5. Carroll Hubbard
One of the most corrupt politicians in US history is Carroll Hubbard. From 1969 until 1974, Carroll Hubbard served in the Kentucky Senate before he won the election to be in the U.S. House of Representatives in the state’s 1st District. Even though he failed to become the Governor, he was re-elected even six times to the House of Representatives. Carroll Hubbard was convicted of misusing government property as part of the 1992 Rubbergate House Banking Scandal. The scandal was because the members of the House of Representatives overdrawn their accounts. His wife was also on probation for five years for using the congressman’s aides for her run for Congress. In order to reduce his punishment, Carroll used to work as an FBI informant under the name “Elmer Fudd,” but after some time he was proved to be entirely useless to the agency. In 1994, Carroll was sentenced to three years in federal prison and a $153,794 fine for theft, obstruction of justice and conversion of federal property.
