[Watergate]: [Hogan, Lawrence]:

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[HEAVILY EMENDED TYPESCRIPT DRAFT OF A SPEECH BY MARYLAND REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE LAWRENCE HOGAN, ANNOUNCING HIS VOTE IN FAVOR OF IMPEACHING PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON DURING THE WATERGATE SCANDAL, ... An extensively annotated typescript draft of Maryland Republican Representative Lawrence Hogan's landmark speech on the Watergate scandal, announcing his decision as a member of the House Judiciary Committee to vote in favor of all three articles of impeachment of President Richard Nixon. Hogan, serving his third term in Congress, was the only Republican to vote in favor of all three articles and delivered this crucially important speech at a press conference on July 23, 1974, the night before the committee's debates were televised. It was the first official and public crack in Nixon's support among Republicans at the national political level. Hogan's decision, which amounted to political suicide within the Republican party, proved influential in eroding the confidence in the President in Congress and the public at large – Nixon himself noted in his 1990 memoir that "Hogan...had dealt us a very bad blow."This version of Hogan's speech was apparently drafted not long before the fateful press conference of July 23 and features substantial and meaningful pencil corrections and additions, most of which are reflected in Hogan's final statement. Throughout, these amendments meaningfully adjust tone (such as frequently shifting "me" and "my" to "we" and "our"), flesh out details, and e

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