Was that 1-year thing in force back in 1961? I hadn’t heard that at all. And, according to 0bambi’s own book, he has no record of them marrying, however, they did get divorced. That tells me they may not have gotten married in the U.S. And yes, Sr. was a bigamist.
I still think with all the questions and all the money he’s spending, that he should at least be forced to prove he’s eligible. The Chicago machine really covered this as much as they could and smoothed it over.
Only if the marriage were in the US. If it was in Kenya, even as a colony, he'd be a legal polygamist.