222nd Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
In office February 11, 2010 – March 22, 2014
Deputy
Charlene Lima
Preceded by
William J. Murphy
Succeeded by
Nicholas Mattiello
Majority Leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
In office January 2003 – February 2010
Preceded by
Gerard Martineau
Succeeded by
Nicholas Mattiello
Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from the 4th district
In office January 5, 1993 – January 2015
Preceded by
K. Nicholas Tsiongas
Succeeded by
J. Aaron Regunberg
Personal details
Born
Gordon Dennis Fox
(1961-12-21) December 21, 1961 (age 62)
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Marcus LaFond (2013–present)
Residence
Providence, Rhode Island
Alma mater
Rhode Island College (BA) Northeastern University (JD)
Profession
Attorney Nightclub owner Politician
Gordon Dennis Fox (born December 21, 1961) is an American attorney and politician from Providence, Rhode Island. He served formerly as the Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, before resigning in disgrace. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected to the legislature in 1992. On June 11, 2015 Fox was sentenced to three years in federal prison[1] after pleading guilty to charges including bribery, fraud, and filing a false tax return.[2]
Fox was elected Speaker on February 11, 2010 as the first openly gay Rhode Island man to hold that office.[3] Fox resigned from the Speakership on the evening of March 22, 2014 following an FBI raid on his Smith Hill office and his home on Providence's East Side.[4][5] The FBI found Fox to have stolen $108,000 in campaign contributions and accepted $52,000 in bribes. He completed his sentence at Canaan U.S. Penitentiary in Waymart, Pennsylvania and was released in February, 2018.[6][7]
^"Gordon Fox: 'There is no excuse for my behavior'". Nancy Krause, Ted Nesi, Tim White, Dan McGowan. WPRI.com Eyewitness News. June 11, 2015. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
^"Ex-Speaker Gordon Fox pleads guilty to bribery". Ted Nesi, Tim White, Dan McGowan. WPRI.com Eyewitness News. March 2, 2015. Archived from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
^"Gordon Fox elected first openly gay RI House speaker". Boston Herald. Associated Press. February 11, 2010. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
^"Investigators search home, office of House Speaker Gordon D. Fox". Providence Journal. March 21, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
^"Gordon Fox resigns as House speaker day after investigators raid home, office". Providence Journal. March 22, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
^"Gordon Fox Begins Sentence". Tim White. WPRI.com Eyewitness News. July 7, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
^"Gordon Fox's sentence officially expires today". 14 February 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
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