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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | W.J. "Bill" McCuen |
| Address |
Hot Springs, Arkansas , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
March 06, 1943
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| Died | September 09, 2000
(57 years)
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| Contributor | Not in Public Domain |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Feb 01, 2016 03:13am |
| Tags |
Caucasian - Imprisoned - Presbyterian - Straight -
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| Info | School teacher; Arkansas land commissioner, 1981-85; secretary of state of Arkansas, 1985-95; defeated in primary, 1994; candidate for U.S. Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1992. After leaving office as Secretary of State, he admitted accepting kickbacks from two supporters he gave jobs, and not paying taxes on the money. He also admitted to conspiring with a political consultant to split $53.560 embezzled from the state in a sham transaction. He was indicted on corruption charges in 1995. On January 5, 1996, he pleaded guilty to felony counts tax evasion and accepting a kickback; he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of trading in public office. Sentenced to 17 years in prison, and fined. Released on parole (due to illness) in February 1999. Died of colon cancer and a stroke, in Heber Springs, Cleburne County, Ark., September 9, 2000. Interment somewhere in Van Buren, Ark.
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