United States Senate Watergate Committee

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The United States Senate Watergate Committee was a special investigative committee formed by the U.S. Senate in 1973 to publicly investigate the Watergate break-in and related abuses of power in the Nixon administration.

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instanceOf United States Senate special committee
investigative committee
alsoKnownAs Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
Senate Watergate Committee
appliesToEvent Watergate scandal
archivesAt U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
broadcastOn Public Broadcasting Service
linked to: PBS

commercial television networks in the United States
chairperson Sam Ervin
chairpersonParty Democratic Party (United States)
linked to: Democratic Party
contributedTo impeachment process against Richard Nixon
resignation of President Richard Nixon
country United States of America
createdBy United States Senate Resolution 60 (93rd Congress)
dissolved 1974
endCause completion of investigation into Watergate scandal
fieldOfWork government oversight
political corruption investigation
hasPart final report
public hearings
staff investigation
inception 1973
jurisdiction presidential campaign activities in the 1972 election
legislativeBody United States Senate
legislativeTerm 93rd United States Congress
location Washington, D.C.
mainPurpose investigate abuses of power in the Nixon administration
investigate the Watergate break-in
member Daniel Inouye
Edward Gurney
Herman Talmadge
Howard Baker
Joseph Montoya
Lowell Weicker
Sam Ervin
notableWitness Alexander Butterfield
H. R. Haldeman
John Dean
John Ehrlichman
John Mitchell
officialName Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
rankingMember Howard Baker
rankingMemberParty Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party
significantEvent opening public hearings in May 1973
significantFinding documented cover-up of the Watergate break-in
exposed existence of White House taping system
subjectOf televised hearings
timePeriod Nixon administration

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Watergate scandal involves United States Senate Watergate Committee
Watergate scandal significantEvent Senate Watergate hearings
linked to: United States Senate Watergate Committee
Committee to Re-elect the President subjectOf United States Senate Watergate Committee hearings
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United States Senate Watergate Committee alsoKnownAs Senate Watergate Committee
linked to: United States Senate Watergate Committee
White House tapes relatedTo Senate Watergate Committee
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Archibald Cox notableWork Watergate investigation
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John Dean testifiedBefore United States Senate Watergate Committee
Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities shortName Senate Watergate Committee
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CREEP investigatedBy United States Senate Watergate Committee
CRP subjectOf Senate Watergate Committee hearings
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White House Plumbers describedIn United States Senate Watergate Committee hearings
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Alexander Butterfield testifiedBefore United States Senate Watergate Committee
Herbert L. Porter subjectOf United States Senate Watergate Committee hearings
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Joseph Montoya memberOf Senate Watergate Committee
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Daniel Inouye memberOf Senate Watergate Committee
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Watergate exhibits depicts Senate Watergate Committee hearings
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John Wesley Dean III testifiedBefore United States Senate Watergate Committee
Fred Thompson positionHeld Watergate Committee counsel
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Blind Ambition describesEvent Watergate hearings
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Senate Resolution 60 (93rd Congress) relatedInvestigation Senate Watergate hearings
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Committee to Re-elect the President subjectOf United States Senate Watergate Committee hearings
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