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Hearings. From left to right: minority counsel Fred Thompson, ranking member Howard Baker, and chair Sam Ervin of the Senate Watergate Committee in 1973. Hearings opened on May 17, 1973, and the Committee issued its seven-volume, 1,250-page report on June 27, 1974, titled Report on Presidential Campaign Activities.
May 17, 2013 · May 17, 2013, at 11:10 a.m. AP Photo. Sen. Sam Ervin Jr., chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee, speaks during hearings, May 18, 1973. The Senate Watergate Committee began its...
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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.
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Apr 19, 2024 · Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. (born September 27, 1896, Morganton, North Carolina, U.S.—died April 23, 1985, Winston-Salem, North Carolina) was a U.S. senator best known as chairman of the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, which investigated the Watergate scandal during the administration of Richard M. Nixon.
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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.
May 16, 2013 · Sam Ervin. Unless otherwise noted, all photos taken from archival PBS video of the Senate Watergate hearings. Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. was chairman of the Senate Watergate committee in...
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. On February 7, 1973, the Senate voted unanimously to create the select committee. The resolution empowered four Democrats and three ...
