The Downfall Dictionary

Image from bioguide.congress.gov Charles Lucas, a U.S. attorney for the territory of Missouri, should have taken a cue from his first major ...

( Source ) Frank Donald McKay made plenty of enemies in his time as a political boss, but perhaps the most bizarre action by one of hi...

Image from kckpl.lib.ks.us History has been kind to William Warren Rose. Though his decision to flaunt a court order may not have put h...

Image from washingtonpost.com Were it not for a driver who accidentally struck and killed the beloved family dog of Harry Shuler Dent, Rich...

Image from findagrave.com When several Southern states broke off from the Union following Abraham Lincoln's election as President, ...

Image from nytimes.com Some eight years before voters kicked him out of office for ethical issues, James West weathered a criminal charge ...

Image from bioguide.congress.gov Before he came to the House of Representatives as an elected member, Charles Arthur Hayes appeared in Congr...