Joseph R. Burton

Years in Senate: 1901-06
Party: Republican
State: Kansas

The first-term Senator was indicted in 1904 for accepting $2,500 to prevent a fraud order against the Rialto Grain and Securities Company. He appealed his six-month prison sentence and fine, but the new trial resulted in the same verdict, and he resigned his seat in 1906.

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