Watergate Key Player- Sam Ervin

        Sam Ervin was a very important person in the Watergate scandal. He played a crucial role in it. Samuel J. Ervin was born on September 27th, 1896. he joined the US Senate in 1954. Ervin was a Conservative Democrat and a World War I veteran, as well as an expert on the Constitution and has been described as "a formidable power on Capitol Hill" (All The President's Men, 247). He agreed to preside over a thorough investigation of Watergate and the 1972 election at the request of Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield. He admitted to knowing very little about the Watergate scandal at the start of it, but stated the following: "But I know the people around Nixon, and that's enough. They're thugs." (All The President's Men, 247) As the leader of the Senate Watergate Committee, Ervin looked into the conspiracy and helped bring out the truth. His strong leadership led to the exposure of the scandal and the resignation of President Nixon.


Bibliography:

• Campbell, Karl E. Senator Sam Ervin, Last of the Founding Fathers. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina, 2007. Questia School. Web. 20 May 2013.
• Genovese, Michael A. The Watergate Crisis. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999. Questia School. Web. 20 May 2013.
• Bernstein, Carl, and Bob Woodward. All the President's Men. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. Print.

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