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Richard Nixon's career ends in Watergate era crisis
An overview of Richard Milhous Nixon from his 1946 California House seat to the Watergate scandal, detailing key turning points. It traces his rise with Hiss case and Checkers defense, Senate and vice presidency achievements, 1960 defeat, 1962 California loss, and the precipice before resignation.
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Sam Fogg
United Press International
Richard Milhous Nixon
Nixon
California
Democratic National Committee
White House
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
John N. Mitchell
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
U.S
Andrew Johnson
Supreme Court
Watergate
Haldeman
FBI
CIA
Congress
Judiciary Committee
House
Herbert Hoover
Pacific
Whittier College
Jerry Voorhis
Washington
Labor and Education
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Chambers
Time Magazine
Hiss
State Department
Carnegie Endowment
Bert Andrews
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Douglas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Pat
Wheeling
W. Va
Kennedy
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
New York City
Richard M. Nixon
Checkers