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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 -
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 -
George Mcgovern (lost only one state)
C-ommittee R-eelect P-resident formed -
Saturday night massacre
cox is replaced by leon jaworski as special prosecuter -
burglars given jail terms and investigation began
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John Dean testified that nixon was involved and offered clemency to those who would take the blame
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Oval office audio tapes were discovered (all convos since '71)
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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 -
- Obstruction of Justice
- Abuse of Power
- Contempt of Congress
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Gerald ford became president due to 25th amendment
