August 2019
Spin Doctor
Posted August 8, 2019
Daniel Sickles (1819-1914) was a New York lawyer, soldier, and politician, a bit more notorious than famous.
When he was 32, he married Teresa Bagioli, who was then 15. Not long after he went to England on a diplomatic mission, leaving his pregnant wife behind. Instead he took his mistress with him and introduced the mistress to Queen Victoria using the name of one of his political opponents.