Joe Jackson and Pete Rose got Hall of Fame votes.

Apparently, the writers were never too bright about this.  The first Hall of Fame vote was in 1936.  A player must be named on 75% of ballots to be elected.  Five players were elected in 1936.

226 total ballots (170 votes needed for election)

Rk	Name	YoB	Votes	%vote	HOFm	HOFs	Yrs	WAR	WAR7	JAWS	Jpos	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	W	L	ERA	ERA+	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	Pos Summary
1	Ty Cobb	1st	222	98.2%	445	75	24	151.0	69.0	110.0	57.2	3034	11434	2244	4189	117	1933	897	1249	.366	.433	.512	.945	168	0	0	3.60	99	1.600	3	0	1	5.0	6	0	2	0	*O/3145
2	Babe Ruth	1st	215	95.1%	418	79	22	163.1	84.7	123.9	58.1	2503	8399	2174	2873	714	2214	123	2062	.342	.474	.690	1.164	206	94	46	2.28	122	1.159	163	147	4	1221.1	974	10	441	488	*O13
3	Honus Wagner	1st	215	95.1%	312	75	21	131.0	65.4	98.2	54.7	2794	10439	1739	3420	101	1732	723	963	.328	.391	.467	.858	151	0	0	0.00		1.560	2	0	0	8.1	7	0	6	6	*6*O354/1
4	Christy Mathewson	1st	205	90.7%	303	84	17	101.7	66.5	84.1	62.1	647	1687	151	362	7	167	20	116	.215	.272	.271	.543	61	373	188	2.13	135	1.058	636	552	30	4788.2	4219	89	848	2507	*1/O3
5	Walter Johnson	1st	189	83.6%	364	82	21	165.6	89.5	127.5	62.1	934	2324	241	547	24	255	13	110	.235	.274	.342	.616	76	417	279	2.17	147	1.061	802	666	34	5914.1	4913	97	1363	3509	*1/O

Some active players got votes, including Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx.  Gehrig retired in 1939 with the illness that killed him.  In 1936 Gehrig was 15th with 51 votes, 22.6%; Foxx 19th with 21 votes, 9.3%.  In 1938 Foxx hit 50 home runs and was AL MVP but got no Hall of Fame votes.

Shoeless Joe Jackson, who had been banned for life because he took money to intentionally lose the 1919 World Series, got two votes (9%) in 1936.

In 1946 Jackson got two nominating votes (1%), maybe the same two voters as in 1936.  In this stage of voting, the top 20 moved on to the next phase.  Jackson was number 47.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Rose

In August 1989, three years after he retired as an active player, Rose agreed to permanent ineligibility from baseball amidst accusations that he gambled on baseball games while playing for and managing the Reds, including claims that he bet on his own team. In 1991, the Baseball Hall of Fame formally voted to ban those on the "permanently ineligible" list from induction, after previously excluding such players by informal agreement among voters.

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Pete Rose:

Hall of Fame 
1992 BBWAA ( 9.5%) 
1993 BBWAA ( 3.3%) 
1994 BBWAA ( 4.2%)