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  2. William M. Graham (politician) - Wikipedia

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    (In total, the cash and securities were worth over nine million dollars in current money.) Horton fled to Europe, but Graham was convicted of fraud and embezzlement, and sentenced to ten years imprisonment at hard labor. He served about four years in Clinton State Prison and was pardoned by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877.

  3. Rutherford B. Hayes - Wikipedia

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    Rutherford B. Hayes High School in Hayes's hometown of Delaware, Ohio, was named in his honor, as is Hayes Hall, built in 1893, at the Ohio State University. It is Ohio State's oldest remaining building, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 16, 1970, due to its front facade, which remains virtually untouched from ...

  4. List of federal political scandals in the United States ...

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    Toggle Rutherford B. Hayes (R) administration (1877–1881) subsection ... At the end of his term he had embezzled $1.225 million in customs receipts and used the ...

  5. Bland–Allison Act - Wikipedia

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    President Rutherford B. Hayes, who held interests in industrials and banking, vetoed the measure, which was overturned by Congress. As a result, the Hayes administration purchased the limited amount of silver each month. This act helped restore bimetallism with gold and silver both supporting the currency. However, gold remained heavily favored ...

  6. Corrupt bargain - Wikipedia

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    After the Compromise of 1877, the commission awarded all the disputed electoral votes to the Republican candidate, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Congress voted to accept their report. Some of the points in the compromise are said to have already been the established position of Hayes from the time of his accepting the Republican nomination.

  7. Former mental health department employee accused of ... - AOL

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    The former director of communications is accused of embezzling $17,500 from Healthy Minds Healthy Lives. Former mental health department employee accused of embezzling $17,500 Skip to main content

  8. Believe it or not, but social games have driven people to do crazier things. Nevertheless, 54-year-old Augusta, Maine woman Bettysue Higgins pleaded guilty in court to embezzling $166,000 from ...

  9. Runkle v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Runkle v. United States, 122 U.S. 543 (1887), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States determined that the president cannot delegate the power vested in him to approve the proceedings and sentence of a court-martial because the president is the only person bestowed with the judicial power of making a final determination.