[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Sue, Well yes Thomas Jefferson's rumored black mistress was mentioned by both me and the website. Both Harding and Ulysses Grant were never personally implicated unlike Nixon, Reagan and Clinton in large-scale scandals. Grover Cleveland's illegitimate son came up during his second campaign for president and had nothing to do with the office of the president as with the imaginary mistress of Eisenhower. Exposure of many of the activities of the Kennedy administration would have led to scandals of huge proportions. >Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >Hi Terry: > >Here is what is at the URL that I put on. Interestingly enough none of >them are the ones that you listed. :) I wonder how many more there >are. <BG> > >Sue > Presidential Scandals in U.S. History > >Thomas Jefferson � 1830 > Presidential sex scandal > > President Thomas Jefferson was accused in > one of the first sex-scandals in Washington. Sally > Hemings, Jefferson�s slave, gave birth to a son, > Easton Hemings, who was listed as "white" > according to the 1830 Census. > > Editorial printed in the Boston Gazette: > > Thou Sally, thou my house shall keep, > My widower�s tears shall dry! > My virgin daughters � see! They weep - > Their mother�s place supply. > Oh Sally hearken to my vows! > Yield up thy sooty charms � > My best beloved! My more than spouse, > Oh! Take me to thy arms. >----------- >Ulysses S. Grant � 1875 > The Whiskey Ring > > The Whiskey Ring, made public in 1875, > involved a national tax evasion scheme where > indictments were brought against 86 government > officials, including the chief clerk of the Treasury > Department as well as President Ulysses S. > Grant�s private secretary. >---------- >Warren G. Harding � 1924 > The Teapot Dome > > The Teapot Dome scandal in 1924, during > President Warren G. Harding�s administration, > was one of the most notorious political scandals in > U.S. history. The Secretary of the Interior, Albert > B. Fall, was found guilty of bribery, fined $100,000 > and sentenced to one year in prison. >------ >Richard Nixon � 1974 > Watergate > > Watergate and the resignation of President > Richard Nixon is still considered the worst political > scandal in U.S. history. Watergate charges > included: political burglary, bribery, extortion, > wiretapping, conspiracy, obstruction of justice, > destruction of evidence, tax fraud, illegal use of the > CIA and FBI, as well as campaign contributions > and use of taxpayers� money for private purposes. > More than 30 Nixon administration officials, > campaign officials, and financial contributors > pleaded guilty or were found guilty of breaking the > law. Facing impeachment, President Nixon > resigned August 8, 1974. >----------- >Reagan Administration � 1986 > Iran-Contra > > Iran-Contra publicly exposed two secret U.S. > Government operations in October and November > of 1986. The operations, providing assistance to > the military activities of the Nicaraguan contra > rebels and the sale of U.S. arms to Iran merged > when funds generated from the sale of weapons to > Iran were diverted to support the contra effort in > Nicaragua. The Independent Counsel for > Iran-Contra matters concluded among many things > that policies behind both the Iran and contra > operations were fully reviewed and developed at > the highest levels of the Reagan Administration. > Major trials were held for former National Security > Advisor Rear Admiral John M. Poindexter and > National Security Counsel staff member Colonel > Oliver L. North. Both were convicted and their > convictions reversed on appeal. Fourteen persons > were charged with criminal violations in the affair. >--------- >William Clinton � 1993 > Whitewater > > Whitewater, is the most recent scandal under > the current administration of President Bill Clinton. > During the 1980�s, the Clinton�s invested in > "Whitewater" a land development of riverfront > property in Arkansas that eventually went sour. > President Clinton continues to battle the affair as > hearings, trials, convictions and acquittals in the > case keep the scandal front and center in this > election year. It has been the subject of continuing > news coverage as well as newspaper editorials. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >Hi Sue, > >I cannot get that URL because of my antique computer but some might be >interested that there are presidential scandals that weren't. Some >examples: > >- Eishenhower's biographer was on television saying the story about >Eisenhower's affair with his military chauffeur was no more than the >usual >gossip. There was no known truth to the affair. It is repeated daily >as a >known fact. > >- Grover Cleveland's illegitimate child probably wasn't even his. I >have >mentioned the story too many times to recount it here. > >- Thomas Jefferson's black mistress was likely the invention of >political >enemies. The early campaigns were not the namby-pamby affairs they are >today. Royalty was not in style. > >>Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >>Hi Kathy: >> >>i know that you are interested in history and thought you might find >>this good. I did. :) >> >>http://www.msnbc.com/modules/timeagain_scandal/default.htm > >-- >Two rules in life: > >1. Don't tell people everything you know. >2. > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues > > Best, Terry "Lawyer - one trained to circumvent the law" - The Devil's Dictionary Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
