1/4 Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, speaks to the Mortgage Bankers Association in Washington on April 19, 2005. On January 19, 2007, Ney, the only member of Congress to plead guilty in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison. File Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI | License Photo Jan. 19 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1861, Georgia seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy. Advertisement In 1920, threats against the life of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, because of his activities in suppressing criminal radicalism, led officials to take every precaution...