United States Senate Watergate Committee

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Watergate
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Events
Pentagon Papers
Watergate first break-in
Watergate tapes
Saturday night massacre
United States v. Nixon
People
Carl Bernstein
Archibald Cox
John Dean
Deep Throat
Daniel Ellsberg
E. Howard Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
John N. Mitchell
Richard Nixon
John Sirica
Watergate Seven
Bob Woodward

Groups
CREEP
White House Plumbers
Senate Watergate Committee

The Senate Watergate Committee was a special committee convened by the United States Senate to investigate the Watergate first break-in and the ensuing Watergate scandal after it was learned that the Watergate burglars had been directed to break into and wiretap the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee by the Committee to Re-elect the President, President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign fundraising organization.

Watergate
(timeline)
Events
Pentagon Papers Watergate first break-in Watergate tapes Saturday night massacre United States v. Nixon
People
Carl Bernstein Archibald Cox John Dean Deep Throat Daniel Ellsberg E. Howard Hunt G. Gordon Liddy John N. Mitchell Richard Nixon John Sirica Watergate Seven Bob Woodward
Groups
CREEP White House Plumbers Senate Watergate Committee

The Committee played a pivotal role in gathering evidence that would lead to the indictment of forty administration officials and the conviction of several of Nixon's aides for obstruction of justice and other crimes. Its revelations prompted the introduction of articles of impeachment against the President in the House of Representatives, which led to Nixon's resignation.

The members of the Senate Watergate Committee were:

Sam Ervin (Democrat - North Carolina), chair
Howard Baker (Republican - Tennessee), ranking member
Edward J. Gurney (Republican - Florida)
Daniel Inouye (Democrat - Hawaii)
Joseph Montoya (Democrat - New Mexico)
Herman Talmadge (Democrat - Georgia)
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (Republican - Connecticut)

The Committee had two chief counsels, Sam Dash and Fred Thompson, who advised the Democratic and Republican members of the committee, respectively. Hearings opened on May 17, 1973, and the Committee issued its seven-volume, 1,250-page report on June 27, 1974, entitled Report on Presidential Campaign Activities.

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