

Massachusetts

Local

Lowell, Massachusetts Mayor George T. Ashe (D) was convicted by a jury on charges of conspiracy involving city purchases.^[505] He was sentenced to a year in prison.^[506]

Michigan

State Senator William C. Birk (R) from the 32nd District. In 1945 he was convicted of accepting a bribe and sentenced to four years in prison.^[507]

State Senator Jerry T. Logie (R) 24th District, 1939–44; charged on January 22, 1944 with accepting bribes to kill taxes on race track revenue. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to 3–5 years in prison^[508]

New York

Local

Assemblyman Lawrence J. Murray, Jr. 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,^[509] and the next day sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison.^[510]

1930–1939

Connecticut

State Senator Nathan Spiro (R), pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe and was fined $1,500(1938) ^[511][512]

Louisiana

Governor Richard W. Leche (D) sentenced to 10 years in prison for fraud.(1939)^[513]

Michigan

State Representative Miles M. Callaghan (R) resigned his seat after pleading guilty to charges of legislative graft and conspiracy. (1939)^[514] State Senator Jerry T. Logie (R) charged on January 22, 1944 with accepting bribes to kill taxes on race track revenue. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to 3–5 years in prison^[431]

New Jersey

State Senator Ralph W. Chandless — Expelled from the State Senate, December 5, 1930 for discrediting the Senate in regards to a sewer scandal.^[515]

1920–1929

Indiana

• Governor of Indiana Warren McCray (R) convicted of mail fraud and served 3 years.(1924)^{[516][517][518]}

Local

• Mayor of Indianapolis John Duvall, (R) was convicted of bribery and jailed. (1928)^[519]

Massachusetts

• State Representative C. F. Nelson Pratt (R) was found guilty of simple assault after being charged with attempted felonious assault. He was fined $100. (1928)^[520][521]

Oklahoma

• Henry S. Johnston (D), Governor, impeached twice, was finally convicted by the State Senate and removed for "general incompetence" (1928–1929).^[522]
• John C. Walton (D), Governor, Due to their riots and growing influence of the Ku Klux Klan, Governor Walton declared martial law and suspended the writ of habeas corpus without authority from the State Senate. He was impeached and removed.(1923)^[523]

1910–1919

Arkansas

• State 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)^[524]

Massachusetts

Local

• Everett Alderman Fred C. Hansen (D)was convicted of assault after a physical altercation with fellow Alderman John J. Mullen while the Board of Aldermen and the Common Council were in a joint executive session.^[525][526]

Pennsylvania

• State Representative Henry B. Cassel (R) was convicted of fraud related to the construction of the Pennsylvania State Capitol.(1909)^[527][528]

Wisconsin

• Edmund J. Labuwi (R) State Assemblyman, convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses.(1916)^{[529][530][531]}

1900-1909

Missouri

• State Senator William P. Sullivan (R) convicted of accepting a bribe concerning his vote on the "pure food law" and fined $100. (1905)^[532][533]

Pennsylvania

• Treasurer of Pennsylvania William L. Mathues (R)^[534] Mathues was convicted in connection to the Pennsylvania State Capitol graft scandal and sentenced to two years in prison. He died before incarceration.(1908)^[535]

1870-1879

North Carolina

• Governor William Woods Holden (R) was convicted of "unlawful" arrest, disobeying the writ of habeas corpus; and the unlawful recruitment of troops for trying to quell the activities of the Ku Klux Klan in what became known as the Kirk-Holden war.(1870)^{[300][536][537][538]}

1850-1859

Wisconsin

• Governor William Augustus Barstow (D) Even though he vowed to never "give up his office alive" Barstow resigned after investigations of election fraud gave the office to Coles Bashford.(1856)^[539]

See also

• List of federal political scandals in the United States
• List of federal political sex scandals in the United States

Federal politicians:

• List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes
• List of United States Representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded
• List of United States senators expelled or censured

References