You’d Think They’d Know Better, But These Politicians Committed The Wildest Crimes Of The 20th Century

John W. Langley Couldn’t Be Stopped By The Prohibition

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In 1926, Republican Representative from Kentucky John W. Langley resigned from his seat after he was convicted of illegally selling alcohol and trying to bribe a prohibition officer. This was discovered after Langley deposited $115,000 in his bank account over three years, despite his salary of $7,500 a year as a congressman. Langley’s wife Katherine ran for her husband’s seat and won, claiming that he was the victim of a conspiracy and she hoped to clear his name. While in office, she managed to get President Calvin Coolidge to grant her husband a pardon.