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Nixon
Elected to Congress-1946
Won election-1950 Vice prez under Eishenhower-1952
lost election to JFK-1960 (first TV debate)
Lost bid to become governor of Cali-1963
won prez election of hubert humpphrey of MN -
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Presidency (republican)
Foreign policy to popularity Ended vietnam war
"normalized" relations with china
summit meeting with Leonid Brezhnev of SV union
Detente reached with the two communist powers -
Landslide reelection
George Mcgovern (lost only one state)
C-ommittee R-eelect P-resident formed -
Fall from Power
Saturday night massacre
cox is replaced by leon jaworski as special prosecuter -
The Cover up
burglars given jail terms and investigation began -
Fall from Power
John Dean testified that nixon was involved and offered clemency to those who would take the blame -
Fall from Power
Oval office audio tapes were discovered (all convos since '71) -
The hearing
nixon gave up most written transcripts
Nov. '73 : tapes get lost +18 minute gap
July '74 in an 8-0 vote the supreme court ordered all tapes to be handed over
They destroyed nixon -
3 articles of Impeachment
- Obstruction of Justice
- Abuse of Power
- Contempt of Congress
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Nixon Resigned
Gerald ford became president due to 25th amendment
