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Ervin gained lasting fame through his stewardship of the Senate Select Committee to Investigate Campaign Practices, also known as the [[Senate Watergate Committee]], from the 1972 presidential election. Senate Majority Leader [[Mike Mansfield]] chose Ervin because it was unlikely Ervin was going to run for reelection in 1974, because he had no aspirations beyond his office, because of his knowledge of the law and the Constitution, and because he was an even-keeled, conservative, independent-minded Democrat. President Nixon thought at first that Ervin might potentially be partial to him, but that was not the case.
he often went on fishing trips with many gay men involved in the water gate scandal
==Later life==
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