States of America. He is synonymous with this title, because of his involvement in the great "Watergate" scandal.

It all started with the election of 1972, Nixon's bid for a second term of presidency. In his attempt at re-election,

Nixon took on a different strategy than any other re-election campaign of the past. Instead of using the usual

Republican National Committee for re-election, President Nixon divided his campaign into two separate

committees. These two committees were named , the Committee for re-election of the president, headed by Attorney

General , John Mitchell, and the finance committee to re-elect the president, headed by Secretary of Commerce,

Maurice Stans. "Together these committees managed to raise over sixty million dollars for the president' campaign."

(Sam J. Ervin, The Whole Truth, pg.36) The work of these two committees enabled Nixon to defeat democrat

nominee, George S. McGovern, by a landslide. This decision, by Nixon, would, in the future prove to be the

beginning of the end for a good old "Tricky Dick".

In his second term, Nixon was known to be positively in

witness in the case would turn out to be Nixon's own former counsel, John W. Dean. Upon questioning Dean, Cox

presidential powers, and disobeying subpoenas. This was brought up, because of Nixon's refusal to give the courts

Also during the investigation, the Senate investigation committee learned of recordings of conversations that Nixon

another thing coming. Archibald Cox, a Harvard law professor, was appointed to head the investigation. The chief

volved with foreign affairs. "For example, he worked out an

learned of Nixon's awareness of the cover-up of the Watergate break-in. For his involvement, Dean served four

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