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Hugh Ellsworth Rodham was born on April 2, 1911, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of Hugh Rodham (1879–1965) and Hannah Jones (1882–1952). [1] His parents were from the United Kingdom – his father emigrated from Oxhill, County Durham, England, at a young age with his family, he being the son of a coal miner, [2] while his mother was born in Pennsylvania, to immigrant parents from Wales ...
Hugh Edwin Rodham (born May 26, 1950) [1][2] is an American lawyer and former Democratic Party politician who is the only surviving brother of former New York Senator, First Lady, and Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and the brother-in-law of former U.S. President Bill Clinton. In 1989 Rodham became Assistant Public Defender for the ...
v. t. e. Bill Clinton was criticized for some of his presidential pardons and acts of executive clemency. [1] Pardoning or commuting sentences is a power granted by the Constitution to sitting U.S. presidents. Scholars describe two different models of the pardons process. In the 'agency model' of pardons the process is driven by nonpolitical ...
The Pittsburgh crime family, [ 4 ] also known as the LaRocca crime family[ 5 ] or the Pittsburgh Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [ 1 ][ 6 ] The LaRocca family is one of the original twenty-six Mafia families in the United States. [ 7 ] The boss and last known " made " member of the family ...
The Colombo crime family (/ kəˈlɒm.boʊ /, Italian pronunciation: [koˈlombo]) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and the youngest of the " Five Families " that dominate organized crime activities in New York City within the criminal organization known as the American Mafia. It was during Lucky Luciano 's organization of the American ...
The Apalachin meeting. On November 14, 1957, the mafia bosses, their advisers and bodyguards, approximately one hundred men in all, met at Barbara's 53-acre (21 ha) estate in Apalachin, New York. Apalachin is a town located along the south shore of the Susquehanna River, near the Pennsylvania border and about 200 miles northwest of New York City.
Philadelphia crime family. The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Bruno–Scarfo crime family, [19] the Philadelphia–Atlantic City crime family, [20] the Philadelphia Mafia, [21][22] the Philly Mafia, [23][24][25] or the Philadelphia–South Jersey Mafia, [26][27][28] is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Philadelphia ...
The Lucchese crime family (pronounced [lukˈkeːze; -eːse]) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the " Five Families " that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia. Members refer to the organization as the Lucchese borgata; borgata (or brugard ...