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Richard Nixon Impeachment Hearings Gavel

1974

National Constitution Center

National Constitution Center
Philadelphia, PA, United States

Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter W. Rodino used this gavel while presiding over the inquiry into whether the House should impeach President Richard Nixon in the wake of the Watergate scandal. “I hope we’ve done the right thing,” Rodino said after voting to recommend Nixon’s impeachment.

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