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Working under committee chairman Sam Ervin, 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 Richard Nixon's aides for obstruction of justice and other crimes.
On February 7, 1973, the United States Senate voted 77-to-0 to approve 93 S.Res. 60 and establish a select committee to investigate Watergate, with Sam Ervin named chairman the next day. The hearings held by the Senate committee, in which Dean and other former administration officials testified, were broadcast from May 17 to August 7.
Sep 13, 1973 · Sermon on the Hill: A Sam Ervin Sampler. Watergate: A Summer Recess Reader continues with the wit and wisdom of Chairman Sam Ervin in the Watergate hearings. By Charles Perry.
- Charles Perry
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Millions of Americans watched the televised hearings, and Chairman Sam Ervin became a kind of folk hero. The House Judiciary Committee used information uncovered by the Senate Watergate Committee to draft articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon, who resigned on August 9, 1974.
Senate Watergate Committee vice-chairman Howard Baker (R-TN) on Ervin during the Watergate Hearings Ervin gained lasting fame through his stewardship of the Senate Select Committee to Investigate Campaign Practices, also known as the Senate Watergate Committee , from the 1972 presidential election .
Apr 19, 2024 · Biography of Samuel J. Ervin, Jr., U.S. senator for North Carolina, chairman of the Senate select committee that investigated the Watergate scandal.
As chairman of the Constitutional Rights Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, Senator Ervin had investigated a number of issues important to the Watergate scandal, including surveillance and wiretapping.
