Clark Macgregor

Politician

Birthday July 12, 1922

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Minneapolis, MN

DEATH DATE Feb 10, 2003 (80)

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About

Minnesota Republican who had the unenviable job of orchestrating Richard Nixons 1972 re-election campaign after Watergate.

Before Fame

He replaced Nixon's former attorney general, who resigned a month after Watergate, as the head of the re-election committee.

Trivia

His sterling record, among swirling accusations of Nixon loyalists, helped him to propel Richard Nixon to a landslide victory over opponent George McGovern.

Family Life

He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, his father a lawyer and mother a teacher.

Associated With

In 1970 he ran against, and lost to, Hubert Humphrey in an election for a vacated Senate seat.