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Sarasota businessman and former congressional candidate Martin Hyde comments on his confrontation with a Sarasota officer during a traffic stop.
Jackson, bereft at the loss of his wife, blamed her death on the bigamy accusations. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] (1828) Senator (Sen.) Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky (Democrat) did not attempt to hide his relationship with an enslaved woman named Julia Chinn , which caused his party to distance itself from him and contributed to his failed Senate re ...
In 2021, Julia Letlow ran for and won a House seat in Louisiana that was vacant due to the death of her husband Luke Letlow the year prior. Unusually, Luke Letlow died before actually being sworn in to office, having won an election to succeed a retiring Congressman. The same year, Texas congressman Ron Wright died in office.
The first member of Congress to be killed or wounded in office was Henry Wharton Conway who was killed in a duel in 1827. The most recent death occurred in 1983 when Korean Air Lines Flight 007, carrying Larry McDonald, was shot down over the Pacific Ocean. The most recent member of Congress to be injured was Angie Craig who was assaulted in 2023.
The wife of the chairman of the powerful House Homeland Security Committee said he filed for divorce last month after having an affair with a younger woman, The Post has learned.
Florida U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan has his eyes on the House Ways and Means committee helm. He must first fend off Martin Hyde in the primary election. Powerful congressional chairmanship role at ...
Absolute Strangers is a 1991 made-for-television CBS docudrama featuring Happy Days star Henry Winkler returning to his first major TV role in eight years. [1] The screenplay, written by Robert Woodruff Anderson, was based on the true story of a husband's controversial decision to have his wife undergo an abortion to aid her recovery after a head-trauma accident had left her comatose. [2]
Rhonda Massie, the wife of U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-KY, has died, the congressman announced Friday morning. “Yesterday my high school sweetheart, the love of my life for over 35 years, the ...