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William Bruce Mumford, convicted of treason and hanged in 1862 for tearing down a United States flag during the American Civil War. Walter Allen was convicted of treason on September 16, 1922 for taking part in the 1921 Miner's March against the coal companies and the U.S. Army at Blair Mountain, West Virginia. He was sentenced to 10 years and ...
Kawakita is currently one of the last people to be convicted of treason in the United States. One other person, John David Provoo, was convicted of treason in 1952. However, Provoo's conviction was overturned on appeal. The distinction currently goes to Herbert John Burgman, who was convicted of treason in 1949.
Any person convicted of treason against the United States also forfeits the right to hold public office in the United States. [5] The terms used in the definition derive from English legal tradition, specifically the Treason Act 1351. Levying war means the assembly of armed people to overthrow the government or to resist its laws.
People executed for treason against a state of the United States (4 P) Pages in category "People convicted of treason against a state of the United States" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
People convicted of treason against a state of the United States (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "People convicted of treason against the United States" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
Susan B. Anthony, suffragist and long-time proponent and organizer for women's suffrage in the United States who was convicted of voting in the 1872 election. Posthumously pardoned on August 18, 2020, the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which gave American women the right to vote.
After making a comment about what he called the “political prostitutes” in Congress, he said: “I want to apologize to all the hookers of America for associating them with the United States ...
Pages in category "People executed for treason against the United States" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .