OHIO:
_ George Voinovich was accused of approving a plan to use a middleman to conceal the source of $60,000 transferred from his 1994 re-election campaign treasury to his brother, Paul, and a Statehouse lobbyist. Voinovich and his brother were cleared by the Ohio Elections Commission, which fined the lobbyist $1,000 for illegally concealing a campaign payment.
_ Richard Celeste's connections with Cincinnati financier Marvin Warner were examined after Home State Savings Bank, owned by Warner, collapsed in 1985 because of Warner-directed investments in a Florida securities company.
Warner, who had contributed to Celeste campaigns, and nine others went to prison for their roles in the bank's failure.
_ James Rhodes was a defendant in a civil trial seeking damages for the 1970 shooting of four Kent State University students but was never charged.
_ Martin Davey was investigated in 1937 for any connections he might have had to the Department of Highway's letting of contracts for road construction, and for trucking contracts that went to a Democratic contributor who had no trucks. Davey was never charged but the scandal hurt him politically and he lost his 1938 re-election attempt.
OTHER STATES:
_ Alabama: Guy Hunt was removed from office upon his conviction on a felony ethics charge in 1993 for taking $200,000 from his inaugural fund and using it for personal purchases, including cattle and jewelry. The conviction was upheld in court, but Hunt eventually received a pardon that allowed him to run for governor, unsuccessfully, again.
_ Arkansas: Jim Guy Tucker was convicted in the Whitewater investigation during the Clinton presidency and resigned in 1996. He pleaded guilty in 1998 to a felony charge in a cable television operation and agreed to testify before the Whitewater grand jury about the failed land deal involving former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, now a U.S. senator.
_ Arizona: Fife Symington resigned after being found guilty in 1997 of defrauding lenders in his previous career as real estate developer. His conviction was overturned on appeal and he was later pardoned by President Clinton.
_ Connecticut: John G. Rowland is serving a year in prison after pleading guilty last year to a federal corruption charge. He admitted trading access to his office for more than $100,000 in vacations, charter airline trips and home repairs.
_ Illinois: George Ryan decided not to seek a second term amid a corruption scandal and is awaiting trial on racketeering charges. Otto Kerner, governor from 1961 to 1968, was convicted of bribery after he left office. Dan Walker, who served from 1973 to 1977, was convicted on charges related to financial dealings after he left office.
_ Maryland: Marvin Mandel was sentenced in 1977 to four years in federal prison after being convicted of 17 counts of mail fraud and one of racketeering for helping five friends with legislation favorable to a racetrack they owned. He served 14 months.
_ Oklahoma: David Walters pleaded guilty in 1994 to a misdemeanor charge of violating campaign laws.
_ Louisiana: Edwin W. Edwards was convicted in 2000 with four others in a scheme to rig riverboat casino licensing; sentenced to 10 years.
_ Rhode Island: Edward DiPrete pleaded guilty in 1998 to bribery for accepting $250,000 from architects and engineers in exchange for state contracts.
_ Tennessee: Gov. Ray Blanton was ousted in 1979 amid charges of selling pardons. He was later convicted of conspiracy to sell liquor licenses and served 23 months of a three-year sentence. One of the charges was overturned.
_ West Virginia: Arch A. Moore Jr. pleaded guilty in 1990 to five felonies, including mail fraud and extortion; William Wallace Barron served over three years in prison after pleading guilty 1971 to paying a $25,000 bribe to a federal jury foreman during his 1968 corruption trial.
My all time favorite bumper sticker came from Louisiana when Edwards ran for office while under indictment "Vote for the Crook". Must have sucked to be his opponent and be that disliked.
Wow...great list!! Didn't Gov. Spiro Agnew just not get caught until he was VP?