R. Budd Dwyer
Teacher, Politician
1939 – 1987
Who was R. Budd Dwyer?
Robert Budd Dwyer was an American politician in the state of Pennsylvania. He served from 1971 to 1981 as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate representing the state's 50th district. He served as the 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania from January 20, 1981 to January 22, 1987; on that day, Dwyer called a news conference in the Pennsylvania state capital of Harrisburg where he took his own life in front of the gathered reporters with a .357 caliber revolver. Dwyer's suicide was also broadcast to a wide television audience across the state of Pennsylvania.
In the early 1980s, Pennsylvania discovered its state workers had overpaid federal taxes due to errors in state withholding. Many accounting firms competed for a multimillion-dollar contract to determine compensation to each employee. In 1986, Dwyer was convicted of receiving a bribe from a California firm trying to gain the contract. Throughout his trial and after his conviction, he maintained that he was innocent of the charge and that he had been framed. Dwyer was scheduled to be sentenced on those charges on January 23, 1987, the day after his suicide.
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- Born
- Nov 21, 1939
Saint Charles - Also known as
- Robert Budd Dwyer
- Parents
- Spouses
- Joanne Dwyer
( - 1987/01/22)
- Joanne Dwyer
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Allegheny College
- Lived in
- St. Louis
- Harrisburg
- Pennsylvania
- Died
- Jan 22, 1987
Harrisburg - Resting place
- Blooming Valley Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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