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2. Education. Tufts University ( BA) William Colridge Thompson Jr. (born July 10, 1953) [1] [2] [3] is an American politician who served as the 42nd Comptroller of New York City; sworn into office on January 1, 2002, he was reelected to serve a second term that began on January 1, 2006. He did not seek re-election in 2009.
U.S. Representative Michael Myers, second from left, holds an envelope containing $50,000 that he just received from undercover FBI agents. Abscam, sometimes written ABSCAM, was an Federal Bureau of Investigation sting operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s that led to the convictions of seven members from both chambers of the United States Congress and others for bribery and corruption.
James Robert Thompson Jr. (May 8, 1936 – August 14, 2020) was an American politician, lobbyist, and federal prosecutor who served as the 37th governor of Illinois from 1977 to 1991. [1] He was Illinois's longest-serving governor, having been elected to four consecutive terms and holding the office for 14 years.
Larry Craig scandal. Craig's official Senate portrait. On June 11, 2007, Larry Craig, a Republican United States Senator from Idaho, was arrested for lewd conduct in a men's restroom at the Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport. On August 8, Craig entered a guilty plea to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct.
The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in New York City from 1949 to 1958 were the result of US federal government prosecutions in the postwar period and during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. Leaders of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) were accused of violating the Smith Act, a statute that ...
Bill Thompson (television host) (1931–2014), creator and co-host of the children's television program The Wallace and Ladmo Show. Bill Thompson (voice actor) (1913–1971), voice of Droopy Dog. Bill Thompson (bishop) (1946–2020), Anglican bishop of the Diocese of Western Anglicans (U.S.) Bill Thompson III (1962–2019), editor of Bird ...
Recorded January 29, 2008. Lawrence Edwin Craig (born July 20, 1945) is an American retired politician who served in the United States Senate representing Idaho from 1991 to 2009 and in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Idaho's 1st District from 1981 to 1991. [1] A Republican, his 28 years in Congress rank as the second-longest in ...
William Francis Kynaston Thompson (1909–1980), British officer who fought and was captured at Arnhem. William Thompson (admiral) (1922–2018), American admiral, former chief of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation. William Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1950) (1927–1950), Korean War recipient of the Medal of Honor.