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John Newton Mitchell (September 15, 1913 – November 9, 1988) was the 67th Attorney General of the United States, serving under President Richard Nixon and was chairman of Nixon's 1968 and 1972 presidential campaigns. Prior to that, he had been a municipal bond lawyer and one of Nixon's associates. [1] He was tried and convicted as a result of ...
- Convicted of crimes committed during his tenure as U.S. Attorney General
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Apr 27, 2024 · John Mitchell (born Sept. 15, 1913, Detroit, Mich., U.S.—died Nov. 9, 1988, Washington, D.C.) was the U.S. attorney general during the Nixon administration who served 19 months in prison (1977–79) for his participation in the Watergate Scandal. Mitchell played semiprofessional hockey while working his way through Fordham University (New ...
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John N. Mitchell, the only United States attorney general to serve a prison sentence, died here yesterday after suffering a heart attack. He was 75. Mitchell, a friend, confidant and law partner ...
John N. Mitchell was the attorney general in the Nixon administration from 1969 to 1972, and a key figure in the Watergate scandal. He died in 1988 and was buried with full military honors. Read his biography and essay on his role in the Watergate scandal by the Miller Center.
Nov 10, 1988 · He was 75 years old. Mr. Mitchell, the nation's only Attorney General to be imprisoned, was the last of 25 Watergate defendants to go to prison, serving 19 months for conspiracy, obstruction of ...
May 23, 2018 · MITCHELL, JOHN NEWTON. John Newton Mitchell served as U.S. attorney general from 1969 to 1972. A key political adviser to President richard m. nixon, Mitchell was later convicted of crimes associated with the watergate scandal, becoming the first attorney general to serve time in a federal prison. Mitchell was born September 5, 1913, in Detroit.
John Newton Mitchell (September 15, 1913 – November 9, 1988) was the 67th Attorney General of the United States, serving under President Richard Nixon and was chairman of Nixon's 1968 and 1972 presidential campaigns. Prior to that, he had been a municipal bond lawyer and one of Nixon's associates. He was tried and convicted as a result of his ...
