Committee to Re-elect the President

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United States political action committee United States presidential campaign organization

The Committee to Re-elect the President was U.S. President Richard Nixon’s 1972 campaign organization, best known for its central role in financing and orchestrating activities that led to the Watergate scandal.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Committee for the Re-Election of the President	7
Committee to Re-elect the President canonical	7
Committee for the Re-election of the President	4
Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP)	1
Nixon campaign committee	1
Nixon campaign organization	1
Nixon re-election campaign	1
Nixon re-election committee	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T78232 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee to Re-elect the President
Context triple: [Watergate scandal, involves, Committee to Re-elect the President]

A. Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal spoken address traditionally used for the sitting President of the United States.
B. Madam President
"Madam President" is the formal style of address used for a female President of the United States.
C. Electoral College
The Electoral College is the body of electors established by the U.S. Constitution that formally selects the President and Vice President of the United States based on state-by-state election results.
D. Bush v. Gore
Bush v. Gore is the landmark 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that effectively resolved the disputed presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore by halting the Florida recount.
E. Hundred Days
The Hundred Days refers to the intense early period of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency in 1933 when a flurry of New Deal legislation was rapidly enacted to combat the Great Depression.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee to Re-elect the President
Target entity description: The Committee to Re-elect the President was U.S. President Richard Nixon’s 1972 campaign organization, best known for its central role in financing and orchestrating activities that led to the Watergate scandal.

A. Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal spoken address traditionally used for the sitting President of the United States.
B. Madam President
"Madam President" is the formal style of address used for a female President of the United States.
C. Electoral College
The Electoral College is the body of electors established by the U.S. Constitution that formally selects the President and Vice President of the United States based on state-by-state election results.
D. Bush v. Gore
Bush v. Gore is the landmark 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that effectively resolved the disputed presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore by halting the Florida recount.
E. Hundred Days
The Hundred Days refers to the intense early period of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency in 1933 when a flurry of New Deal legislation was rapidly enacted to combat the Great Depression.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States political action committee ⓘ United States presidential campaign organization ⓘ
activity	campaign advertising ⓘ fundraising ⓘ opposition research ⓘ voter outreach ⓘ
affiliatedWith	Republican Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Republican Party
alsoKnownAs	CREEP ⓘ CRP ⓘ
appliesToOffice	President of the United States ⓘ
campaignFor	Richard Nixon ⓘ
campaignForElection	1972 United States presidential election ⓘ
chairperson	John N. Mitchell ⓘ
connectedTo	Nixon White House ⓘ linked to: White House White House Plumbers ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
director	John N. Mitchell ⓘ
dissolved	mid-1970s ⓘ
employed	Fred LaRue ⓘ G. Gordon Liddy ⓘ Herbert L. Porter ⓘ Jeb Stuart Magruder ⓘ
hasEffect	contributed to resignation of Richard Nixon ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1971 ⓘ
involvedIn	cover-up of Watergate burglary ⓘ
keyPerson	Fred LaRue ⓘ G. Gordon Liddy ⓘ Herbert L. Porter ⓘ Herbert W. Kalmbach ⓘ Jeb Stuart Magruder ⓘ John N. Mitchell ⓘ Maurice Stans ⓘ
legalForm	campaign committee ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia ⓘ
namedAfter	President of the United States ⓘ
notableFor	Watergate burglary ⓘ linked to: Watergate scandal Watergate scandal ⓘ campaign finance abuses ⓘ illegal campaign activities ⓘ money laundering ⓘ political espionage ⓘ sabotage of political opponents ⓘ
partOf	Nixon 1972 presidential campaign ⓘ
regulatedBy	United States federal campaign finance law ⓘ linked to: United States federal law
subjectOf	United States Senate Watergate Committee hearings ⓘ linked to: United States Senate Watergate Committee criminal investigations related to Watergate ⓘ
supportedCandidate	Richard Nixon ⓘ
supportedRunningMate	Spiro Agnew ⓘ
treasurer	Maurice Stans ⓘ

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Watergate scandal → involves → Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ

G. Gordon Liddy → employer → Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ

Jeb Stuart Magruder → employer → Committee for the Re-election of the President ⓘ