Tucker, a two-term congressman, also was convicted of failing to pay income taxes on the bribe payments and other money he received during those years. Advertisement The jury deadlocked on three other extortion counts and U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall dismissed them in the interest ...
“I’ve met Ralph and he’s a personable individual who has been active in the community,” the 62-year-old McCandless said. But “aside from some name recognition,” the actor doesn’t have much to offer “when you consider my depth of experience,” the congressman said. Julie Bornste...
The Democrat, a civil rights advocate, moved into politics from the ranks of organized labor. He won election in 1958 after campaigning in his 7th District in a milk truck. He served six terms in the House of Representatives through the tumultuous 1960s, only to lose in the 1970 Democratic...
Education: Whittier College, Whittier, Calif., 1934; Duke University Law School, 1937. Experience: Served in Navy in World War II. Congressman from California, 1946-50; U.S. Senator, 1951-52; Vice President, 1953-61; President, 1969-74. Family: Wife, Pay Ryan, died in 1993. Two child...