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4/2/81: Congressman Jon C. Hinson arrested


On Wednesday 4 February Congressman Jon C. Hinson, a Republican of Mississippi, was arrested on a morals charge in a public men's room in the Longworth House Office Building.



Hinton (b. 1942) was charged for attempted sodomy, at the time a criminal act in the U.S., to which he pleaded not guilty in court.  Hinson later received a 30-day jail sentence, which was suspended, and a year's probation, on condition that he continue counselling and treatment.

He resigned from his post in Congress in April, and became a gay rights activists throughout the following years. He died from respiratory failure in 1995.

source: nyt archive, wikipedia

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