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Line 1: {{~~short~~Short description\|~~20th-century~~ American politician (1938–2008)}} {{Infobox officeholder \|name = Raymond Lederer Line 20: \|death_date = {{death date and age\|2008\|12\|1\|1938\|5\|19}} \|death_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. \|resting_place = [[Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania)\|Holy Sepulchre Cemetery]], [[Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania\|Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania]], U.S. \|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] \|spouse = Eileen Coyle Line 41 ⟶ 42: Lederer was videotaped at a motel in New York on September 11, 1979, at a meeting with two undercover agents who presented themselves as representatives of a supposed Arab sheik. Accepting $50,000 in cash, he told the agents "I can give you me" in exchange for the money.<ref name=NYTObit/> After being implicated in the [[Abscam]] sting, Lederer was convicted of bribery on January 9, 1981, and sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.<ref name="npr">{{cite news \| title = The Equal-Opportunity Culture of Corruption \| author = Rudin, Ken \| date = 2007-06-06 \| url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10770284 \| publisher = [[NPR]] \| access-date = July 29, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PrW_aG8P_5sC&q=On+9+January+1981,+Lederer+was+convicted+of+all+charges+of+bribery+and+conspiracy\|title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress\|date=1987\|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office\|language=en}}</ref> Despite his indictment in the scandal, Lederer was re-elected, unlike the other members of the House implicated in the Abscam scandal.<ref name=ExitLederer>Staff. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE7DF1738F930A35756C0A967948260 "THE NATION; Exit Mr. Lederer"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 3, 1981. Accessed December 6, 2008.</ref><ref>Via ''[[United Press International]]''. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/993069652.html?dids=993069652:993069652&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jan+05%2C+1981&author=&pub=The+Hartford+Courant&desc=Re-Elected+Congressman+Begins+Trial+Today+in+Abscam+Scandal&pqatl=google "Re-Elected Congressman Begins Trial Today in Abscam Scandal"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018064753/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/993069652.html?dids=993069652:993069652&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jan+05,+1981&author=&pub=The+Hartford+Courant&desc=Re-Elected+Congressman+Begins+Trial+Today+in+Abscam+Scandal&pqatl=google \|date=2012-10-18 }}, ''[[Hartford Courant]]'', January 5, 1981. Accessed December 6, 2008.</ref> In the 1980 race, Lederer won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Republican William J. Phillips, who had 32.8%, Consumer Party candidate Max Weiner with 9.5% and Independent John Morris with 3.2%.<ref>[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=38969 PA District 3 – 1980], [[Our Campaigns]]. Accessed December 6, 2008.</ref> The [[United States House Committee on Ethics\|United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct]] voted to expel him on April 28, 1981.<ref name=NYTObit/> Lederer resigned the following day, citing "personal legal problems" that interfered with his ability to serve his constituents.<ref name=ExitLederer/> [[Joseph F. Smith (Pennsylvania politician)\|Joseph F. Smith]] ran in the Democratic Party primary in a race to succeed Lederer in a special election. After losing in the primary to David B. Glancey, chairman of the Democratic City Committee, Smith ran in the July 1981 special election as both an Independent and as a Republican (with the approval of the [[Republican Party (United States)\|Republican Party]]) and defeated Glancey, having promised in his campaign to caucus with the Democrats if elected.<ref name="npr"/><ref>via ''[[United Press International]]''. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9801EEDF173BF93AA15754C0A967948260 "special election"&st=cse "NEW HOUSE MEMBERS SWORN IN "], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 29, 1981. Accessed December 7, 2008.</ref> Lederer served ten months in [[Federal Correctional Complex, Allenwood\|Allenwood Federal Prison]]. He later worked as a roofer. Lederer died on December 1, 2008, of [[lung cancer]] at age 70 and is interred at the [[Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania)\|Holy Sepulchre Cemetery]] in [[Cheltenham, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=NYTObit>via ''[[Associated Press]]''. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/us/04lederer.html "Raymond Lederer, Abscam Figure, Is Dead at 70 "], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 3, 2008. Accessed December 6, 2008.</ref><ref name=PDNObit>{{cite news\|title=Raymond F. Lederer dies at 70 \|author=Morrison, John F. \|date=2008-12-02 \|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20081202_Raymond_F__Lederer_dies_at_70.html \|newspaper=[[Philadelphia Daily News]] \|access-date=2008-12-02 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211092806/http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20081202_Raymond_F__Lederer_dies_at_70.html \|archive-date=December 11, 2008 }}</ref> ==See also== Line 80 ⟶ 81: [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2008 deaths]] [[Category:~~20th-century~~Burials ~~American~~at ~~politicians~~Holy Sepulchre Cemetery]] [[Category:~~Abscam~~Deaths from lung cancer in Pennsylvania]] ~~[[Category:Deaths from cancer in Pennsylvania]]~~ ~~[[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]]~~ [[Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania]] [[Category:~~Members~~Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] [[Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania]]▼ ~~[[Category:Pennsylvania Democrats]]~~ [[Category:Pennsylvania politicians convicted of crimes]] [[Category:Pennsylvania State University alumni]] [[Category:Politicians convicted of bribery under 18 U.S.C. § 201]] [[Category:Politicians convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States]] [[Category:~~Politicians~~Pennsylvania politicians convicted of corruption ~~in Pennsylvania~~]] [[Category:Politicians convicted of illegal gratuities under 18 U.S.C. § 201]] [[Category:Politicians convicted under the Travel Act]] [[Category:Politicians from Philadelphia]] [[Category:Saint Joseph's University alumni]] [[Category:People convicted in the Abscam scandal]] [[Category:20th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly]] ▲[[Category:~~Members~~20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives ~~from Pennsylvania~~]]