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Joseph R. Burton

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First American Senator convicted of a crime (1852-1923)

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Joseph Ralph Burton was an American lawyer and United States Senator from the state of Kansas. He was the first Senator to be convicted of a crime.

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Joseph Ralph Burton was an American lawyer and United States Senator from the state of Kansas. He was the first Senator to be convicted of a crime. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives several times in the 1880s and was elected to the United States Senate in 1901, but he was convicted of accepting bribes in 1905. He appealed twice to the Supreme Court, but the judgment was eventually upheld and he resigned. He lived out his life as a lawyer and newspaperman.

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United States
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Politician
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deceased
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Lived 1852 to 1923 · aged 70
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