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James "Honest Dick" Tate
James William "Honest Dick" Tate (January 2, 1831〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Politicians Who Disappeared or Died Under Mysterious Circumstances )〕 – unknown) was the Kentucky State Treasurer. He was nicknamed "Honest Dick" because of his good reputation and rapport with his colleagues. The nickname turned ironic, however, when Tate absconded with nearly a quarter of a million dollars from the state's treasury in 1888. He was never found.
Tate's thievery was frequently cited during Kentucky's fourth constitutional convention as a reason to impose term limits on Kentucky's elected officials. The one-term limit remained in force on most of Kentucky's officials until the state's constitution was amended in 1992 to allow the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Treasurer and other state officeholders to serve two consecutive terms.
==Early life==
James William Tate was born the only child of Nancy (Taylor) Tate and her second husband, Colonel Thomas L. Tate in Franklin County, Kentucky. His father was descended from a Virginia family of Scots-Irish ancestry.〔 His father was a farmer and a veteran of the War of 1812, and his paternal grandfather was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War.〔 His maternal grandfather was Reverend John Taylor, a pioneer Baptist minister in Kentucky.〔
Tate received his education in Franklin and Woodford counties and finished his schooling in 1848.〔 Later that year, at age 17, Tate began work as a clerk at the Frankfort post office. On 3 June 1856, he married Lucy Hawkins.〔''The Kentucky Encyclopedia'' gives Hawkins' middle initial as "J". ''Kentucky: A History of the State'' lists the initial as "Y".〕 On 28 June 1858, the couple had their first child, a son named Howard, who died at the age of three. The couple also had a daughter, Edmonia.〔
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