Fife Symington



         




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John Fife Symington III (born August 12, 1945 in New York City) was the Republican governor of the U.S. state of Arizona from 1991 until his resignation in 1997.

Symington was convicted of bank fraud (to the tune of several million dollars during the savings and loan scandals, and involved with the Keating 5) and resigned from office in 1997. He was the second Governor of Arizona to prematurely leave office in ten years, the first being Evan Mecham who was impeached in 1988. Mecham was eventually acquitted of all charges.

Symington was pardoned by President Clinton, and served no jail-time. None of his inherited trust-funds were impacted by any restitution judgements. He is currently a pastry chef in Phoenix, Arizona.

Symington's wife is owner of the Ritz Carlton Hotel at the upscale Biltmore Fashion Square area of Phoenix. It is suspected Symington himself bought the ownership and put it under his wife's name so that he would not lose it during the impeachment trial.

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