Former US Congressman from Ohio, elected to nine terms as a Democrat before being sent to Allenwood Correctional Facility (sans toupee) for racketeering, bribery, obstruction of justice and tax evasion. Released from prison in September 2009, and ran unsuccessfully for his old House seat the next year, without party affiliation. Killed in a farm accident in 2014.
[1] "I have been a Democrat all my life, and quite frankly I am disgusted with both parties. I hate to say this." (CNN interview, 23-Feb-2010)
Father: James A. Traficant, Sr.
Mother: Agnes Traficant
Wife: Patricia Choppa (2 daughters)
Daughter: Robin
Daughter: Elizabeth
High School: Cardinal Mooney High School, Youngstown, OH (1959)
University: BS Education, University of Pittsburgh (1963)
University: MS Administration, University of Pittsburgh (1973)
University: MS Counseling, Youngstown State University (1976)
US Congressman, Ohio 17th (3-Jan-1985 to 24-Jul-2002, expelled)
Ohio State Official Sheriff, Mahoning County, OH (1981-85)
Bribery 2001
Racketeering 2001
Tax Evasion 2001
Obstruction of Justice
Conspiracy
Represented Self in Court
Took the Fifth
Inmate: Allenwood Federal Prison 5-Aug-2002 to 2009
Risk Factors: Toupee
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James Traficant
AKA James Anthony Traficant, Jr.