Word: conman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...movie, "The Distinguished Gentleman," Eddie Murphy plays a conman-turned-congressional representative who wins an election by shortening his name--Thomas Jefferson Johnson--to Jeff Johnson. The previous representative, the recently-deceased Jefferson Davis Johnson, also went by "Jeff." Thomas Johnson obtains old campaign signs and other materials from Johnson's wife and wins on the basis of pure name recognition. In one scene, a typical couple walks into the voting booth; the husband asks his wife, "Who do we vote for for Congress...