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- Watergate_Babies abstract "Watergate Babies are Democrats first elected to the United States Congress in 1974, following President Richard Nixon's resignation over the Watergate scandal, on August 9, 1974.Tom Downey was the youngest among the babies, being aged 25 upon his election. This is the minimum age at which one may serve. Future Senator Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut) was also elected to Congress in this election cycle. In November 1974, Democrats picked up 49 seats in the House and 5 in the Senate. This group greatly increased the strength of Northerners and liberals in the House Democratic Caucus. They teamed up with some more senior liberals to strike a blow against the seniority system and overthrew three committee chairmen whom they viewed as too conservative and/or too old to represent the Democratic Party in these prominent positions: William Poage, Wright Patman and Edward Hebert.Two of these Watergate Babies are current members of the U.S. Congress: First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1974: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974: Rep. Rick Nolan (D-Minnesota)\"Watergate Babies\" can also apply to those Democrats elected to state or local office in 1974. \"Democrats made substantial state legislative gains in a large number of states in 1974, the Watergate election,\" the political scientist Malcolm Jewell wrote. Numerous states passed sweeping ethics and public disclosure reforms in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal. The Center for Public Integrity has compiled a state by state account of governmental political corruption watchdogs, many with roots in the post-Watergate era. A prominent Watergate baby of 1974 now serving again as Governor of California is Jerry Brown.\"Watergate Babies\" has also been used to apply to journalists who entered journalism because of their fascination with the Watergate scandal. \"Watergate,\" David Baumann wrote, \"also created a generation of journalists who were not willing to accept politicians at their word. If the journalists who helped uncover the scandal, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, could expose the crimes of a president, then certainly there were crooked politicians elsewhere. Those journalists believed in investigative reporting and became watchdogs who attempted to keep politicians honest.\"".
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- Watergate_Babies wikiPageWikiLinkText "Watergate Babies".
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- Watergate_Babies comment "Watergate Babies are Democrats first elected to the United States Congress in 1974, following President Richard Nixon's resignation over the Watergate scandal, on August 9, 1974.Tom Downey was the youngest among the babies, being aged 25 upon his election. This is the minimum age at which one may serve. Future Senator Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut) was also elected to Congress in this election cycle. In November 1974, Democrats picked up 49 seats in the House and 5 in the Senate.".
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