Maurice Stans
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Image:Maurice Stans.jpg Maurice Hubert Stans (March 22, 1908 - April 14, 1998) was the finance chairman for the Committee to Re-elect the President, working for the re-election of Richard Nixon. He was a key figure in the ensuing Watergate Scandal.
He was indicted in 1973 for perjury and obstruction of justice, but was acquitted the following year. Image:MauriceHubertStansAirplane.jpg Stans was born in Shakopee, Minnesota, in 1908. He was an executive partner with the Alexander Grant & Co. accounting firm in Chicago from 1940 until 1955.
He later served as U.S. deputy postmaster general from 1955-1957; deputy director Bureau of the Budget 1957–1958, director of the Bureau of the Budget 1958–1961; Secretary of Commerce 1969–1972. In 1972, he resigned as Secretary of Commerce to chair Richard Nixon's re-election campaign.
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