John C. Houlihan (October 31, 1910 – July 31, 1986) was a Republican who became the 43rd mayor of

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. He was elected mayor in 1961, through his defeat of

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Mayor Clifford E. Rishell, and was subsequently re-elected to a second, four-year term of office in 1965. He resigned in 1966 after being charged with

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.http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houghtaling-housley.html#0VU0JFW0L The Political Graveyard. "Index to Politicians: Houghn to Houssni" (retrieved on April 7th, 2009). Houlihan was sent to prison for more than two years after pleading guilty to taking almost $100,000 from an estate he was handling as an

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. He was paroled in 1969 and pardoned by

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in 1973. Houlihan died at age 75 after a lengthy illness.

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