Caleb J. McNulty

Caleb Jefferson McNulty (December, 1816 – July 12, 1846) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor and politician. Active in the Democratic Party, he became Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives; while serving in this post he was alleged to have embezzled congressional funds; some charges were subsequently dismissed, and he was acquitted of the others. John Quincy Adams, then serving as a Whig member of the House, referred to the charges as a "memorable development of Democratic defalcation."^[1]

^ Memoirs of John Quincy Adams, his diary from 1795 to 1848, Charles Francis Adams, ed., Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co., © 1877, Vol. 12, p. 148 (entry for January 17, 1845)

[1] Memoirs of John Quincy Adams, his diary from 1795 to 1848, Charles Francis Adams, ed., Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co., © 1877, Vol. 12, p. 148 (entry for January 17, 1845)

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